Graphics Problem -98SE2ME

[rdagijones]

I have a Toshibe Tecra 8100. Installed and ran 98se2me and now there is an error with the graphics driver loading. The laptop will not finish booting into a useable desktop. (All we see are white clouds on a blue sky but no icons of start menu.) Each time you start the machine it loads 16bit 640x480 and you still cannot see anything beyond a small patch of white clouds on a blue sky. It will not boot in safe mode so that I can uninstall the graphics driver and let windows find it again. Any ideas on how to restore the graphics?

Toshiba Tecra 8100

OS Windows 98SE (Updated using 98se2me)

[MDGx]

Hi,

Thanks for your feedback.

To my knowledge 98SE2ME doesn't "break" the graphics/VGA.

I've never heard of such error.

On the other hand, 98SE2ME was not designed for/tested on laptops, because I don't have any.

And so far, all users who installed 98SE2ME on portables, never complained about video errors.

To restore your original files with 98SE2ME installed [needed in C:\9!M] - from READ1ST.TXT:

http://www.mdgx.com/9s2m/read1st.php

BACKUP + RESTORE WINDOWS 98 SE

A. Original Windows 98 SE system files ONLY = BACKUP + RESTORE:

* How to BACKUP original Windows 98 SE system files replaced by Windows ME

counterparts [options 1 or 2] ONLY IF you have NOT already installed options 1

or 2:

- Start button -> Programs -> 98SE2ME -> run "98SE2ME.PIF - MAIN PROGRAM"

shortcut.

OR:

- (Double-)click on C:\9!M\98SE2ME.PIF .

Then press Y to continue [1st screen] -> press 1 (to install option 1) or

press 2 (to install option 2) [2nd screen] -> press Y to create a new BACKUP.

You MUST have at LEAST 30 MB FREE disk space on your C drive/partition to

BACKUP the original Win98 SE system files into (you can select NOT to backup):

%windir%\WIN98SE.9ME

%windir%\FONTS.9ME

%windir%\SYSTEM.9ME

%windir%\SYSBCKUP.9ME

%windir%\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS.9ME

* How to RESTORE original Windows 98 SE system files replaced by Windows ME

counterparts [options 1 or 2] ONLY IF you have already created such BACKUP

[see above] by running options 1 or 2:

- Start button -> Settings -> Control Panel -> Add/Remove Programs -> select

"98SE2ME Option 2: Restore Original Win98 SE System Files" -> click Add/Remove

button.

OR:

- (Double-)click on C:\9!M\O2RES.BAT .

B. ENTIRE [FULL] original Windows 98 SE OS = BACKUP + RESTORE:

* How to BACKUP your ENTIRE [FULL] original Windows 98 SE OS into C:\W98SEOLD

ONLY IF you have NOT already installed options 1 or 2:

- Start button -> Programs -> 98SE2ME -> run "BACKUP Entire Original Windows

98 SE OS" shortcut.

OR:

- (Double-)click on C:\9!M\CLONE98.PIF .

You MUST have at LEAST as much FREE disk space on your C drive/partition as

your Win98 SE OS occupies for the FULL OS BACKUP which will be created into

C:\W98SEOLD .

How to determine if your C drive/partition has enough free disk space:

Run Windows Explorer -> highlight your main Windows folder [usually

C:\WINDOWS] -> right-click on it -> select Properties -> look at the reported

"Size:" in MB -> write down this number! Now highlight your [C:] drive ->

right-click on it -> select Properties -> look at the reported "Free space:"

in MB -> MUST be at LEAST 65 MB LARGER than the 1st number.

* How to RESTORE your ENTIRE [FULL] original Windows 98 SE OS BACKUP from

C:\W98SEOLD ONLY IF you have already installed options 1 or 2 AND have already

created such BACKUP [see above]:

- Start button -> Programs -> 98SE2ME -> run "RESTORE Entire Original Windows

98 SE OS" shortcut.

OR:

- (Double-)click on C:\9!M\98RESTOR.BAT .

C. IMPORTANT Windows 98 SE BACKUP + RESTORE guidelines:

* You can select NOT to BACKUP, which is a good idea ONLY IF you have ALREADY

created a BACKUP BEFORE installing 98SE2ME options 1 or 2, AND you do NOT want

to OVERWRITE it.

* 98RESTOR.BAT , CLONE98.BAT , CLONE98.PIF , O1BKP.BAT , O2BKP.BAT + O2RES.BAT

together with ALL OTHER files from C:\9!M will be DELETED IF you uninstall

98SE2ME !

