[CTS] Re: W98 hanging problem
- From: "Murray Reid" <mreid30@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <computertalkshop@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2002 13:11:29 -0500
I've tried 3 times to reinstall W98, unsuccessfully.My next question before
I reformat.
If I take the drive out of that machine and install in this as a slave,
would I be able to salvage some of my much needed files by transferring them
from one drive to the other. Keeping in mind that the good drive is running
W98SE and the screwed up one is W98 FE. Seems to me it would be worth a
try, but I don't want to screw up the good operating system.
Murray Reid
----- Original Message -----
From: Hal Brown <hdb@xxxxxxx>
To: <computertalkshop@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2002 12:09 PM
Subject: [CTS] Re: W98 hanging problem
>
> On Tue, Mar 05, 2002 at 11:54:02AM -0500, Murray Reid duly noted:
> >Hi, I am having a problem with W98 first edition on my other computer.
> >
> >I did a virus scan this morning and it seemed to go on forever (about an
hour) mostly on temp internet files, so I stopped it and it reported no
infected files.
> >I am using McAfee Virus Scan.
> >After that I did a drive C: disk cleanup to delete the temp int. files.
> >I then rebooted to recapture resources and the computer at the Windows
"splash screen". I tried this a couple of times, same result.
> >I then booted using W98 startup disk and reinstalled W98. It installed
all the files and then restarted the computer. It is now hung at the
"splash screen" that has the message "GETTING READY TO RUN WINDOWS FOR THE
FIRST TIME"
> >
> >Does anyone have any suggestions on what my problem might be.
> >
> >I hate to think that I might have to reformat
> >
> >thanks
> >
> >Murray Reid
> --------end quoted text----------
> Sounds like the installation failed to complete.
>
> It's not that unusual for an installation to go south (no pun intended
Russ
> ;-)). It's worth a try installing again, but it probably won't help. A
> clean install is always the best way, and if you're having problems to
begin
> with, installing over a system is not the best way to find out what's
wrong.
> Sorry, but that's all I have to tell you.
>
> --
> Hal Brown
> mailto: hdb@xxxxxxx
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