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  1. lokester

    Win98 Startup Error - "Volume had open files on it . . ."

    I did find out the problem is with the driver for the Promise IDE controller. It shows up on Device Manager under SCSII Controllers. Anyway, the driver that comes with the CD is "Version 1.60, Build 33". A "beta" driver is available from Promise that is "Version 1.60...
  2. lokester

    Win98 Startup Error - "Volume had open files on it . . ."

    Update! I seemed to have made it past the "Blue Screen Error", but now get a message stating "The validation code for CFGCOM32.DLL does not match. Reinstall virus scan". This error is recoverable as I just click OK and Windows continues to load. I have uninstalled and...
  3. lokester

    Win98 Startup Error - "Volume had open files on it . . ."

    Have an Asus A7V133 system with Athlon T-Bird 1000mhz which replaced a K7V board. The hard drive already had my system (Win98SE) and data on it. Just installed the new main board and required drivers. Problem is that when I plug the Western Digital ATA100 hard drive onto the SEPARATE Promise...
  4. lokester

    Cannot Create BOOTLOG.TXT During Startup

    Well, this is a Epox 8KTA3 / AMD 850 T-Bird system. It has a nVidia Vanta AGP video card. The sound is on-board Via; however, I do have the "Sound Blaster Pro" option disabled in the BIOS. I'll try enabling that and see if it makes a difference.
  5. lokester

    Cannot Create BOOTLOG.TXT During Startup

    I have just built a new system with a fresh install on Windows 98 SE. During startup, on occassion, the system freezes and continually BEEPS. It does this after the POST and after Windows 98 starts to load. My problem is, that when I start up under the Win98 Start menu (1.Normal, 2. Bootlog...

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