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Glass substrate platters, they've been in use for a long time (some desktop drives use them too).

It'll turn on but you won't be able to do anything with it.

Learn to use Trusted Sites zone in IE.

Lol, 98se doesn't need a firewall, especially if you're behind a NAT router.

What are you going to install XP on if the machine has no HDD?

Create your own custom version of XP with nLite.

Ignore them.

Just be careful with it, it's one of the most powerful CPU stress testers available. Running Prime95 on my machine for 8 hours only gives ~60°, with BURNP6 it reached 65° (and stayed steady) in only a few minutes.

I'd go with this one too, the 865 chipset has been around for quite some time and with few problems.

For indexing files I just use DIR command and store the result in a text file... whih can be imported into Excel for manipulation.

It's only unstable if you run badly written applications and drivers. And 98se is more stable than 98fe.@Link21: "It is not completely true. You don't have your Windows XP setup properly if that is what you are experieicning. " Take a look at how trimmed-down my XP pro is: Taskmgr: http://img123.imageshack.us/img123/8608/taskmgr6vj.png http://img57.imageshack.us/img57/7959/taskmgr28wm.png Services: http://img123.imageshack.us/img123/82/svcs6un.png ...and it's still noticeably slower than 98se. It may boot faster (approximately 1 second faster than my customised 98se which does load more drivers than the XP) but in use it's slower.

From spyware or adware, most likely. If you upload them, I can inspect them for you.

Here's what I found on my system: netrap.dll: not found dnsapi.dll: found it in my XP partition... I don't think 98se needs this netui0.dll: again, found it in the XP partition... not in 98se though netui1.dll: see above w32topl.dll: see above samlib.dll: see above authz.dll: see above ntdsapi.dll: see above ntlanman.dll: see above apphelp.dll: see above userenv.dll: see above All except the first one are for XP... I don't think they're needed in 98se.

Isn't it MemTest86+ ?For CPU testing I prefer BURNP6, it actually heats much faster than Prime95 and achieves a higher temperature too.

It seems an OCX has not been regsvr'd. If the program comes with some DLLs in its directory, try to regsvr32 each of them.

Just backup your important data, then ignore it...

Only happens on Vista. I know, their notepad is broken.

One surface scan is probably all that's required. Leave it on continuously (idling, not reading/writing) for at least 24 hours. Do any more than that, and you'll be shortening the life of the drive.

1. Superior DOS emulation. The DOS VM in XP is awful - for one, "close on exit" option is partially broken, secondly it's slow (setting ntvdm.exe to realtime priority doesn't help, just freezes the rest of the system too) and the speed fluctuates (run a small DOS program that just prints out a huge text file to the screen - at first it outputs quickly, then after approximately 10 seconds it slows down to a crawl). The DOS VM in 98se works well for almost all DOS programs that don't need exclusive control of the machine. 2. Can be booted to DOS to do tasks that can't be done otherwise, like swapping modified system files (XP complains afterwards even if you manage to swap kernels, for example - "system file protection") or deleting browser caches and other files that are normally in-use. 3. Faster. Simpler system architecture reduces overhead of system calls and results in better overall performance. You will notice that a minimal XP installation still lags slightly on fast hardware, while 98se has nearly instantaneous response time. 4. Fewer bugs and exploits. XP needs to be "updated" constantly (not to mention the annoying WGA and activation) - I'm not sure of the exact number, but probably several hundred "critical updates" have been issued since its release. 98se has a few critical updates, but nowhere near as many. A default install is also safer - 98se doesn't phone home to M$, nor does it have dozens of listening services waiting to be exploited. 5. Uses less system resources. An Operating System is not an application program. It should only provide basic services to application programs, not itself try to be an application program. Thus it should consume a minimum of system resources, and let the application programs use them instead. I've run 98se on a 386DX 25MHz with 16Mb of RAM and a 120Mb HDD, it doesn't need much but it still runs quite well. In comparison, the lowest hardware I've gotten XP to install on was a P166 with 64Mb RAM and 4Gb HDD, and even with lots of nLiting it still ran very sluggishly. 6. Overall Compatibility. 98se is the last OS that can support almost all legacy DOS as well as Win32 applications. Many newer programs will run on 98se, but not anything older.

BIOS Setup, Advanced CMOS Settings, change the boot order so your preferred OS's HDD is booted first.

In case it comes back and it isnt related to heat, if this is happening in Internet Explorer, try Firefox or some other browser like Opera.. This can happen in IE on a perfectly fine running machine in some cases too. I know what the problem is, but it isnt worth resolving in IE because it will eventually return again.. ...switching browsers has to be the most retarded comment in this thread. This has absolutely nothing to do with IE vs Firefox vs Opera vs. etc.BTW the 2.4GHz Celeron can run at 3.2GHz on stock cooling, I have one as a small file server.

40°C is nothing to worry about. The maximum temperature is somewhere in the high 60s.

Switch to an LCD. Much better for the eyes. I can still see flicker at 85Hz refresh on a CRT, that's why I use LCDs exclusively now. I don't really notice it much with the TV, maybe because the phosphor has a higher persistence and I'm farther away.

Switching from 115 -> 230 shouldn't damage anything, it'll just be undervolted and shut down. Tried moving the switch back to 115? On the other hand, going from 230 -> 115 will cause a display of sparks and possibly a small explosion. If the PSU is really dead, get a new one that doesn't have the selector switch (e.g. 90 - 270v input range).