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An Index to Information on Installing Windows 98 Copyright by Ray Woodcock 2000 Introduction This is a front end for the 326-page document entitled How I Spent Three Months Installing Windows 98. (Ill refer to that huge document as the Epic here.) Point links in this document (e.g., point 100) will take you to sections of the Epic, while reference links (e.g., PartitionMagic) will let you jump around among the headings in this document. Bear in mind that How I Spent Three Months contains errors as well as insights, and that this front end echoes some of those errors because they still provide useful information. Note the following:

Because of the size of How I Spent Three Months, links may not work right on the first try.

Links in this document, which is a complete document, supersede links in the Three Months document, which was a first draft. That is, you may obtain useful information by following those links, but be sure to check back here.

You may have better luck getting right to a specific point in Three Months if you set your browser so that it does not refresh every webpage you visit, every time you visit it. In Internet Explorer, thats under Tools | Internet Options | General | Settings. Note that the | symbol divides a command, menu option, or other choice from the next one. In that example, click on Tools, look for Internet Options, then look for the General tab, and finally for the Settings button.

Entries here are generally not redundant. That is, important entries about one item may appear only under another, and you may find them only by pursuing the links that appear under the first item. So you may have to use the See also links and also the links that appear in the individual entries, because I would remove an item from See also as soon as I wrote an actual (usually non-redundant) entry that mentioned it. Be sure to click on the individual word that matters to you, because a single entry may contain links to several different items.

Although I have tried to arrange the main headings in a logical order, the quantity of material here can quickly overwhelm you. The links are there to help. Dont let them take you into deep water when its not really where you want to be.

It was impossible to arrange everything by precise logic. There are just too many cross-references.

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Note, finally, that I have abbreviated items in some places. For instance, when HP appears under the Hardware Profile heading, it does not refer to Hewlett-Packard. Where To Obtain Files This document refers to many different programs. Some are commercial programs on which you can obtain competitive prices through CNET.com or pricewatch.com. A few are batch files I wrote myself. Some come with Windows; you can find out which by using Find File. You can probably obtain most of the others by using the following sources, some of which offer somewhat useful reviews and/or ratings of the programs: ZDnet.com, Tucows.com, CNET.com. To search for obscure files, try AltaVista, Fast FTP, Lycos, or Filez. If you cant get online at present, work through the following steps until you reach the point where weve got you hooked up and online. * * * * * Before Turning the Computer On: A Few Fundamental Hardware Issues Using Two Computers requires you to configure two sets of hardware items. It doesnt require twice as much time for software installation, however, because you can mostly use the same setup on both machines. Having a second computer, even an inexpensive one, can greatly shorten your downtime when your main computer fails; this way, you have a way of going online to find out whats wrong with the main computer. Your second computer can also handle some tasks that would otherwise tie up your main computer, and can give you a place to try out questionable software. If you decide to build one or more computers rather than buy them, you may save yourself from endless hardware and software headaches over the next few years by buying a mainstream, highly recommended Motherboard and Processor. For information on your Processor, try a program like WCPUID. Also, each time you open your computer, blow out the dust with some compressed air. Be sure to blow out the dust that collects around the cooling fan on the Processor. Blowing dust around with your mouth can help some, but you risk spitting on things; and even if youre really windy, you wont have the same blowpower. Trust me; I know some people who really blow.

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Finally, by Overclocking your CPU and learning how to tinker with your basic hardware in other ways, you may be able to make a noticeable improvement in both your computers speed and its risk of malfunctioning. Using Two Computers See also AMD, PENTIUM. Swapped Drives containing DriveImage files to restore Win98: point 58. PENTIUM One of the two computers used in testing these various programs. See also AMD. AMD One of the two computers used in testing these various programs. See also PENTIUM. Motherboard See also USB, DMA, Overclocking, AGP, Diamond SupraMax 56i PCI Modem, PCI Communication Device, IRQ Routing, BIOS, Sound Card, Card, ISA, Soyo, WCPUID. Used the Soyo 5EHM in this case; same motherboard comes in different versions: point 107(a). Recently replaced: point 59. Store sold me motherboard with not-for-sale ROM: point 107(a). Downloadable AGP Driver: point 107(c). Used the ETEQ 82C6638AT/6629 AGP chipset: point 107(d). Online manual: point 107(d). Only needed IRQ Routing Driver and AGP Driver: point 107(g). Audio effect of positioning Sound Card in slot: point 157. Had the recommended CE build: point 107(d). Older motherboards can use newer Drivers: point 107. Decided I did not need DOS All-in-One Driver: point 107(g). Upgrading motherboard can cause Disk Translation problem: point 59. CPU See Processor. Processor Same as CPU. Different from Word Processor. See also Intel Processor Frequency ID Utility, WCPUID, Cache, Overclocking. Use unknown Performance Monitor to decide if you need a faster processor: point 160.

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Intel Processor Frequency ID Utility See also WCPUID. Useful only on Intel CPUs: point 245. Extremely slow installation: point 245. Provided details about Processor: point 245. My Processor was too primitive for it: point 245. Overclocking Refers to tinkering with Motherboard settings to run CPU faster. Required a time investment to yield a faster computer: point 134(v). Would reduce system stability: point 134(v). Might not yield enough time savings to justify the effort: point 134(v), point 288. System clock frequency information from WCPUID: point 248. Could make a real difference in Performance: point 288. Motherboard was built for it: point 288. Imposed some additional expense and risk of damage to computer: point 288. Source of new system bugs: point 288. Might be fun when I could gamble with the hardware: point 288. Compressed Air Highly recommended for cleaning out the inside of the computer whenever you open it: point 184. Soyo See also PCI Communication Device. Manufactured my Motherboard, the Soyo 5EHM: point 107(d). No working E-mail address on Soyo website: point 107(g). Website unclear as to which Drivers I needed: point 107. Turning on the Computer: What You Notice Before Windows When you turn on a PC, its BIOS kicks in. The BIOS is based in the ROM on the Motherboard. Your computer probably gives you a way to go into the BIOS Setup menu, although you may have to read your owners manual to find out how to do that if the instructions dont automatically appear on your screen when you turn the computer on. BIOS See also CTBIOS, TweakBIOS, Command Prompt Mode. Short (I think) for Basic Input/Output System. Change options through BIOS Setup. Information available during Startup: point 107(a). Pause key allows copying information during Startup: point 107(a).

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BIOS upgrade can affect Disk Translation: point 59. Hard Disk problem may trigger CMOS checksum error: point 82. Update by using downloads from Motherboard manufacturers site: point 107(a). Common reasons to update BIOS: New Hardware, fix bugs that prevent Win98 from running properly, or enable Plug-N-Play features: point 107(a). BIOS update might prevent CD-ROM Drive / Audio crashes: point 113(f). BIOS Setup See also USB, DMA, Hewlett-Packard ScanJet IIcx, BIOS. PNP/PCI Configuration option: point 232. How to change: point 9, point 179. Contains Power Management setting for Modem IRQ: point 206, point 232, point 281. Tells computer to look for Startup commands on Floppy or other Drive: point 9. May not always observe your instructions re disk to boot from: point 9, point 77, point 79, point 84. Hard Disk will intervene and not let CD boot if Win98 is bootable from Hard Disk: point 87. Will try to boot CD-ROM Drive if no program files on Hard Disk: point 114. Place to indicate which Drive is primary master: point 81. Contains Plug-N-Play settings: point 99. Setting to make bootup faster and riskier: point 118. Can boot into Real DOS by setting BIOS to boot from Bootable Floppy: point 120(al). PNP/PCI Configuration settings: point 232. Advice to leave ACPI setting alone: point 232. Changed ACPI anyway: point 281. Legacy settings as opposed to Plug-N-Play: point 281. Changed settings make system barely able to reboot: point 281. TweakBIOS See also Freeware. Allows you to configure your BIOS: point 134(v). Reports suggested it might really improve Performance: point 134(v). Decided it would require more time and instability than I could justify: point 134(v). ROM Short for Read-Only Memory. See also Motherboard. For practical purposes, not really related to CD-ROM Drive.

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Setting Up Your Hard Disk Before Installing Windows You can make life easier for yourself by setting up a couple of Partitions for different purposes on your Hard Disk before installing Windows. The classic program for this purpose is the FDISK program, which is a standard DOS utility. A better tool is PartitionMagic, which can do things that FDISK cant. For instance, PartitionMagic can change the sizes of your Partitions without harming your data. PartitionMagic, too, can run in DOS. After creating a Partition with FDISK, you need to use Format to make it usable; PartitionMagic includes a built-in formatting capability. If you dont yet have DOS installed because, say, its a brand-new Hard Disk, you will find that the Win98 installation process allows you to create a Win98 Emergency Boot Disk. Using this Floppy Disk with the appropriate BIOS Setup, you can start your system in a basic DOS mode and can run these DOS-based tools. Running these programs does not require you to know much about DOS; the programs tend to simplify things. Your initial run of the Win98 installation process can be temporary and/or incomplete, if all you want from it is to collect these tools for setting up the Hard Disk for the real Win98 installation. Hard Disks rarely fail physically, but their logical layouts can become hopeless messed up. The Norton Utilities software can cause a lot of problems on a Windows system, but the longtime favorite Norton Disk Doctor may be superior to the ScanDisk program that comes with Win98. Either program is able to sort out at least some of the confusion that might appear in the basic logical structure of a Hard Disk. SpinRite may be superior to both, but I cannot personally attest to that, since I have not used it. You should take a run through a used Hard Disk with some such disk utility program before beginning to build a new system on it. In the process, you may come across disk problems that require the use of tools like DISKEDIT or PARTINFO.EXE. Later, your efforts to recover data from a Hard Disk gone bad may require an investment in a program like Lost & Found. You may also have Disk Translation errors calling for special solutions. Finally, if you want to run Win98 with another Operating System, such as Linux, now is the time to look into Drive Overlay software like BootMagic, which you may prefer in some cases to the LILO program that comes with Linux. I think you may still be able to get BootMagic bundled in with PartitionMagic and perhaps other PowerQuest programs. Hard Disk

