WIN 98 - NO SOUND - 120Gb HD but only 40 Gb visible

[Whigga]

I have recently installed win 98 and on my computer. Now I have 2 problems.

1. When the sound card is to be installed win98 needs additional files from win 98 second edition. I don´t have those files. So my soundcard doesn´t work.

2. I have a 120 Gb HD and I tried to fix it with the patch so that I could have larger discs than 64 Gb. But, when I run the self-extract file... It does something, but what it does I don´t know. However it prompts me to restart the computer... But what then`????????

 

[Whigga]

Let me reprhase question 1.

I have the second edition cd but I can´t find some files that windows is looking for and now the soundcard doesn´t work.

 

[mainegeek]

When it prompts you for the Win98 cd , did you
browse to the cd drive, Win98 directory where the cab files are?

Did you recheck your hard drive properies after the patch
was install?

 

[Win98User]

Hi,
I would suggest that rather then looking on the CD-ROM you so into the settings/control panel/system/Device Manager/Sounds, video and Game Controllers...Properties/Driver/Update driver/Next/Search for...

Update the driver from there by pointing at the Microsoft Windows Update



The second question.
If the self-extracting file came off the net can you post the link for us to have a look at it.
When a file self extracts, you should be getting a prompt to restart - That is more the behaviour of a programme!

Regards.

 

[Whigga]

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q263044

the file is: Download 263044swe8.exe - Swedish now

 

[Win98User]

*"Should not be getting a prompt to restart"

 

[Win98User]

Hi,
It is a programme - Not a self-extracting file.

Also, it tells you what it does towards the bottom of the article;

"This package installs the updated Fdisk.exe to the Windows\Command and Windows\Options\Cabs folders, on a computer running Windows 98 or Windows 98 Second Edition. If you are starting a computer from a Windows 98 Startup Disk in order to partition and format the hard disk, you should copy the updated Fdisk.exe from the Windows\Command folder to the Startup Disk, replacing the original Windows 98 or Windows 98 Second Edition version of Fdisk.exe on the Startup Disk."


Regards.