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A 2-part question
Tuesday, June 19, 2007 at 10:39 am
Posted by Jim Helwig
(43 messages posted)
When I purchased my comp, DISE (drive image special edition) came pre-loaded. I no
longer need nor want this program. There is an uninstall program, however it does
not work, plus it is not listed in the "Add/Remove" programs file. The uninstall
program displays a box asking for verification that you want to uninstall - it requests
that you type "YES" in a box. The next info. that is displayed is that the uninstall
must be run in a dos environment and that all programs will close, you then click
"OK". At that point, nothing happens. How do I get rid of DISE?? BTW - DISE was a
Power Quest program. They were purchased by Symantec. The Symantec forums, tech assistance,
etc. has been useless in attempting to resolve this issue.
2nd question: Assuming I can get rid of DISE, it created a "D" partition which has
almost 5gb worth of space that I'd like to reclaim into my "C" partition. How can
I safely eliminate the "D" partition and have this space available??
Thanks in advance for any assistance.
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DON'T start a 2nd thread on THE SAME topic
Tuesday, June 19, 2007 at 1:10 pm
Posted by gewg_
(4444 messages posted)
Jim Helwig wrote:
|[...]DISE (drive image special edition)
cache
of http://www.annoyances.org/exec/show/help_forum
Why don't you tell us what happened
when you tried each of the PREVIOUS suggestions you got.
http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/win98/1178723532
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...and respond in your ORIGINAL thread--this one will be deleted
Tuesday, June 19, 2007 at 1:18 pm
Posted by gewg_
(4444 messages posted)
Jim Helwig wrote:
|[...]DISE (drive image special edition)
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re: A 2-part question
Tuesday, June 19, 2007 at 1:21 pm
Posted by Steve
(23810 messages posted)
You could just reinstall Windows, that would solve both problems. A install of 98
that is that old is probably suffering from Bit Rot anyway,.
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re: DON'T start a 2nd thread on THE SAME topic
Tuesday, June 19, 2007 at 6:33 pm
Posted by Jim Helwig
(43 messages posted)
Sorry, didn't realize that I had asked this before....I do remember posting something
about it (thought it was at a different site) but none of the suggestions worked.
On Tuesday, June 19, 2007 at 1:10 pm, gewg_ wrote:
>Jim Helwig wrote:
>|[...]DISE (drive image special edition)
>
>cache
>of http://www.annoyances.org/exec/show/help_forum
>
>Why don't you tell us what happened
>when you tried each of the PREVIOUS suggestions you got.
>http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/win98/1178723532
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re: A 2-part question
Tuesday, June 19, 2007 at 6:38 pm
Posted by Jim Helwig
(43 messages posted)
I was hoping for something not quite that radical. There were several suggestions
however none of them worked. And GEWG, please go ahead and delete this, sorry for
the confusion....I certainly don't want to double-post. It wasn't answered the first
time, so I made an honest mistake in thinking I hadn't posted it here (there are
other tech. support sites, as you know).
On Tuesday, June 19, 2007 at 1:21 pm, Steve wrote:
>You could just reinstall Windows, that would solve both problems. A install of 98
>that is that old is probably suffering from Bit Rot anyway,.
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re: A 2-part question
Tuesday, June 19, 2007 at 7:12 pm
Posted by Steve
(23810 messages posted)
To manually remove a program, you Delete the Programs Folders, and edit out it's
entries in the registry, and Partition software is needed to merge partitions. Things
can go bad when doing that though. So backup your Data, in case you have to reinstall
if the Partition software trashes things. Google will lead you to software to merge
Partitions.
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re: A 2-part question
Tuesday, June 19, 2007 at 7:39 pm
Posted by Jim Helwig
(43 messages posted)
Thanks Steve. Getting to the DISE program folder is no big deal, it's in the C:\Program
Files folder. If I delete that, I'm wondering if a registry editor program that I
have will "pick up" the fact that the files aren't there anymore. Guess I could try
it. As far as what's in the D: partition, it's all very old DISE files that I have
no use for, I never put anything else into it. DISE created the D: partition for
it's use....it was a nice idea at the time, but is very out-dated now. I guess you
know that DISE was a recovery program in the event of crashes, etc. I'll try deleting
the files, then run the reg. editor program and see what happens. I'll let you know.
Any specific programs you'd recommend for doing the partition thing?