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See also Partition, Defragmenting, Linux, Disk Translation, Real DOS, RAM Drive, Lost & Found, many other headings. System Information | Components | Storage calls hard disk generic: point 106. System allows two primary and two secondary IDE Drives, one of each a master and the other a slave device: point 171. Tape Backup Drive used one of the secondary IDE slots: point 171. DMA settings under Disk Drives: point 113(f). Used dentists mirror to find model number: point 173. Proper Driver would eliminate generic Hard Disk indicator: point 107. Files on Hard Disk are vulnerable to operator error or program malfunction: point 28. Not as tough in cold and humidity as a CD: point 28. Tougher than a CD in direct sunlight: point 28. Thrashing stopped by rebooting into DOS: point 269(m). Physical damage may come from power failure or may signify failing disk: point 84. Lost data might be recoverable by someone who knows what theyre doing: point 59. Not sure whether I needed to drill holes through Hard Disk to make it nonaccessible: point 256(b). Bad HD source of many freezes: point 81, point 82. Manufacturers HD diagnostics: point 242(g). Recommended to use faster hard disk to hold Win98 files: point 256. Weird experiences with Western Digital: point 256(b). May have to change jumpers when installing HD: point 256(c). Weak power supply was probably the cause of HD malfunction: point 256(e). Error: Cannot copy OMI9: Access is denied: point 258(b). Zero Fill Utility tests HD and wipes private data: point 290. Partition Part or all of a Hard Disk. Partitioning software (e.g., PartitionMagic or FDISK) divides Hard Disk into one or more primary or extended partitions; extended partitions contain one or more logical disk Drives. Example: on primary Hard Disk in my computer, there is a primary partition containing Drive (i.e., partition) C and an extended partition, and the extended partition contains two logical Drives D and E. See also Drive H (SWAP), Recycle Bin, Hidden Partition, FAT32. Sizes of Partitions: see MSINFO32. Minimum Partition size larger in FAT32 than in FAT: point 256(c). FDISK See also PartitionMagic, Partition.

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Same general GoBack problems as PartitionMagic. An essential DOS Hard Disk utility: point 5. Used to check disk: point 19. Used to set partition active: point 22. Included on Win98 Emergency Boot Disk. Used to remove all partitions: point 81. Used to create logical Drive in extended partition: point 242(e). Stalled on bad disk with verifying integrity message: point 242(e). Maybe different results with Win98 version of FDISK: point 242(f). Reported Type 44 partition as non-DOS: point 256(d). Used to create FAT16 primary partition: point 256(e). Used to delete logical Drive with no volume name: point 258(c). Works in Real DOS only: point 262(b). Used to create primary partition: point 334. PartitionMagic See also Partition, Hidden Partition, Norton AntiVirus 2000, Norton Disk Doctor, PowerQuest. Recommended: point 2, point 115. Created partitions without affecting existing data: point 2. Provided files worth having on Floppy: point 5(h). Minimum FAT32 partition size = 260 MB: point 11, point 242(f). Floppy form: point 16. Allowed partitioning any time: point 32. Came with multipurpose Mouse Driver: point 58. Had to use FDISK instead: point 60, point 81, point 258(c). Resized partition on the fly: point 60, point 237. Balked at resizing primary partition: point 60. Included in the programs in DOS_UTIL folder on Bootable CD: point 64. Inadequate check of bad disk: point 66. Hung up on bad disk: point 66. Provided information on partition sizes: point 77, point 135, point 156(a) Problem with write-protected Floppy: point 78. Came with DOS version: point 81, point 115. Freeze in possible weak power supply situation: point 81. Required Real DOS: point 82. May not be able to move itself: point 84. Very slow at handling bad partition: point 84, point 114. Used to create BADSPACE partition to isolate bad blocks: point 84. Had to use Norton Disk Doctor to get PM to work: point 114. Couldnt cancel out once stuck on bad Drive: point 114. First non-Microsoft utility installed on new system: point 115. Came with MagicMover: point 115.

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Confusing MagicMover installation: point 115. Installation of DriveImage and PartitionMagic required 20 MB: point 115. Could rearrange partitions on the fly: point 168. Could trash disk if used with Norton AntiVirus 2000: point 195. Upgrade from version 4.0 may fix NAV 2000 Conflict: point 208. Didnt fix boot record problem: point 214. Couldnt use while GoBack was active: point 228, point 237. Special AUTOEXEC makes DOS version the only option: point 237, point 269(f). Could hide and unhide partitions: point 239. Extremely slow in bad sector: point 239. Could create Linux or HPFS partition: point 242(a). Created partition in slightly wrong place: point 242(d). Preferred to use FDISK instead: point 242(f). GoBack blocked PM even on screwed-up disk: point 256(b). Must Uninstall GoBack before using PM: point 256(c). Reported disk locked by GoBack as Type 44: point 256(d). GoBack (or possibly PM) corrupted a partition: point 256(f), point 258(d). Froze instead of handling free space after last partition: point 258(c). Could do numerous things all at once: point 258(c). Corrupt Directory after PM/GoBack combination: point 258(d). Had finished when it said it hadnt: point 258(d). PM killed GoBack historical records: point 269(g). Error: Partition table error #108 -- Linux or Disk Translation error: point 59. Error trying to create batch file: point 60. Error #600: Error trying to create batch file: point 78. Error #45: CRC error in data -- on bad disk: point 83, point 84. Partition table error #121 found: point 114. Error: Write fault: point 242(d). Error: The file could not be opened: point 258(d). Win98 Emergency Boot Disk See also FDISK, Bootable Floppy, ZIP. Also known as EBD, Windows Startup Floppy. Created during Win98 install or from third tab in Add/Remove Programs: point 8. Files apparently stored in C:\Windows\Command\EBD: point 314(e). Created RAM Drive as temporary place to hold its utilities: point 65, point 269(l). Didn't enable the Mouse: point 64. Didnt fully understand how that floppy worked: point 64. Incorporated numerous utilities and Drivers: point 57. I added other utilities: point 57. Decided against advice of removing Drivers from EBD: point 57.

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Ready-made to work with wide variety of CD-ROM Drives: point 8, point 57. Creates a RAM Drive containing many DOS utilities: point 8. Problem creating RAM Drive: point 204. May want to add utilities to EBD: point 8, point 57. Doesnt contain XCOPY, but maybe thats not important: point 13, point 57. Was able to make system recognize Yamaha CD-ROM Drive but not boot from it: point 189. Norton See Symantec, Norton Utilities, Norton Disk Doctor, Norton AntiVirus 2000, Norton SpeedDisk. Avoided using Norton software generally as source of crashes: point 16, point 300(e). Made an exception for their No-Install Programs, especially Norton Disk Doctor, and for Norton AntiVirus 2000. Norton Disk Doctor See also GoBack, PartitionMagic, Norton. Is a No-Install Program. One of the Norton Utilities: point 78. Error: Do you want to revive this partition?: point 256(d). Error: Damaged beyond repair: point 256(f). Error: Boot Record Program is invalid: point 214. Detected bad Floppy: point 107(g). Better in-depth tool than ScanDisk: point 78. Offered to revive free space not yet assigned to Partition: point 84. Preferred to use PartitionMagic rather than NDD to revive free space: point 84. Wasnt sure what effect NDD would have on free space: point 84. NDD finds and fixed numerous problems and marks many bad blocks: point 84. Apparently marks bad blocks in a way ScanDisk can detect: point 84. Unlike ScanDisk, did not offer to move data away from risky part of disk: point 84. Identified location of bad blocks to be stored in Hidden Partition: point 114. Made Drive accessible to PartitionMagic: point 114, point 177. Faster and better than PartitionMagic at scrutinizing bad sectors: point 240. Had failed to detect problems on a decaying disk: point 114. Thorough test could take many times longer than standard test: point 176. Couldnt figure out how to mark whole section of disk as bad: point 240. Doesnt work just on portions of a partition: point 240. Had slight problem with Partition that was too small: point 256(c). DOS version of NDD not comfortable with FAT32 Drive: point 256(e). Fixed lost cluster and free space problems: point 269(o). Takes an hour and a half to examine a large partition: point 240.

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Hidden Partition See also Norton Disk Doctor. Can create using PartitionMagic: point 84. Doesnt disturb order of other Hard Disk letters: point 84. Used to keep bad disk areas away from active Partitions: point 84, point 114. Converting to visible Partition: point 242(a). Symantec Company that bought Norton Utilities from Peter Norton and, in my opinion, degraded the quality of a formerly fine set of system tools. See Symantec WinFax, Norton. Norton Utilities See also Norton, Dismantling Drive C. Avoided using NU because of problems associated with it: point 240. Might never have installed NU if I had researched complaints first: point 141(d). Removed from system to keep it from invading everything: point 176. NU adds troublesome lines to the Registry: point 123. Performed unwanted operations on disk I was trying to preserve: point 30. Preferred to use Maintenance Wizard to try to get away from using Norton: point 105(g). Norton CrashGuard got lots of complaints from users: point 139(b). Full installation used 69 MB: point 240. NU Help doesnt advise on using DISKEDIT: point 240. Installation process creates emergency boot floppies: point 78. Emergency boot floppies contain Norton Disk Doctor: point 78. Some utilities seem to change system workings even when run as Standalones: point 240. Run from CD option limited to Norton Disk Doctor, WinDoctor, UnErase, and WipeInfo: point 240. NU Standalones: NDIAGS, DISKEDIT, NDD, UNERASE, and UNFORMAT: point 240. Nortons System Checker replaced by CHECKLINKS.EXE: point 119(a). Image option created unwanted Image files on each partition: point 170. Could not use InCtrl4 to track changes made by NU installation: point 240. Nortons WIPEINFO removes data from disks: point 256(b). SpinRite See also OptOut. Might have been able to solve special disk problem: point 242(g). ScanDisk

