WINDOWS 98 START-UP PROBLEM
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JSR54
, Apr 16 2005 08:56 AM
#1
Posted 16 April 2005 - 08:56 AM
#2
Posted 16 April 2005 - 03:43 PM
vxd means virtual device driver, so begin with a driver update for all hardware.
Is thsi problem recent? Did he recently install KB891711 from windows update? Your error is new, but this update has caused all kinds of wierd errors....try uninstalling it
I have never seen VOLT TRACK before, but it sounds like a voltage tracker...any hardware monitoring programs like motherboard monitor installed (or one supplied by motherboard maker?). Try uninstalling that
Is thsi problem recent? Did he recently install KB891711 from windows update? Your error is new, but this update has caused all kinds of wierd errors....try uninstalling it
I have never seen VOLT TRACK before, but it sounds like a voltage tracker...any hardware monitoring programs like motherboard monitor installed (or one supplied by motherboard maker?). Try uninstalling that
#3
Posted 16 April 2005 - 04:04 PM
thanks for the information this is not my computer so unsure of updates but i'm able to boot to windows with no problem with the cd rom and cdrw power unpluged this is totally new components barebones with exsiting hard drive with 98 on it any ideas on this situation thanks
#4
Posted 16 April 2005 - 09:08 PM
so you took an existing windows installation and plunked it in a totally new machine (Motherboard included)? Or are the cd drives just new?
#5
Posted 17 April 2005 - 03:09 AM
exactly the motherboard memory cd rom cdrw are all new i bought a barebones and installed the exsiting hd boots ok without the cd rom and cdrw
#6
Posted 18 April 2005 - 06:13 AM
OK, now I have a better handle on what's going on....
Well, the beauty of windows 98 is that what you did works about 80 percent of the time. The bad news is you're in the 20 percent that does not.
The error you are seeing is the OS trying to find hardware it no longer has, or finding similar hardware that is just different enough to kibosh the whole thing.
In that 20 percent of cases where what you did does not work, in many cases you are looking at a reinstall, but there is still one more thing you can try--do you have a windows cd?
Well, the beauty of windows 98 is that what you did works about 80 percent of the time. The bad news is you're in the 20 percent that does not.
The error you are seeing is the OS trying to find hardware it no longer has, or finding similar hardware that is just different enough to kibosh the whole thing.
In that 20 percent of cases where what you did does not work, in many cases you are looking at a reinstall, but there is still one more thing you can try--do you have a windows cd?
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