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Subject: Re: Computer help needed (I'm sorry for being off topic but I'm clueless)

Author: Peter Skinner

Date: 07:07:29 11/05/00

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On November 05, 2000 at 09:21:14, James T. Walker wrote:

>I appologize for being off topic but I know there are a lot of computer experts
>here so please forgive this intrusion.  My problem is when checking my system
>performance it shows all my hard drives are "Operating in the MS-DOS
>compatibility mode" which will decrease performance.  I'm running W98 with 3
>different hard drives on my computer.  Can anyone give me a clue how to get the
>system performance to optimum?  A response via email would be appropriate if
>possible.
>Thanks,
>Jim
>jimtwalker@aol.com

Well first thing I would do is run fdisk, and make sure than all the fat
partitions are ok with all hard drives. Sometimes Win98 has been know to freak
out after some firewall programs, or even some games are installed. I know if
you install EA Sports NFL 2000 on Win98, and you have black ice defender
installed, you are going to have major problems. I see this often when doing
tech support calls.

If I were you, I would stick in my Win98 CD, choose to "repair" Windows. This
will only take about 20 mins on a decent speed computer. After that, check to
see if anything has changed.



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