re: Problems in WIN 98SE
Saturday, December 26, 2009 at 8:27 am
Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Dave A.
(46 messages posted)
That's what I believe too. I also believe it's infected with one heck of a virus.
I don't use any anti-virus program and haven't for a long time. These problems
just happened in the past two weeks. Anyway, do anti-virus programs get rid of viruses
or are they just to protect computers from getting them?
I ran ScanDisk a couple of times last week with "Fix Errors" enabled. But I don't
think that caused my problems since I've done that many times in years past. Luckily,
my WordPerfect 5.1 for DOS files are all intact, so too is my DOS spreadsheet. The
virus or corruption on the hard drive doesn't affect DOS at all.
I'm getting along fine with the computer, it's just that I can't listen to all my
music, or download any program or online-news item that requires Microsoft DirectX
or ActiveX to play or read them.
I've deleted CookieJar entirely and am using "Empty Temp Folders 238" program that
I downloaded, which is neat and serves my purposes adequately.
My WIN98SE Updates CD was bought and installed on top of my WIN98 on July 21, 2000.
So if it's true that those CDs lose data, then maybe that's the cause of the corruption.
Terrible thought, though.
I've re-installed MS Word 97 a few times and got back all of its functions except
that mysterious bug that freezes the novel I'm revising (only one .doc file out of
hundreds). I'm resigned to gaining access to it by the back way of opening it up
through the Preview pane, then resizing it to full view. Everything works normally
after that.
What I'm worried about is that, because I'm still using a very old WIN98SE that certainly
is corrupted, if not crawling with viruses, tons of my research and .doc files will
corrupt a new computer if I do buy the latest one with WIN7 installed.
I'd like to give you my website address to get a glimpse of my books but I'm afraid
the moderator might block this message if I do.
Thanks for replying.
On Saturday, December 26, 2009 at 12:25 am, Arminius wrote:
>It sounds to me as though your hard drive has become corrupted unleashing a cascade
>of events. The first thing I would do is run ScanDisk to see if it finds any bad
>sectors. Make sure the box that reads "Automatically fix errors" is UNCHECKED to
>make sure things aren't made worse by being "fixed".
>
>Is your Win98SE CD an original or an old CD-R copy? At least it should have
>been readable if it is an original. CD-R copies can lose data.
>
>Have you written anything we may have heard of? I wouldn't mind listening to the
>audiobook version if it's out.
>
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