Re: AVG on Win 98 problem starting up

On Thu, 18 May 2006 00:58:50 GMT, Ike Milligan <info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

Ha! No wonder it didn't work the first time. I have Nero, but I am not
sure it is a full version of Nero, but an OEM which came with the
laptop. Therefore I used another OEM CD burning program which seemed to
offer either a data or music CD. Nero looked like it was for music only.

What you want to use is just the basic data burn mode which allows you
to add more files later if you want. It's the same as for music files
actually.

OK I will print this out and use my Win 98 boot disk.

I guess you surmised that the purpose of the Win 98 boot disk is
simply to provide CD ROM drive access. A Win ME boot disk works just
as well for the purpose.

I have several of
them lying around that I used to use when I was running Win 9x/ME that
also boot the CD and assign a drive letter to it. I also have "PC
Doctor" which creates these disks for me the easy way. I used to write
the Config.sys and the autoexec.bat by hand, but that was a couple of
years ago and I don't remember exactly how I did that.

I took an old machine out of the storage shed, thinking it was Win 98
but it was the wrong one, looked like the right one but was an untested
clone from the roadside, so I brought it upstairs and the HD didn't run,
and I haven't had time to look inside the case to see why. My wife
threatens to leave every time I use the house for anything interesting.

:)

Also have Nero on my main XP machine, but it had a configuration problem
since it came with the external CD burner, and had not the time or
patience to change the settings, and now neither the external CD burner
nor the one that came with the HP Pavilion box, that I initially turned
off (to make Nero work with th external one) are working, which leaves
the laptop if I want to burn a CD. So I copy everything to a 4 gig thumb
drive, attach it to the laptop and then burn the CD.

Well, it's unfortunate that def files have grown so large in total
file size that the use of diskettes is no longer realisitic.
Personally, I detest CDs. I've had all kinds of problems with them.
Be nice to be able to copy all the required files to a small capacity
hard drive that's been made bootable, and plug it in to the ailing PC
as a secondary master. Set the BIOS to boot from HDD1 instead of HDD0
and you're off and running :)

Art
http://home.epix.net/~artnpeg


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