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You are comparing drives of different sizes; that is of course going to give different results. The 120Gb probably has a higher angular track density on the platters so it can give a slightly higher sustained transfer rate than the 80Gb. However, in your burst speeds the SATA clearly has the advantage, which is to be expected given the faster maximum speed of the interface. But, both of these drives cannot saturate an ATA nor a SATA interface, so the difference is not large. Everything looks quite normal.

From the console prompt do DIR /A. There's probably a desktop.ini still sitting in there. ATTRIB -S -H -R *.* and then DEL *.* before removing the directory.

Are you sure you're using Dutch version? Also check Language settings in the Control Panel...

LSPs might need restoring. See LSPfix: http://www.cexx.org/lspfix.htm

The boot.ini is located on the root of your boot drive. [boot loader] timeout=30 default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS [operating systems] multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition" /fastdetectChange this to read [boot loader] timeout=30 default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS [operating systems] multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition" /fastdetect

ICQ?

Try adjusting the contrast and brightness of your monitor instead

Xerox printer? Is it by any chance connected to the Internet and accessible from outside? Some outsiders might be having some fun with your printer

If you forgot to save, it's Gone from the memory forever. Now you know, to always save your work once in a while.

Download the *full version* of IE6 from the Microsoft site and try installing that. The downloading-installer sometimes doesn't work properly.

Win9x... is a shell... that's why you can start it just by running WIN.COM from the prompt. Although it definitely isn't a DOS extender.I run 98se on all my PCs - from a 66MHz 486DX2 with 16Mb of RAM up to the machine I'm using now, a 4.17GHz Pentium 4 with 256Mb of RAM. I've used XP in a dualboot with 98se, but it needed such frequent updating and extra bloatware to keep it secure that I've since formatted the drive where XP used to reside and now use that for storage. 98SE is simple, fast and compatible with most of the software out there. That's why I still use it.

...more information? What did you do to cause this problem? More importantly, what is the model and brand of your video card?

It shouldn't make that much difference in performance, seeing as I used to have 98SE on a Pentium 233MMX with only 32Mb of RAM, and it was already enough for normal usage. Win98 itself doesn't require that much RAM.

I've also heard that PC-DOS 2000 (last version of IBM's DOS) supports long filenames and can coexist with Windows 98SE. Is that correct?

I've experienced it before. This problem can occur if a drive is not connected properly or if there is a disk left in one of the optical drives. You may also want to check if DMA mode is enabled for all your drives, if everything else is also unusually slow.

Certain mobos hide the fact that it's a SATA and present the drive to the software as an ATA133. Check to make sure DMA is enabled in the device properties for your SATA drive. Also, what are the speeds you're getting from the SATA drive?

Open your boot.ini and delete the first line referencing Windows XP Home Edition. The line will begin with "multi(0)disk(..." and there will be two of them, just remove the first one, save the file and reboot.

Does the ISO have a bootsector?

What do you mean by "offline files"?

Backups should be kept on FAT32 since that filesystem is more compatible across different operating systems and architectures.

In a 1U case, the expansion cards are fit horizontally. There is normally room for 1 full-height (width) card.

http://www.msfn.org/comments.php?shownews=16457 I've heard of that, and tried the actual exploit demonstration itself. All it does is cause the IE to crash but then I can just open it again and resume browsing... a minor bug, but still not very serious.

If you want to figure out whether or not the file headers are intact, get a JPG file format specification and a hex editor. All JPG files begin with the bytes 255, 216, 255, 224, 0, 16, and then "JFIF". .AI files are actually a text format, so corruption should be quite easy to spot. (At least for version 8.0 which I have...)

One more location to check - this is under the Security tab, select Internet zone and then click Custom Level:

This might sound a bit strange, but is your processor's cooling system in good condition? Freezing can sometimes be caused by overheating processors.