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See also GoBack, DriveImage, MSINFO32, Disk Defragmenter, Bootable Floppy, SCANDSKW, FAT32. Failed at first to cure DriveImage error #2005: point 67, point 78. Runs automatically after improper Shutdown: point 81. Froze, perhaps due to Registry problem caused by another program: point 125. Ran very slowly: point 269(o). Stalled during check of File System: point 84. Used Norton Disk Doctor instead of SD for faster and better results: point 84. Offered to move data to safe place but could not do it: point 84. Might change settings in SCANDISK.INI to do better quality test: point 124. Task Scheduler runs SD thorough exam on each Partition separately: point 105(g). Command Line options: point 19, point 84. Surface scan: point 78. Custom option: point 78. Custom option allows you to examine cluster repeatedly: point 124. Custom option cant coexist with some other Command Line options: point 125. SD ran a long time: point 78. Said it fixed the Directory structure: point 78. Hard Disk problems not detected in ScanDisk: point 78. Sat for a long time on one cluster: point 84. Error: encountered a data error while reading the FAT entry for cluster: point 84. Error: Hard Disk has sustained physical damage: point 84, point 114. DOS version of SD nearly stalls at same place as Win98 version: point 114. Increased number of bad clusters in SD suggests that Hard Disk is dying: point 114. Error: Write fault error reading drive C: point 114. Ignoring advice to use SD on Partition Formatted by Windows Explorer: point 242(g). System freezes after running SD on troubled Hard Disk: point 256(d). Repeated SD freezes suggest the problem is not just a Win98 problem: point 81. SCANDSKW Version of ScanDisk designed to run in DOS Box: point 124. Reformatting See Format. Format See also Bootable Floppy, Disk Translation, GoBack, Windows Explorer, Context Menu, Norton Utilities, Links Toolbar, FAT32, SYS.COM, ScanDisk, Disk Format, DIR Command.

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Format.com is a Command Line program that prepares disks. Can prepare nonworking Partitions to work with DOS and Windows: point 5(d). Format.com uses SYS.COM to make a partition bootable: point 5(d). Wipes out everything on the specified disk: point 5(a), point 86. Can make disk bootable: point 14. Determine disk Format through Context Menu option for Properties: point 242(f). CD Formats: see DriveImage, Easy CD Creator, DirectCD, CD, File Formats: see PowerDesk, Twain, TIF, JPG, GIF, Help, ZIP, UNZIP, Graphics, Icon. Audio Formats: see MP3, WAV, Encoder, Audio CD. Command Line options for Format.com: point 19. Format.com error: Trying to recover allocation unit: point 242(e). Format.com error: Not ready. Format terminated: point 242(e). Format.com error: Invalid media type: point 242(g). DISKEDIT See also DOS Commands. A DOS utility included with Norton Utilities: point 240. PARTINFO.EXE See also MORE.EXE. Included with PowerQuest products: point 59. Interesting program; provided information on Hard Disk problems: point 59. Put a copy of this program onto Super Boot Floppy: point 59. Lost & Found Free demo available from PowerQuest website: point 59. Claims to recover almost any file from any Hard Disk that is still spinning: point 59. Demo is Shareware; just shows you how it would fix the problem: point 59. Program that will actually fix the problem costs $70: point 59. Runs in Windows to create DOS floppies: point 59. Display reacted weirdly when I first used their floppies: point 59. Required another Drive to which it would save recovered data: point 59. Crashed with a "general protection fault" error: point 59. Finally ran; took half-hour; sure enough, it showed the names of my "lost" files: point 59. Disk Translation See PartitionMagic, BIOS. The process that allows computer to see Hard Disk larger than 500MB: point 59. Uses an interface between Hard Disk and BIOS: point 59.

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Changing DT requires Hard Disk Reformatting: point 59. Changing DT without Reformatting causes partition table errors: point 59. Moving Hard Disk to another system can cause DT problem: point 59. Partition table error may be sign of DT problem: point 59. Invalid media type error may be sign of DT problem: point 59. Invalid system disk error may be sign of DT problem: point 59. Re-detecting Hard Disk can cause DT problem: point 59. Mis-jumpering Hard Disk might cause DT problem: point 59. BootMagic See also PowerQuest. Allowed me to choose to choose between Win98 and Linux: point 59. Disk overlay software; runs before Operating System begins: point 59. Like Drive Overlay software: point 59. No longer appearing on problem disk: point 59. Ideas for testing whether BootMagic is the problem: point 59. Drive Overlay Also known as disk management software. Software that allows Operating System to use Hard Disks larger than BIOS would permit: point 59. Can cause Disk Translation problem: point 59. Disk Manager See Drive Overlay. Operating System See DOS, Win98, Linux, MSDOS.SYS, BootMagic, DOS Modes, Drive Overlay, Real DOS, BOOT_MGR.BAT, Bootable Floppy, X-Setup. Text files containing printouts of Registry showing current state of system: point 149(b). Disliked Win98 as an OS: point 342. From an OS, I wanted clarity, structure, and flexibility: point 342. I wanted to reinstall OS without having to reinstall everything else: point 342. Wanted to have all of the files related to a program located in one place: point 342. Wanted to be able to form a list of files that would change: point 342. Wanted to stick with a relatively mature OS rather than being on the forefront: point 344. Guessed that Microsofts future OS would continue to be somewhat chaotic: point 345. I would upgrade to a newer Microsoft OS only when I saw a real benefit from it: point 345.

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Linux See also PartitionMagic, BootMagic. An Operating System: point 59. Linux experiment messed up Hard Disk: point 59. Problem may have been due to bad Hard Disk: point 79. Ran Win98 on Drive C and Linux on Drive D: point 59. Decided that I would probably be going towards Linux sometime in the future: point 59. Couldnt justify Linux yet; too much Windows-based software that I liked and needed: point 59. Linux Partition would have been invisible to Win98: point 242(a). PowerQuest See also Mouse. Makers of BootMagic, PartitionMagic, MagicMover, DriveImage, Lost & Found, PARTINFO.EXE. Using their website and tech support: point 59. Recommended Hard Disk Partitions for Win98 One of the Original Ideas was to put Win98 on Drive C and to put all my other program files on Drive D. I liked this advice because I had the impression that Linux was capable of putting different kinds of program files on different Drives. In the Win98 context, this does not work. Even if you use a specialty program like X-Setup (which we will get to a bit later) to tell the system to put program files in D:\Program Files, you will find that some program files still land in C:\Program Files instead. This means that you can have duplicate folders and that the main program will be on one Drive while the update lands on the other. A better approach is to set up Drive D to hold certain folders, mostly unused, and combine all of your Operating System and program files on Drive C. The ordinary Win98 installation creates several folders that may become more familiar as you tinker with your system more. These include C:\Windows\Command, the C:\WINDOWS\TEMP Directory, the C:\Windows\INF Folder, and C:\Windows\System. One of the most important things going on Drive D will be the \WIN98 Folder. This folder gets used during the initial installation and at times when you are installing other things. It doesnt change, and it doesnt need to be regularly backed up, so theres no point putting it on Drive C. As you go on, there may be a few other examples of items that belong on D.

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You wont be doing Defragmenting with a program like Disk Defragmenter at this point. But the knowledge that you will be Defragmenting later may influence your decisions about Partitions now. For my own purposes, I use a number of other Partitions. I call them GOBACK, BURNING, AUDIO, DATA, and SWAP. We will get to the relevant subjects in more detail shortly, but heres a brief introduction: GoBack is a program that can roll your system back to where it was a few minutes, hours, or days before. It requires space for the large file that remembers all this stuff. I put that file in a separate Partition and try to insulate it from the Disk Defragmenter. BURNING is the size of a CD disc -- around 700-800 MB -- and frees me from the need to defragment the stuff that Im burning onto a CD. I keep Data and Audio separate because Audio files screw up GoBack while Data files (e.g., word processing files, spreadsheets) dont, and also because the two require somewhat different Backup treatment. Finally, Drive H (SWAP) doesnt really need Defragmenting or Backup and can speed up the system, especially (I believe) if its on a third Hard Disk of its own. Original Ideas Reasons for writing this document: point 333. Putting Windows 98 on a separate partition: point 2. Having Win98 on its own Partition was supposed to make reinstalling easier: point 154(d). Installing important programs first rather than concentrating on stable programs: point 68. C:\Program Files See D:\Program Files, Windows Update, MagicMover, Path. D:\Program Files See also Excel 97, MagicMover, FrontPage 2000, FrontPage Express, Windows Update, Outlook Express. Tried to steer program file installation to this folder on D instead of C: point 94. Wanted to arrange files to make it easier to find program files: point 115. Installation here worked for most programs point 94. Installation in non-default location confused Excel 97: point 94. Office 97 insisted on installing many files in C:\Program Files anyway: point 103, point 166(c). X-Setup steers program file installations to preferred folder: point 103, point 137(m). Outlook 98 found previous installation in this folder: point 166(b). Copy of WAB in D:\Program Files doesnt cure error: point 166(a). Creation of this folder, and moving files to it, was a mistake: point 341.