On Tuesday, June 19, 2007 at 7:12 pm, Steve wrote:
>To manually remove a program, you Delete the Programs Folders, and edit out it's
>entries in the registry, and Partition software is needed to merge partitions. Things
>can go bad when doing that though. So backup your Data, in case you have to reinstall
>if the Partition software trashes things. Google will lead you to software to merge
>Partitions.
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re: A 2-part question
Tuesday, June 19, 2007 at 8:15 pm
Posted by Steve
(23810 messages posted)
Once done removing the Programs Folders from the Program Folder, and where ever else
they may be, and delete some registry info, you mat still have the entry in Add/Remove
Programs. Link show how to get rid of that entry.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q247501
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re: A 2-part question
Tuesday, June 19, 2007 at 8:27 pm
Posted by Jim Helwig
(43 messages posted)
Hi Steve, the problem I have is that DISE isn't listed in the add/remove programs.
It had it's own uninstall program. The way it works (or is supposed to), you click
on the uninstall icon, a box comes up asking if you want to uninstall DISE. To verify
that you do, you are required to enter the word "YES" in a box. Once you do that,
another box opens up saying that the DISE uninstall program must be run in a DOS
environment and that all running programs will be terminated. There is an "OK" button
that you click....it is at this point that that the uninstall program does nothing,
it doesn't go to DOS, just sort of "freezes". Don't know if that's any help to you
or not.
On Tuesday, June 19, 2007 at 8:15 pm, Steve wrote:
>Once done removing the Programs Folders from the Program Folder, and where ever
else
>they may be, and delete some registry info, you mat still have the entry in Add/Remove
>Programs. Link show how to get rid of that entry.
>http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q247501
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re: A 2-part question
Tuesday, June 19, 2007 at 8:36 pm
Posted by Steve
(23810 messages posted)
Then you won't have to worry about the link I posted.
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re: A 2-part question
Wednesday, June 20, 2007 at 9:38 am
Posted by bob wells
(1636 messages posted)
Jim,
Format the D: partition and retain the 5GB for your new Software to use. Then delete
all the DISE files you can find.
This is tedious but works; go to Start>find,> Files Folders, in the "named" box type
"*.*" (no Quotes) , select C:\ for "Look In", click, "Find now". Be sure to have
"show all files" selected in Windows Explorer>Folder Options>View. This will display
ALL the files on C:
Now the fun begins, You may have more than 10,000 files listed, but scrolling thru
the list you can look for files with the DISE Icon and Folders associated with the
program.
You can delete what you find, as you find it, via the Right click menu. Be sure that
what you delete is associated with DISE. leave anything you are not POSITIVE about.
From here I would Dfrag C:\ and run thorough ScanDisk, then Shutdown, Restart and
run a registry cleaner.
I reccommend RegSeeker, free from HoverDesk.
http://www.hoverdesk.net/freeware.htm
Run the Registry Cleaner first then use the search function to find other files.
Be sure to put a tick in the Backup before Deletion Box. If DISE aint dead yet, FDISK/
Format the HDD and reinstall Windows. Post back with results.
BW
On Tuesday, June 19, 2007 at 10:39 am, Jim Helwig wrote:
>When I purchased my comp, DISE (drive image special edition) came pre-loaded. I
no
>longer need nor want this program. There is an uninstall program, however it does
>not work, plus it is not listed in the "Add/Remove" programs file. The uninstall
>program displays a box asking for verification that you want to uninstall - it requests
>that you type "YES" in a box. The next info. that is displayed is that the uninstall
>must be run in a dos environment and that all programs will close, you then click
>"OK". At that point, nothing happens. How do I get rid of DISE?? BTW - DISE was
a
>Power Quest program. They were purchased by Symantec. The Symantec forums, tech
assistance,
>etc. has been useless in attempting to resolve this issue.
>2nd question: Assuming I can get rid of DISE, it created a "D" partition which has
>almost 5gb worth of space that I'd like to reclaim into my "C" partition. How can
>I safely eliminate the "D" partition and have this space available??
>Thanks in advance for any assistance.
