I do not believe that the FAT file system (which Windows 98 would use by
default) can recognize the full capacity of an 80 GB hard drive.
Some customers have wanted to supply the computers for the equipment they
buy from us (usually their IT guy is bored). A couple have sent brand new
computers running Windows 98, and it has always been a disaster. If the
machine is new, I would recommend Windows 2000 Pro. I have found Windows XP
to be prettier than Win2K, but slower, buggier, and to have a local network
lag when first accessing a network drive. Windows 2K running SP4, however,
has been rather solid in my office, and you will find, excepting graphics,
few useful additional features in Windows XP. Also, you can probably grab
Win2K Pro at a good price these days.
Good luck.
At 03:13 AM 10/7/2004, you wrote:
>You say this is a "New" machine, yet it's running Win98. Do you mean new to
>you? Most new computers come with Windows XP, and my first suggestion would
>be to upgrade the OS.
>Slow start has lots of potential causes-what programs are being loaded at
>startup?
>Auto run can be deliberately turned off.
>You may have heat or memory or other hardware issues causing the re-start
>issue.
>The HD size problem os confusing. It's not likely to be a BIOS issue. I'm
>wondering if this wasn't originally an XP computer "downgraded" to 98?
>If the machine is still under warranty, take it back for service, and try to
>get an explanation of why XP is not installed.
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>******************************************************
>I have just taken possession of a new computer.
>
>AMD Athlon XP3000+ (333MHz FSB)
>ASUS MB A7N8X-X Nforce2, DDR400 Audio/lan
>Western Digital 80 Gig HDD 7200rpm 2M
>512 DDR PC3200 Ram
>350W case
>Samsung 52x CDrom
>AIP Floppy drive
>PColour V Radeon 9200TVDVI 128 graphics card
>
>running Win98SE
>
>This outfit takes over 4 minutes to start up.
>
>I have tried to install a few games to test out the graphics (Need for
>Speed, Quiddich, Ghost Recon all original CDs) from the CD drive.
>
>Auto run does not work.
>
>The progs get part way through install routine, then the machine restarts.
>
>I tried to install a smaller game from a CD (3 meg exe file) The machine
>restarted part way through install routine.
>
>I copied the 3 meg exe file to desktop, managed to install and start the
>game to have the machine restart after less than a minute of play.
>
>The HDD shows as 19 gig instead of 80 (or reduced amount to allow for
>conversion to gig) when I look at MY Computer.
>
>I went to the DOS window through Start/ Program and tried to do DIR command.
>The machine restarted.
>
>Can anyone suggest a solution?
>
>I will be taking it back to the shop tomorrow, but if I can have some
>suggestions before hand, I will look as if I know more..
>
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