Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 20:42:20 11/05/00
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On November 05, 2000 at 11:21:02, Christophe Theron wrote: >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 He might have meant "format c:/u/q" followed by installing Linux. (just kidding of course.) :)
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