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... that's all, folks! Please don't damage yourself or others during the evening. See you next year!

FWIW, I had a "chat" with RR about being intermittently disconnected and their "final solution" was to rewire my really-basic-network, i.e. hook the modem to NIC1, hook the router to NIC2, then turn on ICS. I had indicated that I had this problem for several days and that a ping to the gateway-IP seemed to clear it (even though sometimes packets were lost). Magically, yesterday the problem "went away" (no re-wire). Apparently, a lot more was going on than what they knew about. Kind of noticed a lot of "hits" in my router log during that time as well. Odd...

Might be due to the speed/recognition of the processor. There are free utilities to "slow" it down if necessary. Have you checked the System Information or Cotrol Panel/System to see what 98SE thinks you have? May be "accelerating" beyond it's capacity (a glitch/bug?). Or, I think there may be a project (somewhere, don't remember) to insert cpu-id's into the system... Other than that possibility, dunno... check the thread on "Newer Computers/Motherboards (whatever)" for a hint. edit for anyone else seeing this post - had a frain-bart there (obviously Video drivers; already shut down & too late to change post) ... see dencorso posts below

FWIW (re - the F8 no longer works / reinstall from recovery partition) - lengthy similar topic

??? If you're giving them away and re-install the original OEM OS/version with key used on the attached COA, I was under the impression that it becomes irrelevant. If so, then donations can be considered write-offs. (I thought this was similarly discussed in another thread; please correct me if mistaken.)

Suggestion - Get ImgBurn (free), save the beat-up CD as ISO, then burn to a new CD-R (or RW). One might assume there's a burner in it(?); if so, save beating up your original any more. Get Virtual CD (free), mount the ISO and compare (FC.EXE or search the internet for DirPru/"Dir Prudence" v1.5.7 dated 5/3/01 last free full-functional) to confirm a good burn. 40-gig HDD? 2gb for XP, 2gb for 98, 36gb (less, actually) for data...

Yep, my given handle was "Sky King" (on mainframe IBM OS, not PC) because I had once corrected two techies when I was a relative newbie. No stigma there and went on to become a general-purpose "live tech manual". So, I agree that the question is irrelevant in that one studies what one has an interest in learning and doing, not what one "wants to be". You answer yourself, you see...(BTW, the method mentioned herein is how I got there...)

Yes, I'm trying to put both XP and 98 on the same partition. I expect to have to manually copy one of the two sets of files onto the "C" drive <snip> Acronis images of the <snip> whole disk. <snip><snip-irrelevant> Managed to fix windows protection errors for ndis.vxd, then fought through free memory range conflicts with the display adapter only to find that all but one of the 98 drivers Dell had on their site were for 98SE and don't work with FE. <snip-should have worked> Manual copying alone just won't work (on the same partition). I snipped the "don't use that" stuff out as it does you no good, the reason being that Sector-One of the HDD has the "basic" boot info and the Partition Table (indicating which one is Active and to be booted) and each Partition will have its own Boot code (for the brand of OS on it, if any). XP will barf if certain info is hosed as some info in the Partition Table is stored in the Registry. Better read up on that too (some info on that in the topic indicated).Dell website for "Windows 98" drivers for your PC appears to show that you might have either/or/both of several pieces of hardware (Network and Video). In some cases it might have Integrated, in other cases it might have Add-in, or perhaps both. Suggest checking Device Manager for exactly what's there and act/install accordingly. Chipset drivers should always be installed first. As for other problems you should take a look at dencorso's Sticky List (includes cannie's), particularly the one about RAM. You might want to get the drivers from the manufacturer instead of Dell, as OEM's are notorious for providing outdated ones; e.g. I use Intel Chipset drivers and not the OEM-supplied. BTW, the 98-supplied Intel Chipset drivers are "not so hot" so definitely install the real 800-series ones (could be part of your problem). FWIW, my secondary HDD is partitioned with 1st XP and 2nd 98SE (ref. the RAM Sticky for specs, I'm in there too). I set the primary HDD to "none" in the BIOS so the XP (NTFS format) "sees" itself as C-drive and "automagically" picks up other drive+partitions after-the-fact. Win98SE installation doesn't "see" XP (since NTFS). Had set partition-2 (primary not logical-in-extended) to "active" (with floppy), installed it and can boot to it (with appropriate "sticky" fixes). 3d partition is used for "shared data". I use NTFS for Windows to access the XP partition (an additional drive letter is assigned). I have to flip-flop the Active partition using a Floppy, the reason I suggested a Boot Loader of some sort (even if it's the XP one), which I haven't got around to doing... addendum - If you look at how XP installed onto 2nd partition after 9x on 1st ("standard" method), you'll see that XP places certain Boot Loader files on the partition-1 and copies/extracts then replaces the Boot Sector (typically Sector 63) and uses that for dual-boot (not your intent, though). Loosely put, Pre-NTFS OS's will alway install on the Active Primary Partition, while NTFS and Linux OS's insist on being (at least the Boot Loader) on the 1st Primary Partition, regardless of Active Status. (-Corrections anyone?-) One might assume you're new to all of this; read up, be careful, be prepared to restore the HDD while attempting this, and you'll be fine... Everyone will help you "get there from here" after you've found most answers to your questions. (btw, great PC you inherited) This you know of - follow the yellow-brick-road

