re: corrupt cab files ?
Wednesday, March 15, 2006 at 5:01 pm
Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by greg
(6 messages posted)
You may be right since I don't know too much about laptops but your statement doesn't
make sense to me.
"because your Toshiba laptop is expecting to process proprietary Toshiba constructed
cab files you are getting corrupt cab file errors at every turn"
My laptop is trying to process windows 98 cab files
not proprietary Toshiba constructed cab files and why should that cause corrupt cab
file errors,
If it needed some special software I think I should get a different error message.
How would it process it's proprietary cab files if it cannot load then in the first
place ?
I would be curious if anyone knows what kind of proprietary drivers there are on
this hidden sector and if there is any software that can access or maybe dump
the information from the hidden sector to a file
The cdrom and dvdrom should make no difference
since they can be replaced with other brands.
About the only thing I can think of is maybe the video
and sound since they cannot be replaced so I will get the
restore cd for that if the windows 98 drivers won't work
Also I believe it has a self diagnostic tool that can be usefull too
On Tuesday, March 14, 2006 at 11:36 pm, Lee wrote:
>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.
>
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- re: corrupt cab files ? (Lee: Tuesday, March 14, 2006 at 11:36 pm)
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