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re: A 2-part question
Wednesday, June 20, 2007 at 11:17 am
Posted by Jim Helwig
(43 messages posted)
Hi Bob, Thanks for the input. I have posted this same message in several different
forums (2 posts were done in 2005) and no one had anything they could suggest. What
you say makes sense. One question - would the format be done in DOS? From what I
remember of my old dos commands, would it be cd\ then d\, then format? I suppose
I could live with the DISE on the comp, it only takes up about 25mb out of the 5gb
in the D: partition. But then again, it'd be nice to reclaim all the space, despite
the job of reviewing all files. I wonder if I could get a list of all files in DISE
by doing an explore on the D: partition and pulling up what's there? Honestly, from
the looks of things, there aren't that many DISE files (I was looking at the D: partition
earlier today). Last time I checked, I had about 1.9 GB available on the C: drive,
so I'm not totally out of space (yet, lol). Thanks again, and let me know about how
to format D:
On Wednesday, June 20, 2007 at 9:38 am, bob wells wrote:
>Jim,
>
>Format the D: partition and retain the 5GB for your new Software to use. Then delete
>all the DISE files you can find.
>
>This is tedious but works; go to Start>find,> Files Folders, in the "named" box
type
>"*.*" (no Quotes) , select C:\ for "Look In", click, "Find now". Be sure to have
>"show all files" selected in Windows Explorer>Folder Options>View. This will display
>ALL the files on C:
>
>Now the fun begins, You may have more than 10,000 files listed, but scrolling thru
>the list you can look for files with the DISE Icon and Folders associated with the
>program.
>
>You can delete what you find, as you find it, via the Right click menu. Be sure
that
>what you delete is associated with DISE. leave anything you are not POSITIVE about.
>
>From here I would Dfrag C:\ and run thorough ScanDisk, then Shutdown, Restart and
>run a registry cleaner.
>
>I reccommend RegSeeker, free from HoverDesk.
>
>http://www.hoverdesk.net/freeware.htm
>
>Run the Registry Cleaner first then use the search function to find other files.
>Be sure to put a tick in the Backup before Deletion Box. If DISE aint dead yet,
FDISK/
>Format the HDD and reinstall Windows. Post back with results.
>
>BW
>
>
>
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re: A 2-part question
Wednesday, June 20, 2007 at 12:35 pm
Posted by bob wells
(1636 messages posted)
Jim,
To format D:\, start your computer with a Win98SE Boot Floppy, preferably one with
Fdisk from Windows ME. Post back if you have questions on the Boot floppy,
At the A:\ prompt, type fdisk, hit enter. Answer yes for large disk support. Select
option 4 to view the current partition information. D:\ should show as 5 GIG
ESC out of Fdisk to the A:\ Prompt and type Format D:\ , hit enter. This will wipe
out the information on D:\ or at least make it unaccessable thru normal means.
It retains the partition as Fat32 via the Yes response to large HDD support. You
should be able to use the space as you wish.
The full 5GIG should show as freespace in My Computer.
DISE files will no longer be accessable on D:\.
Info from my prevvious response will help to Clear DISE from C:\.
On Wednesday, June 20, 2007 at 11:17 am, Jim Helwig wrote:
>Hi Bob, Thanks for the input. I have posted this same message in several different
>forums (2 posts were done in 2005) and no one had anything they could suggest. What
>you say makes sense. One question - would the format be done in DOS? From what I
>remember of my old dos commands, would it be cd\ then d\, then format? I suppose
>I could live with the DISE on the comp, it only takes up about 25mb out of the 5gb
>in the D: partition. But then again, it'd be nice to reclaim all the space, despite
>the job of reviewing all files. I wonder if I could get a list of all files in DISE
>by doing an explore on the D: partition and pulling up what's there? Honestly, from
>the looks of things, there aren't that many DISE files (I was looking at the D:
partition
>earlier today). Last time I checked, I had about 1.9 GB available on the C: drive,
>so I'm not totally out of space (yet, lol). Thanks again, and let me know about
how
>to format D:
>
>
>
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re: A 2-part question
Wednesday, June 20, 2007 at 2:46 pm
Posted by Jim Helwig
(43 messages posted)
Hi Bob, Your instructions are very clear. I've attempted to locate an old Win 98SE
boot disk that I had, can't find it. There is a site (www.bootdisk.com) that offers
free boot disks. There are 2 available for Win 98SE, the OEM version, and a custom
one without ramdrive - which would you suggest I use?
