Re: PCWorks: Win 98 slow boot up with flashing cursor

2007-02-20 Thread Hugh Vandervoort
98 had a bootlog file (bootlog.txt?) t6hat may be helpful. Alan Priol wrote: I have been asked to check a computer with windows 98 as the OS. The problem occurs at boot up during which, after the POST and the login screen it reverts to a black screen with a flashing bar in the top left hand cor

Re: PCWorks: Win 98 slow boot up with flashing cursor

2007-02-20 Thread Peter Kaulback
Alan, has there been any hardware removed from the system recently? Or perhaps a piece of hardware has failed and Win98 is having difficulty loading drivers for it. Have you run check disk and defragmented the hard drive? How long has it been since the OS was installed? The 9x series is easily