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http://www.willsworks.net/downloads/msbkwin.lzh This modern tool works with .qic files, see if they work in the first place. Then it's just a matter of extracting the files you find valuable with this tool, no need for using old computers/OS/software. SSD PATA drives are so expensive! Best bet is to find a Samsung 20GB IDE drive, I had 80GB one, very reliable. Or grab a CompactFlash adapter.

NVIDIA did actually made official 7xxx drivers, remember these?: https://web.archive.org/web/20070202110210/http://www.bfgtech.com/7800GS_256.html ATI never made driver for Xxxx, not even for any OEM. Unlike WDM, which 98SE shares with Win2K, in terms of Network/AC97 Audio/USB/HID drivers (missed any?), Win9x drivers are propietary, and were never used by any other system, period. If they don't exist, they DO NOT exist! Not even Russians can fix that.

Sadly, Radeon drivers end with the Xxxx models, the best one being X850 XT Platinum Edition. There are no known newer drivers than Catalyst 6.2. If you want the best Radeon for 98SE, get the X850 XT Platinum Edition, and strap a custom cooler on it for the core clocks you want. (or even liquid cooling) Or install W2K/XP. I love 98SE as well, but there are obstacles that will NEVER be fixed, It's sad, I know.

As seen on the official changelog: That's why plugins and INI file don't work anymore.

Well, that's not a pretty solution, but it works.

How can I open two copies of SYSDM.CPL to, for example, showcase both the General and Performance tab together?

98FE/SE has a better, unique startup sound. ME is lazy and uses the Win2000 one, that's one reason enough for me Transplanting what's good of ME into 98SE is the best option.

What about secure websites, banks, logging in to anything? This is just a gimmick.

Or in other words, (some) pinned topics are out of date.

My IBM ThinkPad T40 is similar to the D600, it runs nLited XP SP3 rather well, just need to find the right browser that will be the fastest for JS and 240p YouTube. Firefox ESR is OK, but can get slow.

Anything compiled for never Visual C++/Visual Studio will not work. Don't get your hopes high.

Here are older drivers than 6.2 https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=45116

Use HIMEMX.EXE from here: https://sourceforge.net/projects/himemx/ Put the EXE in the Windows folder and type this at the beginning of the CONFIG.SYS file: DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\HIMEMX.EXE \MAX=1048576 (or 524288 if you still have problems) Also use the Vcache patch from here: Remove any MaxPhysPage and everything from the [vcache] section (MaxFileCache etc.) from the SYSTEM.INI. Tell us if this fixes stuff. Also try using ConservativeSwapfileUsage=1 and DMABufferSize=64 in the [386enh] section. Also try older graphic drivers.

Win9x is one big workaround anyways, if you really think about it So were programs such as DOS4GW.

For battery I found something crude, but it's better than nothing: http://exodusdev.com/products/monitor-win32-power-management-events As for Screen brightness adjuster and maybe color, you've tried PowerStrip?

Can't CSM be emulated in bootx64.efi kinda like PLOP boot manager?

Did you try PCem-X? 86Box?

I use AMNHLTM. http://toogam.com/software/archive/drivers/cpu/cpuidle/cpuidle.htm It's a simple VXD file that you install and forget about it. Can't be simpler than that!

QEMU has some audio options: (per official documentation) - Creative SoundBlaster 16 sound card - ENSONIQ AudioPCI ES1370 sound card - Intel 82801AA AC97 Audio compatible sound card - Intel HD Audio Controller and HDA codec - Adlib (OPL2) - Yamaha YM3812 compatible chip - Gravis Ultrasound GF1 sound card - CS4231A compatible sound card It emulates these VGA cards: -Cirrus Logic GD5446 (good for DOS, useless for 3D, maybe good for 2D Win95 games) -Standard VGA card with Bochs VBE extension (probably like VirtualBox) -VMWare SVGA-II (weird, right? ) Do you really need Windows 98, or would Windows 95 be sufficient for your games?

Well, you can try PCem (or any of its forks), or QEMU under Linux using KVM.

I think everyone needs the rloew's free PATCHPAR.EXE patch from his website to fix IO.SYS bug with partition corruption when using other partitions(NTFS/Linux) alongside FAT32 on the same drive when using 98SE. I use Paragon's NTFS driver, and I'm happy with it.

I simply take 4 files from the NUSB package, USB2.INF, USBPORT.SYS, USBHUB20.SYS, and USBEHCI.SYS, and install the USB controller manually from the INF. Then I install rloew's 98SE USB Mass Storage driver from his website when I plug my USB flash drive for the first time. Just don't unplug the flash drive too fast before file operations are done, you'll get a non-destructive BSOD (you can go back to the system, so nothing scary) like with good old floppy disks if anyone remember those struggles The flash drive will not be damaged in any way And no, hotplug never worked for me. It's an universal solution for any USB 2.0 controller and any USB flash drives without tinkering with system files in any way, been doing it for years now. No need for this hotplug, systray, user32, sysdm updating system files nonsense, why making life more difficult? And no, modern motherboards from Skylake and above, and Ryzen uses USB 3.0 hardware ID exclusively for all USB ports, so no USB drivers for it, you'll need a PCIEx1 USB 2.0 controller.

Remove/rename ESDI_506.PDR from WINDOWS/SYSTEM/IOSUBSYS. This will make 98SE use slow 16bit compatibility mode disk access, and you can keep the enhanced mode for other OSes. Now, you can experiment with XHDD from here to possibly(?) speed up the compatibility mode: http://optimizr.dyndns.org/dos/drivers.html Or, buy rloew's SATA patch, or the new AHCI driver. Of course, since there's no Intel SATA drivers for 98SE for 865, ASRock fools 98SE by making SATA look like IDE to the system, that's the only choice they had.

I use XMPlay: http://www.un4seen.com/ It's still supported and developed, can play FLAC with the free plugin on the site, it works without KernelEx. \ I highly recommend it! i use it even on my main Win7 PC. Although it won't work if you change/mess up the msvcrt.dll file.

Would be nice if you could provide the exact EXE file. Try using Windows ME's bootdisk for OFORMAT.COM. Setver never helped in anything for me A nice question to add while on this topic, is why IO.SYS forces loading SETVER.EXE while starting 9x? What is it used for?