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C:\Windows\Command See also CONFIG.SYS, Win98 Startup Floppy. Contains System Files and essential utilities: point 5(c), point 5(g). Contains XCOPY: point 21. Contains EXTRACT.EXE: point 134(e). Contains more recent versions of some old utilities: point 139(b). Combined contents with DOS_UTIL: point 141(q). Wanted entire contents on Bootable CD: point 141(q). Is on Path: point 269(h). Dupeless says EBD subfolder contains duplicates of programs: point 314(d). Folder contains duplicates of programs found in \WIN98 Folder: point 319. C:\WINDOWS\TEMP Directory Used as temporary holding place for TMP Files and Tilde Files: point 120(e). Used MAINT_WK.BAT to clear it out using DELTREE: point 105(h). Reasons for clearing out this Directory: point 105(h). Sometimes contains subfolders that Disk Cleanup does not remove: point 105(h). Dont clean out when Win98 is active: point 105(h). Clear out before creating Disk Image File: point 111. Advice to clear out before Defragmenting: point 122. C:\Windows\INF Folder See also Video Card, INF Files. Common Driver location: point 255(c). File previously found in this folder vanishes: point 241. System may not realize that files it needs are in this folder: point 255(c). C:\Windows\System See Path, Screen Saver, Process. \WIN98 Folder See also Registry. Also known as Setup Folder: point 137(n). Copy files from Win98 Upgrade CD to this folder before installing: point 31. Contains duplicates of programs found elsewhere: point 319. Distinct from the \WIN98 folder that may exist on some Floppy disks: point 255(c). Restore Win98 by deleting all else and re-installing from here: point 34. Installation proceeds by typing SETUP at DOS Prompt: point 35. Installation requires nothing else except Product Key number: point 35. Installation of Win98 Upgrade also requires evidence of previous product: point 35.

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Can supply evidence of previous product by copying \WIN95 folder: point 35. Files in \WIN98 not affected by downloads and updates: point 50. Files seemingly copied directly from \WIN98: point 85(a). Consists mostly of CAB Files: point 85(a), point 319. X-Setup can set location of \WIN98 Folder after installation: point 137(n). Subfolders containing useless junk: point 319. ISP information in OLS subfolder outdated: point 319. Drive H (SWAP) See also ScanReg, Properties. Primarily serves to hold Temporary Internet Files, WIN386.SWP, Cool Edit Temporary Files, Word 97 AutoRecover files, and other non-permanent information. Good role in which to test an iffy disk without endangering files: point 256. Its place in the overall Partition scheme: point 32. Would not be backed up: point 145(p). Putting it last allows putting it on a third Hard Disk: point 44. Problems on this Partition yield Invalid media type error at Startup: point 242(f). Disk Defragmenter See also GoBack, WinBench 99, Power Management, Defragmenting, DEFRAC.BAT, Norton SpeedDisk, MAINTWIN.BAT. Improved efficiency: point 306. Could not run on disks on which programs were running: point 306. Could slow computer way down: point 306. Reduce fragmentation by putting Temporary Internet Files in other partition: point 44. Found advice regarding DD in Resource Kit Book Online: point 300(b). Resource Kit Book Online says edit Registry to prevent defrag of certain files: point 300(f). Command-line syntax: point 300(g). Keeps restarting if other programs arent disabled first: point 162. Syntax for: see Resource Kit Book Online. Run immediately on reboot: see DEFRAG.REG. Programs including Screen Saver or e.g., Norton AntiVirus 2000 can interfere: point 122. Doesnt work properly: point 122. Nearly froze up: point 122. System froze while running DD: point 269(p). Suggestion to run only in Safe Mode: point 122. Normal Mode would allow too many other programs to interfere with DD: point 123.

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Did not run in Real DOS: point 123. Suggestion not to make changes automatically: point 122. Decision that DD had to work automatically: point 123. Set to work on each disk separately: point 122. Suggestion to run ScanDisk first: point 122. Timing difficulty re making ScanDisk work with DD: point 127. Creating a Screen Saver that wont interfere with DD: point 145(k). Registry edit to shut off Screen Saver while running DD: point 300(c). Shutting down processes that might interfere: point 264. Error: Windows cannot defragment this drive: point 269(o). Was not clear that I could ever make DD work: point 306. Defragmenting See also WinBench 99, Power Management, Temporary Internet Files, Recycle Bin, C:\WINDOWS\TEMP Directory, WIN386.SWP, Cool Edit 2000. Popular defragmenters include Disk Defragmenter and Norton SpeedDisk. Problems with: see GoBack. Reducing with Cache settings: point 137(n). Balked if I had other things running at the same time: point 123. Keeping the disk nearly totally defragged requires less downtime: point 105(g). Have to run defragmenter every night to keep disk defragged: point 127, point 141(l). Theory that DOS defragmenters will mess up Hard Disk: point 123. While burning CD: point 263. Norton SpeedDisk See also GoBack, Defragmenting, Norton. Balked if I had other things running at the same time: point 123. More efficient than Disk Defragmenter: point 300(e). The Win98 Core There is virtually no end to the number of things we can (and will) say about Win98, but to keep things on a very simple basis at the start, lets just start with Win98 itself. The Win98 Upgrade is, of course, a Microsoft product. This index does not attempt to track all of the references that might conceivably be relevant to Microsoft, Windows, Win98, or other all-purpose topics. The core of Win98 includes Internet Explorer. This is not because everyone always needs the one to run the other. Its just that updates to the one tend to include some updates to the other. You need Internet Explorer anyway to get online and update Win98, so I decided to include an introduction to both

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programs together here. (Updating Win98 and Internet Explorer from the Windows Update website requires, of course, an online connection, which requires a connection to an ISP.) Note, also, that the Epic occasionally mentions Windows 3.1, not because its important, but because its interface and handling of file names can be a little different, and because some programs that we may be using are still written for it. Microsoft Too many entries: relevant to the entire document. A few exceptions: See especially Operating System. Vaguely concerned that Microsoft could pull the plug on Outlook 98 at any time: point 98. Spelling and grammar errors: point 166, point 241. Guessing at Microsofts future: point 345. Windows Windows 98 ordinarily referred to in this document as Win98. Win98 Occurs too frequently; citations here merely to some interesting items. Abbreviated name for Windows 98. Similarly, Win95. See also Windows Explorer, Internet Explorer, Downloader, Uninstall Information Folder. Disk partition structure for W98: point 338. Needed 600 MB of disk space: point 338. Previous Windows Updates not the same as those now offered: point 71. List of files in Win98: point 166(d). How to save size and location of an open window: point 120(aa). Save space by deleting unnecessary AVI files: point 320. CD contains DOS tools: point 141(q). Uninstalling: point 178. Does constant reading and writing of certain files: point 12. Ordinarily can't run from a CD: point 12. Includes Windows Scripting files: point 137. All this effort could not extricate some Win98 users from the quagmire: point 341. I dislike Win98: point 342. Deciding to make the best of it until something better comes along: point 344, point 345. Problems can exist submerged for some time: point 227.

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Win98 Upgrade See also \WIN98 Folder. Apparently allows Win95 files to remain on disk: point 166(d). Upgrade CD installation seeks proof that you had a previous version of qualifying software: point 14. Preferably dont install upgrade on top of Win95: point 14. TweakUI utilities on Win98 Upgrade CD: point 71. Recommended not to use TweakUI version found on this CD: point 117. Explorer Not the same as Internet Explorer or Windows Explorer See also AdSubtract, Cold Reboot, Monitor. Killing Explorer in unresponsive system via Ctrl-Alt-Del revives Start Button: point 141(q). One of the most basic programs for a working Win98 system: point 122. Error: illegal operation: point 105(k). Error indicating that Explorer was shutting down, but system hadnt crashed: point 144. Windows 3.1 Interface: see WinBench 99, Clean System Directory. May require DOS-style folder names: point 141(o). I mostly skipped Windows 3.1: point 345. Internet Explorer See also Windows Explorer; Favorites; Power Tools; Power Toys; Web Suite; X-Setup; Scraps; OptOut; Registry; Offline Browser; Context Menu; MSINFO32, Temporary Internet Files, Adobe PhotoDeluxe, Cache, URL Batch Files, Mouse. Latest version comes through download: point 15. Clearing out IE's History and Temporary folders: point 16. Platinum WorldView addition: point 20. Moving Temporary Internet Files folder: point 37. IE started Internet Connection Wizard: point 37. Ctrl-L opens up box to type a URL into: point 223. Adjusting IE toolbars and other options: point 37, point 38, point 105(e). Deleting Temporary Internet Files folder with DELTREE: point 38. Deleting History folder with DELTREE: point 120(ag). Setting History option: point 38. Changing location of IE icon under Start Menu: point 42. Putting Temporary Internet Files folder into separate partition: point 44. Subsequent IE updates change previous settings: point 51. Previous IE updates not the same as those now offered: point 71.

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IE downloads automatically provide Power Tools: point 71. Microsoft treated IE and Win98 as two heads, one body: point 72. Outlook 98 insists on installing old version of IE: point 98. Outlook 98 actually installs just a few files from the old version: point 98. Some people upgrade IE after installing Outlook 98: point 98. Telling OL98 to upgrade only newer avoids installing old IE version: point 98. Office 97 installation adds ancient IE 3.01 Shortcut: point 105(b). Go button in IE: point 105(e). Shut off AutoComplete option in IE to improve speed: point 105(i). Turn AutoComplete back on because I appreciate it: point 109(i), point 145(a). Subscriptions now called Offline Viewing: point 109(b). I decided to keep QuickSearch and Toggle Images programs: point 109(g). Later decided that I didnt have much use for QuickSearch: point 109(g). Apt to use IE with several other programs simultaneously: point 113(e). Change options with TweakUI: point 117. Update IE Context Menu with IE 5 Web Accessories: point 119(b). IE 5 Web Accessories duplicate existing functions: point 119(b). IE 5 Web Accessories clog up Context Menu: point 119(b). Power Toys was add-on for IE version 4: point 119(b). Can decorate IE toolbar with IE 5 Toolbar Wallpaper: point 119(b). Reasons not to use IE 5 Toolbar Wallpaper: point 119(b). IE 5 Power Tweaks seemed useful: point 119(b). Web Developer Accessories has useful View Partial Source option: point 119(b). Web Developer Accessories option for Document Tree confusing: point 119(b). Cant drag document Scrap from IE to Desktop: point 120(r). Unable to move History folder: point 120(ag). IE crashes and I lose my place: point 137. IE crashes wipe out most traces of sites found after long research: point 297. Removing Links Folder causes IE malfunctions: point 142. Synchronize feature downloads all pages cited in website: point 271. Ctrl-N to open another Browser session: point 307(b). IE Offline Viewing allows Scheduled downloads of websites: point 307(c). Offline Viewing allows downloads of websites linked to the target: point 307(c). Offline Viewing sends E-mail when target website changes: point 307(c). Synchronize feature downloads hits from search engine: point 307(g). Synchronizer was fastest way to examine search engine hits: point 307(j). Synchronizer could not dial automatically unless auto-dial always on: point 322. IE gets updated through Windows Update website: point 165(e). Error: Unable to establish a connection: point 200. ISP The company that connects you to the Internet. See also NetLaunch, DUNCE, Connection Keeper, Modem, Password.