On Wednesday, June 20, 2007 at 12:35 pm, bob wells wrote:
>Jim,
>
>To format D:\, start your computer with a Win98SE Boot Floppy, preferably one with
>Fdisk from Windows ME. Post back if you have questions on the Boot floppy,
>
>At the A:\ prompt, type fdisk, hit enter. Answer yes for large disk support. Select
>option 4 to view the current partition information. D:\ should show as 5 GIG
>
>ESC out of Fdisk to the A:\ Prompt and type Format D:\ , hit enter. This will wipe
>out the information on D:\ or at least make it unaccessable thru normal means.
>
>It retains the partition as Fat32 via the Yes response to large HDD support. You
>should be able to use the space as you wish.
>
>The full 5GIG should show as freespace in My Computer.
>DISE files will no longer be accessable on D:\.
>
>Info from my prevvious response will help to Clear DISE from C:\.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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re: A 2-part question
Wednesday, June 20, 2007 at 7:27 pm
Posted by bob wells
(1636 messages posted)
Jim,
I'd use the Win98SE OEM (with Ram Drive) and add to that the Updated Fdisk For Win98SE,
Fdisk is available further down the same page.
Be sure to read the instructions for creating the Boot Disk. Fdisk is a Zip file
that you can add to the BootDisk after it's created. You may need 2 1.44mb floppy's.
Te floppy for the Boot Disk should be New and Formatted.
BW
On Wednesday, June 20, 2007 at 2:46 pm, Jim Helwig wrote:
>Hi Bob, Your instructions are very clear. I've attempted to locate an old Win 98SE
>boot disk that I had, can't find it. There is a site (www.bootdisk.com) that offers
>free boot disks. There are 2 available for Win 98SE, the OEM version, and a custom
>one without ramdrive - which would you suggest I use?
>
>
>
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re: A 2-part question
Thursday, June 21, 2007 at 5:10 am
Posted by Jim Helwig
(43 messages posted)
Hi Bob, I've tried (twice) on the boot disk, no luck. Here's what I did. I inserted
a clean, formatted diskette, downloaded the boot disk (oem) info onto it. This is
an .exe file. I then downloaded the fdisk which was further down the page onto the
floppy - again, this was an .exe file. I then had to get into "Setup" to change the
boot drive from my CD-Rom over to the A: drive, verified that it was "looking" for
a 1.44 diskette (it was). Re-booted and got the message "invalid system disk, replace
and press any key". I repeated the process (first formatting the diskette again to
remove all files), same error message. Any ideas?
On Wednesday, June 20, 2007 at 7:27 pm, bob wells wrote:
>Jim,
>
>I'd use the Win98SE OEM (with Ram Drive) and add to that the Updated Fdisk For Win98SE,
>Fdisk is available further down the same page.
>
>Be sure to read the instructions for creating the Boot Disk. Fdisk is a Zip file
>that you can add to the BootDisk after it's created. You may need 2 1.44mb floppy's.
>Te floppy for the Boot Disk should be New and Formatted.
>
>BW
>
>
>
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re: A 2-part question
Thursday, June 21, 2007 at 11:39 am
Posted by bob wells
(1636 messages posted)
Jim,
Save the BootDisk.exe to the Desktop
The Boot Disk is CREATED BY the file you downloaded. . With the New, formatted floppy
in A:\, Open the .exe file on the Desktop to create the BootDisk on the Floppy
The Fdisk.exe file will download to A:\.( different floppy) Open the .zip file to
extraxt Fdisk.exe on the Floppy, then right drag the file "Fdisk.exe" to the desktop
to COPY it.
Reinsert the New BootDisk in A:\ and right drag/drop Fdisk.exe to A:\. Answer yes
to overwrite prompt . Done
Probably not necessary to change setup to A:\. If there is no CD in the drive, Windows
will check A:\ next anyway, as long as HDD is last in boot order.
The error message reflects that the BootDisk was not created on the floppy. As is,
it's just another file.
BW
On Thursday, June 21, 2007 at 5:10 am, Jim Helwig wrote:
>Hi Bob, I've tried (twice) on the boot disk, no luck. Here's what I did. I inserted
>a clean, formatted diskette, downloaded the boot disk (oem) info onto it. This is
>an .exe file. I then downloaded the fdisk which was further down the page onto the
>floppy - again, this was an .exe file. I then had to get into "Setup" to change
the
>boot drive from my CD-Rom over to the A: drive, verified that it was "looking" for
>a 1.44 diskette (it was). Re-booted and got the message "invalid system disk, replace
>and press any key". I repeated the process (first formatting the diskette again
to
>remove all files), same error message. Any ideas?
