Re: Reinstalling Win98 on a P166 card

2004-03-28 Thread Mark D. Chapman
Just an update. I tried the registry rebuild recommended here. Unfortunately, all that did was crash the PC. So I gave up and made a new drive container. The drive container started up fine. DOS and Win98 installed with no problems (except taking a huge amount of time). Good so far. You'd

Re: Reinstalling Win98 on a P166 card

2004-03-27 Thread Mark D. Chapman
Hi Folks, Just an update. I tried the registry rebuild recommended here. Unfortunately, all that did was crash the PC. So I gave up and made a new drive container. The drive container started up fine. DOS and Win98 installed with no problems (except taking a huge amount of time). Good so far.

Re: Reinstalling Win98 on a P166 card

2004-03-27 Thread Mark D. Chapman
I should have mentioned in my last note that the bad RAM card was from Velocity Upgrades. Does anybody know what happened to them? Thanks, Mark -- Mark Chapman, Membership Secretary/Secrétaire aux admissions The Canadian Society For The Study Of Religion/ La societe canadienne pour l'etude de

Re: Reinstalling Win98 on a P166 card

2004-03-27 Thread Darren
Mark D. Chapman wrote: Hi Folks, Just an update. I tried the registry rebuild recommended here. Unfortunately, all that did was crash the PC. So I gave up and made a new drive container. The drive container started up fine. DOS and Win98 installed with no problems (except taking a huge amount

Re: Reinstalling Win98 on a P166 card

2004-03-24 Thread Mark D. Chapman
It sounds like there are a few more things I can try before I give up on my current install. Thanks for all the input. Mark Windows meltdown on my PC--I'm having problems with programs failing to work and load (the latest is NERO! I'm having to improvise with other software to do my CD

Re: Reinstalling Win98 on a P166 card

2004-03-23 Thread MUGWump
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2004 20:29:41 -0500 From: Mark D. Chapman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Define messed up? Lots of partial programs that have spread themselves around the Hard Drive. New installs fail. It always crashes at shutdown. How'd it get that way? I am not sure. Some

Re: Reinstalling Win98 on a P166 card

2004-03-23 Thread Gregg Eshelman
--- MUGWump [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Windows has a way of doing that. I'm on the verge of having to do a Windows meltdown on my PC--I'm having problems with programs failing to work and load (the latest is NERO! I'm having to improvise with other software to do my CD burning). clip On

Re: Reinstalling Win98 on a P166 card

2004-03-22 Thread Brian Futrell
On Monday, March 22, 2004, at 12:16 AM, Gregg Eshelman wrote: --- Brian Futrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: clip I've got a: 8500 logic board 7200 case 7300 CD-ROM and case cover So does that make it a 7666? ;) = Say hello to Juror #49. Yep, I'm on jury duty until the end of March. Gotta call

Re: Reinstalling Win98 on a P166 card

2004-03-22 Thread Mark D. Chapman
I have a P166 card in my 7500. The disk image has Win98 on it but it is so messed up I think I need to start from scratch. Can I do that using the existing image or is it better to just delete it and start over. I am using PCsetup 2.17 in case that makes a difference. Define messed up? Lots

Reinstalling Win98 on a P166 card

2004-03-21 Thread Mark D. Chapman
I have a P166 card in my 7500. The disk image has Win98 on it but it is so messed up I think I need to start from scratch. Can I do that using the existing image or is it better to just delete it and start over. I am using PCsetup 2.17 in case that makes a difference. Mark -- Mark Chapman,

Re: Reinstalling Win98 on a P166 card

2004-03-21 Thread Brian Futrell
On Sunday, March 21, 2004, at 09:03 PM, Mark D. Chapman wrote: I have a P166 card in my 7500. The disk image has Win98 on it but it is so messed up I think I need to start from scratch. Can I do that using the existing image or is it better to just delete it and start over. I am using PCsetup

Re: Reinstalling Win98 on a P166 card

2004-03-21 Thread Gregg Eshelman
--- Brian Futrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: clip I've got a: 8500 logic board 7200 case 7300 CD-ROM and case cover So does that make it a 7666? ;) = Say hello to Juror #49. Yep, I'm on jury duty until the end of March. Gotta call in each weekend. Fun. __