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  1. George54

    hard drive displaying incorrect

    its a old board only 120 mhz packard bell system, i was able to get win98 running on it. Unfortunatly it cannot get onto the web (my daughter is too young for this at the moment) so eveerything has to be done by cd-rom. can i put the bios update (if there is one) on cd and install..?!
  2. George54

    hard drive displaying incorrect

    bios limitation? do i have to go into setup or change jumpers?
  3. George54

    hard drive displaying incorrect

    I have just formatted a maxtor 40 gig drive using the NTFS File system however i have upgraded to a larger drive and now i wish to use the 40 gig drive on another system, My problem is i have used a win98 boot disk to change the opeating system and ran FDISK to clean the drive ready for windows...
  4. George54

    ghost win 98 to win xp !!

    Wolluf..Success..!!! I have installed both operating systems and they are both running smooth and independant...!! I did as you said and ran fdisk to allow the drive a little more space for win 98.Then Ghosted the drive back onto the partition without any complications (including Boot sector)...
  5. George54

    ghost win 98 to win xp !!

    OK.. thanks Wolluf. So i have been going about it the wrong way(still learning!). Ill put his HDD (yes win98 ghost) back in my machine and format the 9 gig partition then using the ghost image on my HDD re-place the 9gigs with the image..! Not sure what you mean about "Boot sector &quot...
  6. George54

    ghost win 98 to win xp !!

    i have not imaged ntfs! it was fat 32 on my mates HHd that i have done onto my drive which is ntfs! is that alright or will it not work..??
  7. George54

    ghost win 98 to win xp !!

    Thanks for your reply... I did ghost my friends operating system on to my hard drive .Then i formatted his drive and installed win98 on the 9gig partition(using fdisk to partition), then installed winxp on the remaining partition of his 30 gig HDD. I then closed down the pc and put my hard drive...
  8. George54

    ghost win 98 to win xp !!

    ill try to explain as best i can.... My friend wanted a Dual operating system on his 30 gig HDD so i put his unit into my pc and created a GHOST of his entire drive(only 3 gigs to copy from his HDD)on my 75 gig HDD. Now i have put his HDD back into his box and Installed win98 FAT32 on one drive...
  9. George54

    cannot close internet explorer 6??

    No.. it is not relatated to any one site. it is the page as a whole that will not close all i can do is press the "X" in the corner and i get a windows beep sound. Some pages randomly close and some dont when i try to shut them down . Also trying to open pages, they sometimes stay at...
  10. George54

    Nivida MX440 graphics freezing!!!!

    Thanks Paparazi, I appreciate your help. I do have a pc chips board model M810-LMR-7X board version 7.1a.I will try the motherboards site for further help..But i am going to be cautious because I have FLASHED the BIOS before on another board but i blew the sdram slots, luckily it also had DDR...
  11. George54

    cannot close internet explorer 6??

    I am using IE V6.0.2800 with only one problem . When i go to close the web pages, no matter which way i try to close the pages they will not shut down and i am having to use the TASK MANAGER to do the job.This results in all pages closing it is annoying when i am working on a subject and have...
  12. George54

    Nivida MX440 graphics freezing!!!!

    Thanks for youre help .I have downloaded both 44.03/43.35 detonator drivers however it has not resolved my problem.. This is what i do... 1.control panel/system/device manager 2.Display adapters/GEFORCE4 MX440/UPDATE DRIVER 3.Browse for downloaded nivida drivers and install them 4. re-boot and...
  13. George54

    Nivida MX440 graphics freezing!!!!

    I am running win xp pro on AMD Athlon(tm) XP2100 running at 1.73ghz . Now when i try to use my nivida 64 mx 440 graphic card it freezes the screen and i have to go into safe mode to disable it.I have installed the drivers that came with the card and it does tell me that they are not...
  14. George54

    sound in win xp proffesional

    it happens without opening any player etc..just leaving the sound turned on it is very annoying..
  15. George54

    sound in win xp proffesional

    when i turn on my sound to listen to music etc... there is always a "crackling sound and as i move my mouse across the screen there is a "vibrating sound as well i cannot figure out what this is can anyone suggest a solution to this . PS.. I dont have a soundcard installed just on...
  16. George54

    MBoard Manufacturer

    try installing SOFTWEAR SANDRA tells you everything about the inside of pc..system summary etc... email me and ill send you the softewear..ok georgebroad957@msn.com

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