re: corrupt cab files ?
Tuesday, March 14, 2006 at 11:36 pm
Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Lee
(172 messages posted)
I disagree with hardware problem diagnosis totally. Bob Wells has the only good
advice because your Toshiba laptop is expecting to process proprietary Toshiba constructed
cab files you are getting corrupt cab file errors at every turn. Only a Toshiba
Restore CD for your laptop will reinstall Windows for you. So don't waste money
on a motherboard until you have the CD and have tried it first.
Most laptops along with Dell, Compaq and few other desktop computers have a hidden
partition on their hard drive that perform some BIOS functions and also is a safe
(secure) place for proprietary drivers especially for CDROM and DVD drives and the
like. This is why only the proper Restore CD can be used to reinstall Windows on
your Laptop. The Restore CD is also the only way to rebuild that hidden partition.
It's been that way since the first laptop - so believe it.
On Tuesday, March 14, 2006 at 4:14 pm, greg wrote:
>I tend to agree that it must be a hardware problem.
>I just got a reply from the driver seller on ebay and
>he said that some of the files are compressed so even if I could use the drivers
>I could not load them on the laptop because they have to be decompressed
>The BIOS I don't know how to check if it's corrupted or not and I am not even sure
>if it's worth trying.
>By the time I find the right upgrade and figure out how to do it I could just by
>another motherboard and hopefully be done with it I just hope I don't pick up another
>bad one.
>
>
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- re: corrupt cab files ? (greg: Tuesday, March 14, 2006 at 4:14 pm)
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