(um... I mentioned that topic in post#2... c'mon, guys!) And... are you absolutely certain that you have no I386 folder for the XP? Seems kind of odd unless the XP installed from a CD (no I386 folder). Otherwise, do a little "light reading" in said topic... And I concur, don't install on the same partition because it do get really hairy! Can't mix-and-match...

There are threads on that (installing Win98 after XP) but don't recollect which. I'd recommend keeping XP on the first partition and put Win98 on the second. This might be accomplished by using GRUB4DOS. Under the circumstances, though, it might need to be installed in the MBR as opposed to a "first" partition. So, before you proceed search MSFN for GRUB4DOS to see the details (one of the threads I had seen). Also include "jaclaz" as Member Name since he's somewhat of an expert. HTH edit - Now I remember that it's possible to add the Grub Loader to the OS Selection screen (with XP installed on partition1) to maybe allow installing 98 on parition2. Read up and "choose your pizen"; just remember to not destroy the current XP by messing up the MBR, PBR, and Partition Tables. Assumes that you used repartitioning methods allowing for the existing XP to continue to function.edit2 - more info - by altering/setting up the Grub, there's a way to extract (using tools you'll find references to) the Boot Block(?) for XP, save it, and tell Grub to use its own loader tp point to the xp loader OR the 98 "loader". Somewhat complicated and risky, so be sure of what you're doing. You might want to grab a good Live Linux or create a Live XP bootable CD (provided you have a good set of XP I386 on existing also useable to create a "raw" bootable install cd) just in case... edit3 - a link - How to easily create...

Universal Extractor uses i3comp.exe, i5comp.exe, and i6comp.exe (InstallShield "extractors") and does work but your mileage may vary as some I-S CAB's won't unpack regardless.

I wouldn't recommend it. It contains CAB's with Drivers and DLL's inside (and out) for proper operation of the system (as needed for various reasons). They were copied there by/from the Install.

... And may I point out that WU will store all that stuff on your HDD, whereas you can store AP on a CD before install, run/unstall it, update 98SE, then uninstall it. Saves space on those older PC's (those that have them). Besides, AP98SE isn't going to be updated real soon, so use it or don't... BTW, you're free to change it any way you want; nothing sacred here. Just a good knowledge of batch scripts. Be it on your head, though, since it was an exhausting trail leading here to ensure that (almost) nothing could go wrong...