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Short for Internet Service Provider: point 41. Eager to shut down inactive Internet Connection: point 134(r). Check pages manually during long downloads to maintain connection: point 48. Blamed ISP for frequent disconnections: point 113(g). Set Modem to stay connected to ISP despite carrier interruption: point 265(c). Did not show all postings to a Newsgroup: point 292. Using local access number with HyperTerminal: point 113(g). Internet Connection Wizard See also Internet Explorer. Configured Internet Connection through my ISP: point 37. Ran Hardware Installation Wizard to configure Modem: point 37. Gave the option of signing up for an Internet mail account: point 37. Required me to delete existing Dial-Up account so it could re-create it: point 100. I found answers to some Wizard questions by looking at other computer: point 37. Outlook 98 ran me through ICW: point 100. Windows Update See also Internet Explorer, Updates.com, Fatal Exception, Go!Zilla, Win98, Windows Media Player, Start | Programs, NetMeeting. Same as Critical Update: point 165(e). Source of downloads and upgrades for Win98: point 15, point 49. Source of DirectX 7.0a update: point 165(e). Distinct from Windows Update Setup Files: point 215. Link to WU under Start Menu: point 15. Probes your Win98 installation for missing items: point 241. List of updates seems to change after you download one of them: point 48. Full set of updates for Win98 takes 6 hours to download: point 48. X-Setup sets system so it appears to be registered for WU: point 137(r). Registry edit adds multiple WU icons to Start Menu: point 146(e). Could not remove WU icon from Start | Settings: point 146(e). Comparison of Registry entries shows change to WU reset counter: point 150. Updates seemed to be the primary suspect for system instability: point 220. System freezes right after downloading updates: point 222. Downloads seemed to have caused problems in Outlook 98: point 225. Redownloaded updates at least three times: point 229. After multiple redownloads, updates no longer seem to cause slowdown: point 229. Decided I needed Outlook Express one time, but not another: point 241, point 242(c). WU said I had Outlook Express despite thorough attempts to Uninstall it: point 242(c), point 242(h).

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Uninstalled Outlook 98 to get WU to realize I didnt have Outlook Express: point 242(c). WU created duplicate files by apparently reinstalling to C:\Program Files despite X-Setup instructions to install to D:\Program Files: point 314(c). Windows Update Setup Files See also Windows Update. Something created multiple folders for these files: point 317. Trying to move these folders: point 317. Win98 Modes There is much to know about different ways to run and fix Win98. This subject of Modes is just an introduction to one of the terms that people use occasionally. Mode There are two types of Operating System modes. The Win98 modes are Normal Mode and Safe Mode. There are also several DOS Modes, including one that exists only under Win98. The term mode also gets used in numerous other ways. See also BIOS. Normal Mode The normal operating mode for Win98. See also Mode, BIOS, Disk Defragmenter, BOOT_MGR.BAT, Startup Menu. Safe Mode See also Mode, PCI Communication Device, Monitor, Cold Reboot, Desktop, Monitor, CD-ROM Driver, WIN Command, Reboot Toolbar, BOOT_MGR.BAT, File List. Part of Win98s self-healing process: point 119(c). Couldnt figure out how to run Disk Defragmenter automatically in SM: point 123. Might fix problem with vanishing Icons in System Tray: point 316. Computer sometimes prefers to boot in SM when something went wrong previously: point 72. Sometimes boot in SM before Normal Mode just to make sure things are right: point 84. Presence of WNBOOTNG.STS Signature file apparently makes system boot in Safe Mode: point 85(a). Enter by hitting F8 at Startup Menu: point 105(k).

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Boot into SM to avoid system reconfiguration for temporary change of hardware: point 225. Suggestion to free IRQs by deleting Modem and Communications Ports in SM: point 234. A more limited mode than Normal Mode: point 262(b). Generally intended for Troubleshooting: point 262(b). Would not allow some aspects of system to run: point 262(b). Files and Folders Win98 uses Folders to hold files. DOS calls them Directories instead of Folders. Either way, the concept is that you start at the Root (which is, perversely, the top) level of a Drive, and you have folders or directories branching off from there, each containing zero or more files. Windows Explorer is the most commonly used Win98 tool for manipulating and browsing among files and folders. PowerDesk also has an explorer that imitates and improves upon Windows Explorer. It is an optional add-on to your system -- it is not essential -- and the only reason I mention it here is that it is so similar to Windows Explorer. That, and the fact that it is what I use to ZIP and UNZIP files, which is something that I had to do one way or another at this stage in the game. Folder Too general to bother cataloging in full detail. Dragging things to a folder: point 120(s). Win98 sometimes remembered open folders and recreated them on Reboot: point 138(c). Root Short for root folder or root Directory. Means the beginning folder on a Partition or disk. Example: the root folder on Drive C appears at the DOS Prompt as C:\> where the > symbol just means type your command here; the actual root address in that case is C:\ Different from Rooted Folders: see Windows Explorer. Windows Explorer See also Easy CD Creator, PowerDesk, Context Menu, DELTREE, Network Neighborhood, Start | Settings, Graphics. Basic file manipulation utility supplied with Windows. Very important. Not the same as Internet Explorer.

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View Hidden Files: point 5(a). Right-click Start Button to open WE, pointing to Start Menu: point 43, point 145(i). Set to open Start | Programs menu structure: point 146(m). Toolbar provides arrows allowing back and forward navigation: point 120(aa). Customizing WE re: file types, views, toolbar: point 43. System froze when using WE to move files to troubled Hard Disk: point 81. Status bar indicated size of files in partition: point 103. Typically used with Office 97 programs: point 113(e). Might use two sessions of WE for Audio Editing: point 113(e). Can use to view thumbnail versions of Graphics files: point 113(h). Cant get thumbnails of documents: point 113(h). Allows Quick View option on Context Menu: point 113(h). WE is distinct from Explorer: point 109(d). Control Panel option on Context Menu: point 112(e). SendTo option on Context Menu: point 113(c). Rename file or folder option on Context Menu: point 113(e). Properties of file or folder option on Context Menu: point 113(e). Empty Recycle Bin option on Context Menu: point 116(c). Formatting Disk option on Context Menu: point 242(g). Use X-Setup to create DOS Prompt Here option: point 137(d). DOS Prompt Here option on Context Menu: point 141(o). Making DOS Prompt Here open a bigger window: point 146(k). Refused to work on failing computer: point 116(k). Drop-down File Lists when typing new entries: point 118. Clearing the Most Recently Used (MRU) File Lists: point 118. Double-clicking on programs in WE runs them: point 119(a). Find File: point 120(e), point 120(z). File open option on Context Menu: point 120(m). Select the View option on menu to set file associations: point 120(m). Select View option to create option to open TXT file in Word: point 120(m). Couldnt right-click on Desktop Folder to Create Shortcut: point 120(n). Doesn't provide selective list of folders: point 120(u). WE opens automatically in rooted folders: point 120(aa). Options on how WE opens: point 120(aa). WEs Explorer View and Open View: point 120(aa). No immediate need for Rooted Folders: point 120(aa). Could not get Rooted Folders to work as I wanted: point 120(aa). Could not move Internet Explorers History folder: point 120(ag). Copy option works where cut and Paste doesnt: point 120(ag). Can add Context Menu options via X-Setup: point 137(d). Didnt succeed where PowerDesk Explorer failed: point 141(q). Adjusting New (Context Menu Option): point 145(f), point 146(c).

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Removing Settings from Start Menu removes from WE too: point 146(e). Changing Context Menu options: point 146(k), point 146(l), point 146(m). Changing Context Menu for folders required Registry edit: point 146(k). WE is a Directory shell: point 146(l). Couldnt delete unwanted Context Menu options: point 146(m). Deleting unwanted Context Menu items required Registry edit: point 146(m). Couldnt delete folder while WE was looking at it: point 154(b). Couldnt see tracks on Audio CDs without CDFS.VXD: point 157(c). Can copy Audio CD tracks via CDFS.VXD: point 157(c). File Types option sets default TIF editor: point 224(c). Added WE to Files Toolbar: point 310. Error copying file: point 84. Error: Drive not accessible: point 242(f). Error: Sharing violation: point 120(ag). PowerDesk See also DriveImage, Windows Explorer, DIR Command, Network Neighborhood, PKZIP. Has ZIP and UNZIP feature: point 25, point 70, point 135. Some imperfections; generally pleased with program: point 25. Has optional DES high-security encryption: point 27, point 135. Not recommended for backing up entire Hard Disks: point 29. Used to back up entire Hard Disk: point 269(c). Have to buy ZipMagic to have command-line ZIP option: point 29. Considered a must have program: point 70. Update available online: point 70. Possible candidate for instability: point 74. PD configuration data stored in Registry: point 74. Decided to reinstall despite possibility of instability: point 75. Can view Graphics files in different ways: point 113(h), point 135. Can provide graphic view of documents: point 113(h). Serves as replacement for Windows Explorer: point 120(aa). Can convert Graphics file Formats: point 120(ad), point 320. Can view contents of CAB files: point 134(e). Can extract files from CAB files: point 141(u). Comes with Size Manager utility: point 134(f). Can print a list of some or all files in a folder: point 134(x). Contained many useful tools: point 135. Won many awards: point 135. Installation took 18 MB: point 135. Configurable options: point 135. Can expand/collapse Drives and folders: point 135. Can view double panes horizontal and vertical: point 135.

