[ale] OT: Massive unexplained Win98 suckage!

[Thompson Freeman]

On Sun, 2 Dec 2001, Joseph A Knapka wrote:

> rob hoppe wrote:
> > 
> > Joseph A Knapka wrote:
> > 
> > > Sorry, must vent:
> > >
> > > About a week ago, my wife's Win98 box became unbootable - a
> > > vital system file had apparently been deleted from the
> > > c:\windows\system directory. "Well," I thought, "This is
> > > a good opportunity to reinstall Windows and get rid of
> > > accumulated cruft," so I pulled the HD, put it in a Linux
> > > box, backed up the disk, put it back in the Win box,
> > > and reformatted the disk in preparation for a reinstall.
> > >
> > > You don't need to use expletives on this list!
> 
> ??? I didn't write that...
>  
> > A nic sometimes need to have a different priority on the PCI Buss.  try moving
> > it toward the processor or power supply.  I have had this problem and that fixed
> > it.  The system finds it one time then it finds it again.
> 
> I don't know... Linux (and the PnP BIOS) happily recognizes
> the card whichever slot it's installed in. Strangely enough,
> I have just reinstalled Win98 yet again, tried to install the
> D-Link card, failed, replaced the D-Link card with the Netgear
> card it refused to recognize yesterday, and now it works.
> In the same slot it was not working in before. I will never
> understand Windows.

Did the card have a driver disk when when purchased?


> 
> -- Joe
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