1 - UBCD is a closed/removed topic and no support will be available on MSFN until further notice. 2 - If the CD Media is not capable of burning at 1x, it won't work. You can try burning at 8x or 16x.

Will this help understanding the term (not-necessarily) "generic"? http://www.msfn.org/board/best-virtualisat...re-t140233.html Roughly, the Host provides Real Hardware, the VM Software provides Virtual Hardware Interfaces, the Guest sees "Real Hardware" (via the Virtualisation). Each VM Software provides its own methods of interface, so after a fashion, "generic" is a "true-ism". Keep reading, you'll get the idea... (post written just to provide a link for the OP to possible future collected info.)

Tips, Tricks, Info - http://blogs.msdn.com/Virtual_PC_Guy/

Hence the confusion "Where have I gone wrong" (originally XP?). If there is no HDD-Recovery-Partition option, the only choice is to "decrapify" the Dell and replace key files (not to be obtained here). XP CD's can still be obtained from reputable sources...

re: SP3 Boot Floppy files... I believe you are correct... they are not available for downloading. I must point out that using Boot Floppies is a different method than CD Boot, so be aware when you "create your own". I really can't understand, tho, why you would want them; Just make your newly-created SP3 CD bootable... (edit - and won't swear to this, but the SP2 boot floppies might be useable for an SP3 install - check the diffs between the contents of RTM, SP1, SP2 to "help" determine. personally, I feel they are irrelevant as they are only good for PC's that don't boot to CD and very few even old ones don't.)

Yes, but see link in #1 below first... ??? Just do the first thing, noting the link in #1 given below... 1 - Not that I'm aware of but go here and download the entire cd. Everything is there (Support, Valueadd, Dotnetfx). Just delete the "old" folder and copy the "new" folder in. 2 - Yes, just go search MS website BTW, do the Overlays first in the raw SP2-copied source. Folders other than I386 are irrelevant in relation to HF slipping or nLiting...

I'm not sure, but you could ask this question in its own thread, may get more replies.?Did the install fail? Looking inside the Unofficial, I see a different content. Go here, scroll down to it, download/reinstall and see what happens...

Hmmm... looks like the Asus folks have a restore disk and not a recovery partition... Oops! spoke too soon - http://spemi.blogspot.com/2009/09/reinstal...xp-on-asus.html If true and it works out for you then you might be able to create a legit CD from the restore...

Seems MS screwed up... Where is Office 200 SR1? There's a flaw in the web-based one that requires you to use the admin one but it ain't there no more! Apparently, all the Office 2000 patches were "lost", so good luck! (fortunately, I got them a while back and saved them). If you have an older machine running Win2000 (supported until 2010), don't eve think of using Office products. Office xp/2k3 will eat your PC, as compared to Office2k.

Chances are, the 4gb partition was a "restore partition". The CD(s) should be be useable for a "clean install" only (using the cd-key on the PC case). You'll have to activate it (by phone, of course). If you haven't wiped out the "restore partition" and the Partition Boot Record (the "magical boot" for Restore), you should be able to press a Fn (which one I don't know) to do a restore to the C-drive. The CD(s) might even be a Restore Set... Go to Dell-dot-com and see what they say about the Restore for your PC (search Dell or even look for the ID on the PC)... If it works that way, you won't even have to reactivate,,,

So was this just an opinion topic or is post#1 going to be fleshed out?

Also, you could download and install SpybotSnD, switch to Advanced Mode, and look at Startup Items. You can disable, delete any extras/unwanted there - suggest disable and see if adverse affects or re-appears. Be aware that it does similar to CCleaner but in a different way, i.e. SpyBot simply "disables" and/or "deletes", whereas CCleaner should backup the entry prior to deletion giving the ability to "reload". Same principle, different method. CCleaner is smaller and does not scan for Spyware, etc. Look them up to see what is featured and decide... Hope you didn't contract more; I had a recent "drive-by" and had a booger of a time eradicating it. (should be moved to "malware" section?)