Therefore IF you plan to BACKUP + RESTORE your original Win98 SE files and/or

entire Win98 SE OS you MUST do so BEFORE uninstalling 98SE2ME from C:\9!M !

* How to restore INDIVIDUAL original Windows 98 SE system files:

This works ONLY IF you already created a BACKUP of [see above]:

- original Win98 SE system files when you FIRST installed option 1 or option 2

OR:

- entire (full) Win98 SE OS into C:\W98SEOLD by running C:\9!M\CLONE98.PIF

BEFORE you have installed ANY 98SE2ME options.

1. IF replaced system files you wish to restore are of NEWER version/build

than the ones from Windows 98 SE setup CD-ROM CABs, search for them by running

a File Search with the C:\W98SEOLD folder highlighted from within File Manager

[FM = %windir%\WINFILE.EXE] or Windows Explorer [WE = %windir%\EXPLORER.EXE].

Then copy them back into appropriate directories/folders [example]:

COPY/Y/Z C:\W98SEOLD\RUNDLL.EXE %windir%

Run command above from a DOS box or from a DOS style BATch file.

2. IF replaced system files you wish to restore are of SAME version/build as

the ones from Windows 98 SE setup CD-ROM CABs, create a DOS style BATch file

using Notepad or better plain text editor/viewer:

http://www.mdgx.com/toy.htm#TXT

and save it as EXTR98.BAT (example):

-----Begin cut & paste here-----

@ECHO OFF

C:

IF NOT EXIST C:\TEMP\NUL MD C:\TEMP>NUL

CD\TEMP

EXTRACT/Y /A D:\WIN98\BASE4.CAB %1 %2 %3 %4 %5

EXTRACT/Y D:\WIN98\PRECOPY1.CAB %1 %2 %3 %4 %5

EXTRACT/Y D:\WIN98\PRECOPY2.CAB %1 %2 %3 %4 %5

CLS

EXIT

------End cut & paste here------

Then run EXTR98 followed by exact file name to extract 1 file at a time or use

DOS wildcards [*.* , *.DLL , A*.EXE etc] to extract multiple files at once

[example]:

EXTR98 WINFILE.*

All files will be extracted into C:\TEMP in this example.

More info here:

http://www.mdgx.com/last4.htm#EXTRACT

and here:

http://www.mdgx.com/newtip15.htm#CABEX

Make sure you replace D drive letter and/or WIN98 folder name above if your

CAB files are located somewhere else. You can also modify all C:\TEMP

instances to point to any other valid location.

FYI:

Certain %windir% + %windir%\SYSTEM [%windir% = usually C:\WINDOWS] files MUST

be replaced ONLY from native MS-DOS mode.

How to exit/reboot into native/true/real/pure MS-DOS mode:

A. Left-click the Start button -> click Shut Down... -> select Restart in

MS-DOS mode -> click the OK button.

B. OR hold down Shift + F5 at the same time during BIOS boot POST (Power On

Self Test) sequence.

C. OR scroll down using the down arrow to the "Command prompt only" option and

then press Enter from the Windows 95/98 Startup Menu:

http://www.mdgx.com/msdos.htm#MEN

D. OR from a Windows 95/98/ME Emergency/Bootup/Startup

floppy/CD/DVD/USB/external disc/stick/tape.

Last step:

Copy back the files to their appropriate directories/folders: %windir%

[usually C:\WINDOWS], %windir%\SYSTEM, %windir%\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS etc.

Run WIN or reboot one last time.

To learn which system files must be registered using the REGSVR32 command,

open C:\9!M\2G.INF into Notepad or better plain text editor/viewer:

http://www.mdgx.com/toy.htm#TXT

and look at the REGSVR32 lines.

Then run this command from within Windows to register a system DLL or OCX

[example]:

%windir%\SYSTEM\REGSVR32 /S %windir%\SYSTEM\WHATEVER.DLL

If respective REGSVR32 line you found inside 2G.INF contains the /I switch,

run [example]:

%windir%\SYSTEM\REGSVR32 /I /S %windir%\SYSTEM\WHATEVER.DLL

Make sure to replace WHATEVER.DLL with appropriate file name AND extension.

Extension must be either DLL or OCX.

If methods above do not work [you can't restore your OS to the previous state], try to boot in Safe Mode:

http://www.mdgx.com/msdos.htm#MEN

and restore from there.

P.S.:

From now on, please post all your questions/comments about 98SE2ME in the dedicated forum:

http://www.msfn.org/board/?showtopic=46349

HTH