Duke Atreides Posted December 29, 2003 Posted December 29, 2003 Hello all, After I built my computer I scavanged some parts from 3 comps and built my kids a computer. Stats are: AMD 1 Ghz proc Kilobyte MOBO 256 SDRAM Gforce 2 400 MMX card 6.2 Gig hard drive 30X cdrom ethernet pci card Win 98 SE with all updates loaded 350 watt PSU The mobo, cpu and tower with PSU are from my old comp, the rest is from my father in law's old comp. I installed everything and set it up, the pci card runs off a 100' cat6 cable to my router. The computer worked great for a few weeks. The problem is now the computer wont load windows all the way, it will only load in safe mode and wont access the internet, I have checked everything I could think of, tried only botting with bare essentials, it just gives me error messages and then will boot into safe mode. I don't have the money to buy anything ATM and do not have the windows disc (my son knocked it off and stepped on it ) Does anyone have any ideas? I messed with it for 2 hours this morning and it is getting frustrating. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sYstEmATiC Posted December 29, 2003 Posted December 29, 2003 this probably isnt the problem but since you have no windows disc you could try a system restore to a date before the problem started. maybe that would fix it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigred Posted December 29, 2003 Posted December 29, 2003 win 98 didn't ahve that featue. you will need some sort of windows disk unfortunately. windows 98 sometimes needs a kick in the butt to get going again Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duke Atreides Posted December 29, 2003 Posted December 29, 2003 I think I have an old boot disk from an emachine I'm off to bed, I'll check here and try what I can tomorrow. Thanks Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eva_Unit_0 Posted December 29, 2003 Posted December 29, 2003 win 98 didn't ahve that featue. you will need some sort of windows disk unfortunately. windows 98 sometimes needs a kick in the butt to get going again yeah, a friend of mine still uses windows 98, and every once in a while it craps out on him and he just reformats and reinstalls. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dplxy Posted December 29, 2003 Posted December 29, 2003 (edited) is u donr have a boot disk you go come here and get 1 BootDisk Edited December 29, 2003 by dplxy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClayMeow Posted December 29, 2003 Posted December 29, 2003 also, just some words of advice. Make sure you have antivirus software and/or a firewall if you're accessing the internet with that computer. You never know what your kids may accidentally open...completely messin up your comp. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kobalt Posted December 30, 2003 Posted December 30, 2003 Since you have 256mb you should get XP, a lot less trouble and a lot easier to use Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special_K Posted December 30, 2003 Posted December 30, 2003 Since you have 256mb you should get XP, a lot less trouble and a lot easier to use yup, especially for kids Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duke Atreides Posted December 30, 2003 Posted December 30, 2003 The 256 Ram is pc100 SDRAM, not DDR, (it was scavanged out of my father in law's old comp) The wind 98 I had laying around, but I'll probably get an XP disk and just upgrade the thing. But not until I have the money. That is what pisses me of so much, I built this comp essentially for free from cannibalised systems. Thanks for the help guys, Ive tried everything posted here, but no dice. Ill let my son go in halves on win xp. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special_K Posted December 31, 2003 Posted December 31, 2003 (edited) im not suggesting anything illegal but get the iso and it should work (win xp pro) Edited December 31, 2003 by Special_K Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxcesDenyed Posted December 31, 2003 Posted December 31, 2003 im not suggesting anything illegal but dl it get the iso and it should work (win xp pro) um, yes you are suggesting something illegal and also against forum rules. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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