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re: windows not starting
Sunday, May 13, 2007 at 7:35 pm
Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Ed
(582 messages posted)
Monitors require a driver file, and these are different for every different model
of monitor. A monitor sold today usually comes with the driver file on a CD. But
the same file is also often available to download from the monitor manufacturer's
website.
Even a second hand monitor manufactured in the last 5 years will usually have its
driver available for download in this manner.
You need the model number of the monitor, and the name of the manufacturer. Armed
with this, you can go to the manufacturer's website and search on the monitor number.
You can often do a Google search at http://www.google.com (entering both pieces of
information) and come up with the appropriate download location.
You can physically add the driver by booting the computer to a DOS prompt with a
bootable floppy disk, then copy the driver file from that floppy disk to the C:\WINDOWS
or C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory.
A bootable floppy disk (which in your case *must* be for Win 98SE) can be created
easily - go to http://www.bootdisk.com
A faulty Windows registry can often be cured by booting to a DOS prompt outside Windows
and typing the following command, then pressing Enter:
SCANREG /FIX
Note the space before the forward slash.
If you can boot to SAFE MODE (press F5 during start up) , go to:
START > SETTINGS > CONTROL PANEL > SYSTEM
and on the Device Manager tab delete the entry under "Monitors" and reboot normally.
You should then be able, at the very least, to start up normally using the default
Windows monitor driver (in 256 colours) built in to Windows. But with luck Windows
will, on rebooting, detect the new driver file you copied to C:\WINDOWS or C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM
An alternative is to use the "Add New Hardware" wizard in CONTROL PANEL to add the
new monitor, if - for example - you end up running in NORMAL MODE with the default
monitor driver in 256 colours only.
Ed
On Friday, May 11, 2007 at 5:25 pm, terri wrote:
>A friend had a computer that had windows 98se on it, and he changed monitors. Now
>it does not start in windows what can I do? I tried putting the cd into the cd rom
>and it says invalid system disk. Now I have to use a public computer to ask for
help
>anyone know what to do? I am not familiar with computers. I do not know computer
>terms the bios says award modular bios v 4.51pc. I need to make sure the settings
>are correct, how can I tell to make sure he did not try to change things in the
bios?
>Can anyone tell me what each of the items in the bios should be set at. It says
Award
>Bios on the main screen. I have checked all the cables nothing is loose. I figure
>maybe not knowing what he was doing he changed something in the bios. On the left
>side of the screen when I start computer and hit delete to enter set up the bios
>shows this list.
>Standard cms setting
>Bios feature setup
>Chipset features setup
>Pnp/pci configuration
>Load bios defaults
>Load setup defaults
>Right side of screen shows
>Integrated peripherals
>Supervisor password
>User password
>Ide had auto detection
>Hd low level format
>Save and exit setup
>Exit without saving
>How can I tell if he changed anything does any one have a picture of each of the
>things on list so I can highlight them and see if anything was changed?
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- windows not starting (terri: Friday, May 11, 2007 at 5:25 pm)
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