Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 08:21:02 11/05/00
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On November 05, 2000 at 10:07:29, Peter Skinner wrote:
>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.
How do you "repair" Windows? You mean by reinstalling it over the current
installation, I assume?
Christophe
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