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Can show filtered File Lists: point 135. Can show Command Line and open DOS Box: point 135, point 141(c). Can compare and synchronize folders: point 135, point 141(q). Can do Find File: point 135, point 146(d). Can change file Date and Time: point 135. Made a point of shutting down before installing other software: point 135. Lacks Address toolbar option of Windows Explorer: point 135, point 141(e). Crashed: point 139(b). Used Command Line option to launch GO.BAT: point 139(c). Had "DOS Prompt Here" Context Menu option: point 141(e). Apparently not responsible for unresponsive system: point 141(q). Dual-pane view couldnt accommodate file details: point 141(q). No FAQ on website re error message: point 144. More than a year of experience with the program: point 144. Installation added unwanted Context Menu items: point 146(m). Unwanted Context Menu items appear in Windows Explorer too: point 146(m). Could not remove one unwanted Context Menu item: point 146(m), point 196. Removing Context Menu items provoked Shutdown: point 146(m). Tech support responded in a few days: point 146(m). Tech support initially gave bad advice: point 146(n). Subsequent tech support advice did not work: point 196. Folder file type opened with PD: point 146(m). Run by PDEXPLO program: point 146(m). Error: PDEXPLO not responding: point 224(f). ZIP feature ignored empty folders: point 168. Could copy System Files on Hard Disk C while Windows was running: point 210. No option to copy a Drive: point 210. Can set to show Hidden Files: point 210. Not responding error apparently caused by other program: point 224(f). Provided information on partitions: point 258(b). Slow copying large files to another partition: point 258(b), point 269(o). Stalled when trying to copy files with overly long names: point 258(b). Zipped files faster than DriveImage: point 269(c). ZIP compression about 55%: point 269(c). Calculated 500 MB as 500 x 1 MB: point 269(i). Computer had problems with PD: point 270. Ran PD as regular program at Startup: point 285. Used Find File function to locate all batch files referring to wrong disk: point 303(d). Slow reading from CD: point 309(a). Used CDex instead of PD to read Audio track from CD: point 309(a). Shut down after Fatal Exception: point 315.

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Better than WinDiff for synchronizing folders: point 318. Directory comparison found duplicate files: point 319. Could create Bitmap Files for Startup Wallpaper: point 320. Using PD to move program files may have caused slowness: point 332. Error message when closing: point 144. Error: Illegal operation: point 146(m). Error: Not responding: point 224(f). Error: Cannot copy: point 258(b). Size Manager Created by makers of PowerDesk. See also TreeSize. Checks total space used in folders and disks: point 164. Set up separate Icon to run it: point 135. Put Icon on Files Toolbar: point 310. UNZIP See also PowerDesk, WinZip. Type of program that decompresses files compressed into ZIP Format: point 5(d). May be needed for Bootable Floppy: point 5(d). Can distribute zipped files back to their original locations: point 26. Can ZIP in Win98 program and unzip in DOS program or vice versa: point 27. ZIP See also DriveImage, XCOPY32, PowerDesk, PKZIP, WinZip, Path, Bootable Floppy, UNZIP. Error: Error in archive Directory: bad ZIP file: point 287. Had to delete bad ZIP file in DOS: point 287. Format into which files may be compressed (.ZIP): point 5(d). Used to add utilities to Win98 Emergency Boot Disk: point 57. Can be Passworded: point 27. Reduces accessibility of individual files: point 25. Some ZIP programs let you look at the contents of ZIP files: point 25. Some ZIP programs let you extract individual files from them: point 25. Some ZIP programs let you add to or otherwise edit ZIP files: point 25. Thinking through using ZIP as a Backup tool with XCOPY: point 26, point 202, point 203. Offered prospect of flexible approach to Backup: point 27. Advantage over Disk Image File approach: dont have to do entire Partition: point 27. Advantage over Disk Image File approach: small ZIP takes less time and space: point 27.

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Used to get questionable files out of the way at least temporarily: point 168. Zipping a 2 GB Partition would be time-consuming: point 256(b). XCOPY and ZIP system would carry me for weeks between DriveImage snapshots: point 337. Essential Utilities Your system has only begun to come together at this point. Already, however, it is time to look beyond Microsoft for helpful utilities. Unlike PowerDesk, mentioned above mostly for its usefulness and its relevance to Windows Explorer, the following are very important and are well worth their price. All of these non-Microsoft utilities (including PowerDesk) are very stable and, in my experience, are likely to cause few, if any, problems on your system. Norton AntiVirus 2000 is a possible exception, but if so, you have to put up with it unless you find an antivirus program that you like better. Youll notice that these programs tend to add an entry to Add/Remove Programs, even if you dont install them through there. Speaking of which, note that Add/Remove Programs has a separate tab that you use to add or remove portions of Win98. Add/Remove Programs See also Windows Setup Tab, Clean System Directory, CloseAll, System Devices, IRQ Routing, Uninstall Information Folder, Dismantling Drive C, Win98 Emergency Boot Disk, Visual Basic Runtime. Place for adding and removing programs generally. This heading does not list all programs to which this might apply. Found under Control Panel: point 163. ARP for Outlook 98 allows Add New Components option: point 225. ARP for Outlook 98 gives option to completely reinstall or just refresh installation: point 166(b). Add New Components leads to Office 98 Component Install Page: point 225. Used to Uninstall programs: point 141(e), point 146(l). Used to verify that program is installed: point 195. Processes used by ARP: point 146(l). Browsing through ARP for programs to delete to reduce bloat: point 170. Before using ARP to remove programs, see if they have "Uninstall" Shortcuts or files: point 170. Supposed to use ARPs Windows Setup Tab to remove Outlook Express: point 241. Not sure why Outlook Express doesnt appear on ARPs Windows Setup Tab: point 242(c). Program did not appear in ARP; had to use its Uninstall Icon: point 266(e).

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Windows Setup Tab See also Outlook 98, Outlook Express. Found under Add/Remove Programs: point 146(d). Separate from the ordinary Install/Uninstall option: point 154(c). Where to add or remove WaveTop or Web TV for Windows: point 39. Did not show Outloook Express: point 242(h). Norton AntiVirus 2000 See also GoBack, Norton, Disk Defragmenter. Inexplicably put non-removable entry on File | New menu: point 312. Thought NAV was primary suspect for system instability: point 220. Decided NAV was not primary suspect for system instability: point 221. Compare antivirus Freeware: point 140(a). McAfee antivirus program update process baffled me: point 156(a). Cant go online without good, current antivirus software: point 156(a). NAV used more than 40 MB of disk space: point 156(a), point 165(c). Installation added folder I had not authorized: point 156(a). Uninstall failed to remove folders: point 156(a). Installation includes LiveAdvisor and LiveUpdate: point 156(a). NAV can trash Hard Disk with PartitionMagic: point 195. Probably not the source of problems with Outlook 98: point 225. Runs POPROXY process: point 278. Error: error starting program: apparently caused by POPROXY: point 278. POPROXY problem caused COMCTL32.DLL error message: point 282. GoBack See also PartitionMagic, Custom Settings, Audio Editor. Eliminated need for InCtrl4: point 141(d). Vastly simplified recovery of previous Registry edits: point 151. Not directly connected with Backup process: point 203. Everyone praised GB: point 228. Description of features: point 228, point 236. Used to restore deleted files or system: point 228, point 236. Had enhanced Recycle Bin: point 228. Stored previous revisions of changed files: point 228. History (Event Log) wiped out each time you disabled it: point 228. Created system safe point: point 236. Useless if Hard Disk was physically useless: point 236. Ability to roll back changes depended on space allocated to it: point 236. Had to disable before relocating a Hard Disk: point 236. Had to Uninstall and reinstall before adding new Hard Disk: point 236. Not compatible with Win2000: point 236.

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Incompatible with some disk compressors: point 236. Boot floppies had to contain GB Drivers: point 236. Froze during installation movie: point 236. Event history stored on same Hard Disk as events being tracked: point 238. User choice of space to set aside for history: point 238. Must Uninstall and reinstall to change space set aside: point 238. Manual said program would just step aside for large files: point 238. Had to leave at least 10 MB free on partition: point 238. Had to configure separately on each computer: point 238, point 255(b). Would not install on disk with non-DOS partition: point 239, point 242(a). Got around bad disk problem with superficial Format: point 243. Installation involved multiple reboots: point 243. Cute clock: point 246. GB with Norton SpeedDisk would trash system without patch: point 246. GOBACKIO.BIN was main history file: point 246. GOBACKIO.BIN is a System File: point 269(c). Event Log showed events and safe points: point 246. Easy to figure out events: point 246. Option to revert Drive or resurrect virtual copy of previous situation: point 246. Option to revert one or both Hard Disks: point 246. Excluded some items: point 246. Popped up before any other program on reboot: point 246. Took a half-minute: point 246. Might have to make multiple tries to revert successfully: point 246. System Safe Point was any 10-second period of inactivity: point 246. Adding items manually to Event Log: point 246. System would not recognize Hard Disks when booted from Floppy: point 246. Prevented DriveImage from running: point 254, point 269(a). Antivirus message was red herring: point 254. Bootup option to revert, disable, or boot from Floppy: point 254, point 269(l). Booting with regular Floppy seemed to work fine: point 254. Disabled GB to boot from Floppy: point 254. Did not allow re-enabling with different settings: point 255(e). Supposed to use their Uninstaller: point 255(e). Had to revise partition sizes before reinstalling: point 255(f). Unlocked slave Hard Disk by Uninstalling GB: point 256(d). False bug report due to problem with GoBack itself: point 256(d). Caused significantly slower reboots: point 256(d). Caused blue screen errors: point 256(d). Caused Norton Disk Doctor error message: point 256(d), point 256(f). Damaged boot record beyond repair: point 256(f). Required at least 10 MB: point 258(a). Move data before adjusting partition before installing GB: point 258(b).