>
>
>
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re: A 2-part question
Thursday, June 21, 2007 at 12:32 pm
Posted by Jim Helwig
(43 messages posted)
Hi Bob, I didn't have time write back this morning, was on my way to work. I did
get the boot disk to work. However, I haven't done anything yet. I learned in my
early DOS days to proceed slowly, because DOS can be very unforgiving.
The info. I got from fdisk is as follows. Heading says "Current fixed disk drive
1" There are several headings beneath, which are Partition, Status, Type, Vol. label,
Mbytes, System, and Usage.
The info. beneath the headings is as follows: (Partition) C 1, (Status) A, (Type)
Primary DOS, (Volume label) PV10D0, (Mbytes) 14410, (System) FAT32, (Usage) 74% Beneath
this first line of info, there is a 2nd line of info, which is (same headings) (Part.)
2, (Status) - nothing entered, (Type) Ext. DOS, (Vol. label) - nothing entered, (Mbytes)
5130, (System) - nothing entered, (Usage) 26%
If I click Yes on a paragraph below indicating that I want to see the logical drive
info. the following appears: (Drive) D, (Volume label) - nothing entered, (Mbytes)
5130, (System) FAT32, (Usage) 100%
Total extended dos partition size is 5130 Mbytes.
I guess my question is - Is this what you expected to be displayed and do I continue
with the format?
On Thursday, June 21, 2007 at 11:39 am, bob wells wrote:
>Jim,
>
>Save the BootDisk.exe to the Desktop
>
>The Boot Disk is CREATED BY the file you downloaded. . With the New, formatted floppy
>in A:\, Open the .exe file on the Desktop to create the BootDisk on the Floppy
>
>The Fdisk.exe file will download to A:\.( different floppy) Open the .zip file to
>extraxt Fdisk.exe on the Floppy, then right drag the file "Fdisk.exe" to the desktop
>to COPY it.
>
>Reinsert the New BootDisk in A:\ and right drag/drop Fdisk.exe to A:\. Answer yes
>to overwrite prompt . Done
>
>Probably not necessary to change setup to A:\. If there is no CD in the drive, Windows
>will check A:\ next anyway, as long as HDD is last in boot order.
>
>The error message reflects that the BootDisk was not created on the floppy. As is,
>it's just another file.
>
>
>BW
>
>
>
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re: A 2-part question
Thursday, June 21, 2007 at 7:42 pm
Posted by bob wells
(1636 messages posted)
Jim,
I know your original goal was to merge the two partitions, unfortunately that cannot
be done with Fdisk.exe.
Short of that, and making the 5130mb usable again, formatting D:\ is the only option
available without third party Software. So you'll have to decide if having the space
available as D:\ will work for you.
If so, proceed with formatting D:\. This will render the space useable and get rid
of all the Data on the partition.
I would delete as many of the program files for DISE as you can locate before you
format, just to reduce the chance that DISE would start writing to the D:\ partition
again
If you want to proceed, ESCAPE Fdisk to the A:\prompt, type Format D: then hit enter.
When finished, pull the floppy and restart your computer. you'll have 100% of the
5130 mb space on D:\ to use as you see fit.
Verify this in My Computer before you attempt to use the formatted space on D:.
You're right, DOS wont forgive you if you type Format C:, although it will give you
the chance to change your mind.
BW
On Thursday, June 21, 2007 at 12:32 pm, Jim Helwig wrote:
>Hi Bob, I didn't have time write back this morning, was on my way to work. I did
>get the boot disk to work. However, I haven't done anything yet. I learned in my
>early DOS days to proceed slowly, because DOS can be very unforgiving.
>The info. I got from fdisk is as follows. Heading says "Current fixed disk drive
>1" There are several headings beneath, which are Partition, Status, Type, Vol. label,
>Mbytes, System, and Usage.
>The info. beneath the headings is as follows: (Partition) C 1, (Status) A, (Type)
>Primary DOS, (Volume label) PV10D0, (Mbytes) 14410, (System) FAT32, (Usage) 74%
Beneath
>this first line of info, there is a 2nd line of info, which is (same headings) (Part.)
