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Posted by waXology on Feb-16-2003 13:05:

hahaha i know ay but it starts to get expensive then! hmmmm maybe one day

Posted by Audio Beverage on Feb-16-2003 13:11:

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Originally posted by dj_helen_k
it happend cause i kept on ignoring the 'windows update' new updates to be installed thing!!
foookin XP! suks!!!!!

"kept on ignoring the windows update"

Are you trying to say theres "another" option?

Posted by Philby on Feb-16-2003 13:26:

we have win98 on this pc, no problems with it really, although after 4 years or something this hard drive might need a format to clean it up hehe. we tried defragging a couple of times, left it overnight, when we checked it the next morning it was at 1%... its only like 10gigs anyway! i want to buy a 120 gig hard drive as soon as i can afford it. hehe which translates to maybe next christmas or something

Posted by MAB on Feb-27-2003 17:18:

i just lost a harddisk static i guess...80 gigs down the tube.

Posted by bassaholix on Feb-27-2003 20:34:

Not to make this a mockery but...

i think u interested in this...

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http://www.tranceaddict.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=53239

Dood.. you should have backed up... and try to get the data recovered... you might be able to ... but apart from that.. tsk tsk tsk..

I learnt my lesson back in 99 when i lost 30 mp3s in one hit.. tsk tsk tsk.. never again my friend...

Posted by Tranceilvania on Feb-28-2003 14:14:

Uhh ohh,thats bad. You know what I could fix that HDD for ya! Did I mention I'm a bit of Electronics etc wizz by occupation?

Posted by Tranceilvania on Feb-28-2003 14:44:

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Originally posted by Philby
we have win98 on this pc, no problems with it really, although after 4 years or something this hard drive might need a format to clean it up hehe. we tried defragging a couple of times, left it overnight, when we checked it the next morning it was at 1%... its only like 10gigs anyway! i want to buy a 120 gig hard drive as soon as i can afford it. hehe which translates to maybe next christmas or something

Well Philby DON'T buy a 120Gig HDD before checking few things! Your Mobo (motherboard) may not be compatable with larger HDD's by BIOS. If its a well known brand and providing that it's not older than 4-5 yrs eg: Gigabyte, Asus, MSI, AOpen, Abit. you can download a BIOS update and flash your Mobo and if you lucky that will bring your BIOS up2date to accept latest HDDs (50/60% chance)

Secondly; Defrag is a problem with Win98 under normal operating conditions IT WON'T Defrag even if you wait for 10 days coz some background running program will interrupt the process and defrag will start from 0 each time!!!

Here's the way around: Boot your PC in safe mode by keep pressing F8 after switch ON which will give you an options menu in MS-DOS screen halfway boot. I'm sure u have seen that menu many times after a CRASH. Select SAFE MODE boot and do the DEFRAG in safemode. You will see it'll be done in a breeze depending how full and how big is your HDD.

Posted by bassaholix on Feb-28-2003 21:38:

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Secondly; Defrag is a problem with Win98 under normal operating conditions IT WON'T Defrag even if you wait for 10 days coz some background running program will interrupt the process and defrag will start from 0 each time!!!

Not true... trick of the trade is to shove it to Safe Mode THEN do a defrag.. can't be fucked... get a defrag proggie off the net.. you can find freeware ones... thats what i do...

Posted by escee on Mar-01-2003 01:52:

i think defrag is a waste of time.

format /q is quicker

Posted by Tranceilvania on Mar-01-2003 02:07:

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Originally posted by bassaholix
Not true... trick of the trade is to shove it to Safe Mode THEN do a defrag.. can't be fucked... get a defrag proggie off the net.. you can find freeware ones... thats what i do...

Read the whole thing bassaholix before you jump on conclusions

Posted by Philby on Mar-01-2003 16:06:

cheers for the info tranceilvania, i shall investigate

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