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Corrupted Directory after abortive install: point 258(d). Changing a large file wiped out Event history: point 258(e). Relied on it: point 267(d), point 281, point 289, point 319. Could manually re-enable from DOS Prompt: point 269(a), point 269(m). DriveImage backup filled with huge GOBACKIO.BIN: point 269(b). Prevented DriveImage on non-GOBACKIO partitions: point 269(l). Re-enabling became familiar: point 269(m). May be responsible for disk thrashing and Mouse slowness: point 269(m). GB installation trashed by DriveImage: point 269(m). Manual contained no list of error codes: point 269(m). Manual mentioned no Command Line options: point 269(n). Must reboot at least once to disable: point 269(n). Two running Processes, GBMENU and GBPOLL: point 269(n). Possible source of Network slowness: point 269(o). May have caused disk errors: point 269(o). Disabling GB took half-hour: point 269(o). Disk geometry error caused near-freeze in ScanDisk: point 269(o). PrcView shutdown may have caused GB disk problem: point 269(o). Large file changes may confuse: point 269(o). One test showed Event Log covered past 40+ hours: point 279, point 281, point 282. Had to remove recent documents before reverting: point 281. Successfully reverted: point 281, point 284, point 323. Many changes reduced log to 12 hours: point 284. Shut off GB polling: point 291. GB polling just checked for GB updates: point 291. Lost Suspend to Disk file on laptop: point 291. Problems with Gateway computers: point 291. Only way of shutting down by batch file was to kill Process: point 291. No way to suspend temporarily during large file changes: point 291. Could not tell which data files reversion would wipe out: point 294, point 297. Could revert just one Hard Disk: point 294. OptOut (coded in assembly language) not logged: point 294. Should have inserted comment in log before installing a program: point 294. Log allows filters to reduce details: point 294. ScanDisk and Disk Defragmenter trashed disk covered by GB: point 298. List of incompatible programs: point 298(a). Antivirus programs must allow MBR writes: point 298(b). Defragmenting used up much of GB Event Log: point 298(b). Fix for Norton SpeedDisk incompatibility: point 298(b). Confused by disk copies: point 298(b). Disable antivirus programs during GB installation: point 298(b). Nearly indispensable: point 300(a).

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Prevented Defrag from running on GOBACK partitions: point 300(d). Created separate partitions containing only GOBACKIO.BIN: point 300(d), point 302. GB website unclear re Norton Utilities: point 300(e). Modified Registry to keep Defrag away from GOBACKIO.BIN: point 300(f). Disabled to make DriveImage Disk Image File: point 301. Allocated much more space to make Event Log go back more hours: point 302. Event Log went back only 12 hours after allocating 20% of disk: point 302 and point 323. Audio editing (Cool Edit 2000) reduced Event Log to 12 hours: point 302. Opted not to cover a Hard Disk: point 258(a). Restoring other computer from backup would require GB Uninstallation: point 304. Batch files for Defragmenting only selected partitions, not GOBACKIO: point 306. Catching up, slowed down Mouse and other program: point 309(a). Should allow storage of Hard Disk data on another Hard Disk: point 309(a). GB slowdown problem exacerbated by Clipboard Pile: point 309(a). Displayed lost files in one place but not another: point 323. Forgot to Uninstall GB before running DriveImage: point 334. Had to use FDISK to rescue trashed GoBack system: point 334. Caused DriveImage error cannot lock a locked drive: point 334. Event Log went back 5 days on infrequently used computer: point 335. Reasonably stable program: point 335. Need to Uninstall forced reduced use of DriveImage: point 337. Reduced need for moment-by-moment backup: point 339. Error: Invalid drive specification when booting from Floppy: point 254. Error #58: Unable to write to the boot sector: point 254, point 269(a). Error: Drive C does not contain a valid FAT or FAT32 partition: point 254. Error: Third-party disk-partitioning software: point 254. Error: Detected a Problem With Your System: point 256(d). Error: Geometry of the disk has been changed: point 258(a), point 269(g). Error: GoBack (300): run SETUP.EXE from within Windows: point 269(l). Error: GoBack Install (316): drives are on the same physical Hard Disk: point 269(m). Error: GB_PROG.EXE can only be run in MS-DOS Mode (code 503): point 269(n). Error: Unable to revert all of your Hard Disks to the requested time: point 281. Error: Fatal Exception caused by GB polling: point 291. Error: Couldnt locate these drives on your system: point 298(b). Error: GoBack Install (400): 2 copies of the allocation tables on your drive are different: point 335.

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Error: Disk activity now going on relates to safely transitioning: point 269(m). Backup I use a CD-ROM Drive capable of burning CDs -- commonly called a CD Burner -- to make my backups. The subject of CDs is a world unto itself, and Ill get to that later. Here, I limit myself to the topic of Backup, and not even to that whole topic, but just to the part that involves creating Disk Image Files using a program like DriveImage or Norton Ghost. Backup See also Network, GoBack, DriveImage, ScanReg, Registry Checker, SYSTEM.INI, WIN.INI, SYSTEM.DAT, USER.DAT, CAB Files, BAK Files, OLD Files, Hardware Profile, Links Folder, File-by-File Backup, LFNBACK.EXE, Disk Image File, Online Storage, OUTLOOK.PST, Audio Editor, CD_PREP.BAT, Conflict, File List, ZIP, XCOPY. Backup is any useful copy of data on computer, usually kept for safety, so that you can restore the data if something happens to the original. May involve floppy disk, removeable disk, another Hard Disk on same or different computer, Tape Backup, electronic Memory, printouts, etc. Some backup software does not capture Registry automatically. But your backup may be useless for program files (but not data files) if it does not capture the Registry. Ideally, keep copy of Registry for each backup of program files: point 204. Can back up on CD: point 3. Using multisession CDs: point 269(e). Some files never change and dont really need frequent backup: point 27. At the extreme, proper backup would require separate CD for every program installed: point 203. Thinking about incremental backup: point 340. Can save large files in small pieces among multiple floppies via Win98's Backup utility: point 141. Lacking incremental backup means redoing everything since last full backup: point 227. No clear dividing line between essential and incidental Win98 files on backup: point 269(d). Wanted to make frequent, unobtrusive backups: point 337. Program files and data files require different kinds of backup: point 337. Backup during the night should provide adequate protection: point 339. Disk Image File

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See also GoBack, DriveImage, Easy CD Creator, Slice32, CLR_DOCS.BAT, CLR_RECY.BAT, Temporary Internet Files, Network, File-by-File Backup, ZIP. Clear out Start | Documents and Recycle Bin before making DI: point 120(i). Clear out C:\WINDOWS\TEMP Directory before making DI: point 16, point 53. Offers simplicity for regular Backup work: point 3. Adaptec seems to contemplate File-by-File Backup technique: point 13. Placed onto Bootable CD with utilities to restore the image: point 64. Could save on Hard Disk instead of saving on CD: point 111. Tested by restoring from CD onto which image file was burned: point 116(k). Could copy image file from one computer to the other via Network: point 116(k). Shut off Archive Bits manually so I would know what the image file covered: point 166(f). DriveImage See also GoBack, PartitionMagic, PowerQuest. Recommended: point 2. Stored many files in one Disk Image File: point 5(f). Provided files worth having on Bootable Floppy: point 5(h). Put files in right place automatically as it unpacked image file: point 13. Ran in DOS so Windows files were not in use: point 17, point 30, point 116(i). Could edit image file created by DriveImage: point 24. Required more temporary disk space than smaller ZIP files: point 25. Not a File-by-File Backup technique: point 26. Used a take-over-your-machine approach: point 27. Used to set up basic Win98 system on empty Hard Disk: point 29. Basic technique for backing up Windows: point 56. PQDI.EXE was DOS executable form of program: point 58. Load MOUSE.COM first: point 58. Options were Create Image, Restore Image, Disk-to-Disk Copy: point 58. Resulting filename extension was PQI: point 58. Offered no compression and low (40%) and high (50%) compression: point 58. Fast mode was very fast: point 58. Could move PQI image file to other machine by swapping Hard Disks: point 58. PQI image file different from Easy CD Creator image file: point 61, point 269(f). Recommend low compression for CDs: point 61. Included in the programs in DOS_UTIL folder on Bootable CD: point 64. Ran from DOS_UTIL folder: point 66, point 191. Deleted and Reformatted existing partition when restoring: point 66, point 179. Offered to Check for Bad Sectors and Verify Disk Writes: point 66. Use ScanDisk to fix error #2005: point 66. Might use ScanDisk before DriveImage: point 66. Claimed maximum compression of 50%: point 68.

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Repeatedly died 98% of the way through a restore: point 78. False corruption error: point 78. Required reboot after failed restore efforts: point 78, point 269(m). Repeated errors when trying to restore: point 78. Seemed to need to run from disk with some spare space: point 78. Worked best when run from the Hard Disk: point 86. Running from separate partition: point 86. Storing Disk Image File on another partition: point 103. Not necessary to run from separate partition: point 103. Allowed me to combine C and D partitions in one image file: point 103. Ran from Real DOS: point 111. Store 900 MB in an hour with max compression and verification: point 111. First non-Microsoft utility installed on new system: point 115. Attempted to squeeze everything into one CD: point 152. Ran Cleanup Suite first: point 161. Existing compressed files reduced compression rate to 61%: point 161. Could use Disk-to-Disk Copy to get another computer up fast: point 166. Used Disk-to-Disk Copy: point 169, point 256(f). PQI file restored successfully: point 174, point 226. Must restore multiple partitions one at a time: point 179. Restored in 20 minutes: point 179. Restored quickly from one Hard Disk to another: point 191, point 204. Much more stable than HP Colorado Tape Backup: point 201. Not as precise in terms of File Lists as other Backup approaches: point 202. Wiped-out Hard Disk C replaced by D: point 204. Froze 2/3 of the way through a restore: point 204. Must run from something other than Bootable CD: point 204. ScanDisk might be irrelevant: point 204. Restoring PQI file from Hard Disk worked when CD didnt: point 204. Disliked black box aspect of single image file: point 204. Copied partitions across Network in two steps: point 214. Disk-to-disk copy of Hard Disk C failed: point 214. Nothing in manual on freeze caused by Disk-to-Disk copy of Hard Disk C: point 214. Stored image file on other partition: point 220. Message didnt explain there was not enough disk space: point 220, point 236. Would have prevented manually redoing previous work: point 227. Exact copy, including items that differed on other computer: point 255(c). Need not run from a partition other than the one being imaged: point 269(a). Could have run from RAM Drive: point 269(a). Achieved 54% compression in practice: point 188, point 269(a). Need to image entire partitions reduced backup usefulness: point 269(c). Probably better compression than PowerDesk ZIP: point 269(c).