>2, (Status) - nothing entered, (Type) Ext. DOS, (Vol. label) - nothing entered,
(Mbytes)
>5130, (System) - nothing entered, (Usage) 26%
>If I click Yes on a paragraph below indicating that I want to see the logical drive
>info. the following appears: (Drive) D, (Volume label) - nothing entered, (Mbytes)
>5130, (System) FAT32, (Usage) 100%
>Total extended dos partition size is 5130 Mbytes.
>I guess my question is - Is this what you expected to be displayed and do I continue
>with the format?
>
>
>
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re: A 2-part question
Friday, June 22, 2007 at 5:00 am
Posted by Jim Helwig
(43 messages posted)
Hi Bob, Well, I took the plunge last night, lol. Just before I pressed "enter" when
dos asked me if I knew that all information on D: would be erased, I took a deep
breath and.....pressed it. It worked fine. There is now nothing on D: and I've deleted
all DISE folders I could find on C: Thanks so much!! I've been trying to get this
done for at least 2 1/2 years now, and never really knew how to go about it. One
last question, if I ever decide to delete the D: partitiion and merge it into C:,
is there a program you'd recommend? I know about "Partition Magic" but wasn't sure
if something better was out there. Thanks again......Jim Helwig
On Thursday, June 21, 2007 at 7:42 pm, bob wells wrote:
>Jim,
>
>
>
>I know your original goal was to merge the two partitions, unfortunately that cannot
>be done with Fdisk.exe.
>
>Short of that, and making the 5130mb usable again, formatting D:\ is the only option
>available without third party Software. So you'll have to decide if having the space
>available as D:\ will work for you.
>
>If so, proceed with formatting D:\. This will render the space useable and get rid
>of all the Data on the partition.
>
>I would delete as many of the program files for DISE as you can locate before you
>format, just to reduce the chance that DISE would start writing to the D:\ partition
>again
>
>If you want to proceed, ESCAPE Fdisk to the A:\prompt, type Format D: then hit enter.
>When finished, pull the floppy and restart your computer. you'll have 100% of the
>5130 mb space on D:\ to use as you see fit.
>
>Verify this in My Computer before you attempt to use the formatted space on D:.
>
>You're right, DOS wont forgive you if you type Format C:, although it will give
you
>the chance to change your mind.
>
>BW
>
>
>
>
>
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re: A 2-part question
Monday, June 25, 2007 at 11:55 pm
Posted by dhm
(1069 messages posted)
DISE could also have a folder in C:\Program Files\Common Files or in C:\Windows\Application
Data.
I also endorse RegSeeker as the most complete free registry cleaner (and general
registry utility) I know of. Get it anyway for your computer since it comes in handy.
No free partition manager promises to save the data in a partition. Of the commercial
programs Partition Manager used to be the most popular but I read a page by a professional
user who found that it often erases partitions that should've been saved. The best
partition manager now may be:
Considering the $70 price you'd do as well to buy an 80MB drive for $60 and install
it as a slave drive and copy everything over.
I hope you can locate the product disc for Win98 because any computer without the
installation disc for its OS is on thin ice.
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re: A 2-part question
Tuesday, June 26, 2007 at 5:15 am
Posted by Jim Helwig
(43 messages posted)
I do have the Win 98 SE installation disk, but the comp came pre-loaded with dise
and didn't include the install disk for that particular program. I just had to break
out the Win 98 install disk last night. I've been attempting to get the WIn troubleshooter
to work again since 2 of their critical updates sort of disabled it (no luck getting
it to work). Anyway, I think I'l just leave things alone regarding the partition,
and just use the space for large picture files etc. Thanks for the reply.
On Monday, June 25, 2007 at 11:55 pm, dhm wrote:
>
>DISE could also have a folder in C:\Program Files\Common Files or in C:\Windows\Application
>Data.
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>I also endorse RegSeeker as the most complete free registry cleaner (and general
>registry utility) I know of. Get it anyway for your computer since it comes in
handy.
>
>No free partition manager promises to save the data in a partition. Of the commercial
>programs Partition Manager used to be the most popular but I read a page by a professional
>user who found that it often erases partitions that should've been saved. The best
>partition manager now may be:
>
>Considering the $70 price you'd do as well to buy an 80MB drive for $60 and install
>it as a slave drive and copy everything over.
>
>I hope you can locate the product disc for Win98 because any computer without the
>installation disc for its OS is on thin ice.
>
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