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Preserved long filenames regardless of CD Format: point 269(e). PQI file could hold far more than would fit on one CD: point 269(f). Must divide oversized PQI image (>650 MB) before burning CD: point 269(h). Similarity to Norton Ghost: point 2, point 269(h). Option of splitting oversized PQI image into 2+ files: point 269(h). Could use Slice32 to split oversized PQI image: point 269(h). Splitting capabilities of DriveImage Special Edition: point 269(h). Split oversized PQI into 671mB (640 MB) parts: point 269(l), point 301. Used Network to move PQI image files to other computer: point 269(m). Restored from split PQI file: point 269(m). Manual did not explain error #29: point 269(m). Failed restore wiped out Hard Disk C: point 269(m). Did not show sizes or Dates of files being restored: point 269(m). Restored seamlessly from multi-part backup: point 269(m), point 334. Backup of changed folders on C before restoring from PQI file: point 334. Restore by Floppy reboot where Yamaha CD-ROM Drive not bootable: point 334. Offered to change partitions as needed during restore: point 336(a). Need to Uninstall GoBack and reboot reduced usefulness: point 337. Backup philosophy: occasional DI backups: point 337. Error #2005: One or more lost clusters are present: point 66, point 204. Error #2004: Invalid cluster was found in a Directory entry: point 78. Error #1802: Image file is invalid or corrupted: point 78, point 204. Error #29: Cannot lock a locked drive: point 204, point 269(m). Error #1805: Error writing to image file: point 220. Initial Tweaks and Hardware Problems Device Manager is a sub-option within Control Panel. Youll use both frequently. You can make them more accessible. One way is to put Control Panel on the Start Menu and put a shortcut for Device Manager on the Desktop, with its own Icon. Then go into Device Manager and resolve Exceptions, or at least the easy ones that just call for Drivers. If you dont have a disk, you can find drivers in the C:\Windows\INF Folder or online at WinDrivers.com. Configure your Monitor. You should already have had your Modem working by now. You will be working with Properties of some items here. Control Panel See also Windows Explorer, Dial-Up Networking, Add/Remove Programs, Monitor, System, Performance, File System, DMA, Sounds, File | New, Hardware Profile, Screen Saver, Mouse, Modem, Printer, Communications Port. Found under Start | Settings: point 39, point 145(i).

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Creating CP Icon for Desktop: point 112(e). X-Setup can also create CP Icon for Desktop: point 112(e), point 137(c). CP Icon created by X-Setup didnt work: point 138(d). Decided to have just one CP Icon, located on Start Menu: point 145(i). Removed CP Icon from Desktop: point 145(j). CP elements have CPL extension: point 120(x). Deciding not retire few CP elements for being unnecessary: point 120(x). Deciding to retire FINDFAST.CPL for being unnecessary: point 120(x). X-Setup makes it easy to retire unneeded CP items: point 120(x). Start Menu See also Windows Explorer, Internet Explorer, Find File, Properties, File | New, Control Panel, Windows Update, Help, Favorites. Opens up when user clicks Start Button. Different from Startup Menu. SM options in virgin Win98 installation: Start | Programs, Start | Favorites, Start | Documents, Start | Settings, Start | Find, Start | Help, Start | Run, Start | Log Off, Start | Shut Down. Can also bring up SM by hitting Ctrl-Esc: point 105(k), point 182. Rearranged icons on SM: point 102. TweakUI may be the only way to remove some unwanted items from SM: point 145(f). Device Manager See also New (Context Menu Option), System Devices, Network, Serial Port, DMA, SCSI, Hardware Profile, Desktop Toolbar, Turtle Beach Daytona, Diamond SupraMax 56i PCI Modem, PCI Communication Device, Monitor, Network Card, Hardware Troubleshooter, Resource Conflict, Modem, Disk Drives, Computer | Properties, Communications Port. Exclamation mark in yellow circle: see Exception. Right-click on Computer to show IRQs: point 281. No Sound Card entry: point 212. Exception for S3 Legacy Relocator for SonicVibes PCI Audio Device: point 217, point 234. Error: Cannot find any free Interrupt Request (IRQ) Resources: point 217. DM recommends using Hardware Troubleshooter: point 217. Creating Desktop Shortcut to DM: point 112(e). IRQs missing from DM: point 281. System Devices Subpart of Device Manager. Provides information on AGP controller: point 325. Also referred to as system Properties: point 107(g).

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Driver not in SD may appear in Add/Remove Programs: point 107(g). Properties See also Windows Explorer, Start | Shut Down, DOS Batch, Toolbar, Disk Format, Context Menu, System Devices, Network, DOSKEY, Disk Cache, Communications Port, Resource Conflict, Modem, Resources, Auto Insert Notification, IRQ. Taskbar properties: point 41, point 42. Recycle Bin properties: point 41. Drive H (SWAP) properties: point 41. Properties of Shut Down | Restart in MS-DOS Mode: point 105(l). DOS Box Icon properties: point 105(l). DOS Box properties re available RAM: point 105(m). Change program Icon properties to specify output location: point 120(h). Change Icon properties to shrink Icon: point 120(l). Get combined size of many files by selecting all, right-clicking on one: point 134(f). Change disk properties to Rename disk: point 242(g). Properties option within Outlook 98 and Outlook Express: point 37. Place to find DOS filename of file with long filename: point 113(e). Modem extra settings option: point 265(c). Enable device option for S3 Legacy Relocator for SonicVibes PCI Audio Device: point 281. Icon Used too frequently to track every occurrence in this document. See e.g., Context Menu, Properties, Graphics, Monitor, Start | Programs. Shrinking eliminates little arrow: point 120(l). Files and websites containing many icons: point 120(ad). GIF, JPG, and ICO Formats: point 120(ad). Creating icons from BMP Files: point 120(ad). Using Icon Snatcher to search computer for icons: point 120(ad). X-Setup can display or hide icons on Control Panel: point 137(b). X-Setup can make Windows Explorer show the Icons that appear inside Control Panel: point 137(e). X-Setup can wrap long icon titles: point 137(e). X-Setup can display more icons when Coolswitching: point 137(g). Exception Another word for exclamation mark in yellow circle in Device Manager. Not the same as Fatal Exception. Communications Port exception: Resource Conflict: no IRQ: point 232. Exception caused by no free IRQs: point 234.

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Driver See also PartitionMagic, GoBack, AGP, System Devices, Bridge, 32-Bit, Diamond SupraMax 56i PCI Modem, IRQ Routing, Monitor, S3 Inc. Savage4, Matrox Mystique, CATROOT, Network Neighborhood, Tape Backup, C:\Windows\INF Folder, DMA, Bus Master, Twain, FTP, Hewlett-Packard ScanJet IIcx, SCSI, Mouse, CD-ROM Drive, CD-ROM Driver, ATAPI_CD.SYS, SSCDROM.SYS, Bootable CD, Bootable Floppy, Motherboard, Video Card, Creative SoundBlaster AWE64, Find File, Soyo, Hard Disk, WinDrivers.com. May be found on Floppy: point 255(c). Downloaded Drivers needed to Add New Hardware: point 82. Modem disliked Driver it was supposed to like: point 99. Modem Drivers loaded from Floppy: point 206. Advised to skip USB Filter Driver: point 107(f). Win98 built Driver Information Database when finding New Hardware: point 180. Booting takes care of some Driver installations: point 259. Win98 asks for Drivers for New Hardware: point 190. Modem Diagnostics should say Communication Driver is COMM.DRV: point 206. WinDrivers.com Has latest Drivers: point 267(b). Seemed like a good, professional site: point 309(c). Made me get Sound Card ID unnecessarily: point 309(c). Steered me to home page for Creative SoundBlaster AWE64: point 309(c). Monitor See also Video Card, Display, Power Management. Not necessary to configure Monitor to get basic functionality: point 15. Adjust settings in Control Panel: point 218. 640 x 480 resolution: point 120(l). 800 x 600 resolution shows more: point 218. Safe Mode may affect Icon location for 800 x 600 resolution: point 146(h). 16-Bit color on Monitor: point 105(k). Word 97 toolbars that dont fit in one resolution may fit in another: point 102. Racing horizontal effect not a problem in 640 x 480 mode: point 105(k), point 184. Set to 640 x 480 in Safe Mode to fix racing effect: point 105(k), point 184, point 206. Racing horizontal effect recurs: point 192. Racing horizontal effect was due to loose plug. Drivers necessary to get right colors and end racing effect: point 105(k).

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Cheap clone monitor configured as Unknown Monitor: point 218. Monitor configured in Device Manager: point 218. Change of settings might put Icons out of line: point 121. Driver for unknown monitor type included with Win98: point 218. Included in Hardware Profile: point 219. Some programs cannot run in less than 256 colors: point 259(c). Totally blank screen: see Logitech Mouse. Changing resolution produces Explorer crash: point 105(k). Video Card See also AGP, PCIInfo, Matrox Mystique, S3 Inc. Savage4, Add New Hardware. Also known as Display Adapter: point 218. Driver found in C:\Windows\INF Folder: point 255(c). Increase number of colors by updating Video Card Driver: point 259(c). System recognized Graphics Card even without deliberately installing in: point 105(k). Display See also Monitor, Lost & Found, Video Card, Screen Saver. An option under Control Panel: point 320. Use this option to specify Wallpaper