First of all I would say what the tech at your OEM told you is wrong.
Second I'm not sure I understand exactly what you did. Did you add the
drive to the computer as a second drive and leave all software installed?
If this is the case then critical files for correct program operation are
probably missing from the C: drive (most likely obscure files in the
windows directory). If this is the case, reinstalling the software will
most likely be necessary for your programs to work correctly. Did you
install the old drive as you main C: drive? If this is the case then
Windows is probably trying to communicate with the Hardware in your old
computer and is confused when it finds your new computer hardware instead.
Trying what Karl said may help you in this case. If that fails though you
may need to do a windows reinstall instead. Ideally, the best way to add a
new C: drive would be to wipe the slate clean and start from scratch ....
admittedly alot of work.
However, based on the information you provide its impossible to rule out a
software problem. You may want to try reinstalling the software incase
something is corrupted or check out the vendors webpage who makes your
software and look for patches or technical help there. Hope this is of some
help. If not, some more specific information on your problem might be
helpful in a diagnosis.
Bill Nussbaumer
At 04:13 PM 1/3/99 -0700, you wrote:
>I just purchased a Pentium 400, with 124 MG of RAM, with Windows '98 from an
>OEM. I am a web developer with loads of programs on my machine -- I moved a
>hard drive from another computer into this one so as not to lose everything
>on it and spend hours reloading software. I have a pretty clean desktop
>with almost all shortcuts in folders. I use FrontPage, which I was told
>loads up all sites within a particular folder so I've separate those out
>into individual folders (I have @150 web sites up currently).
>
>I have had multiple crashes and after using my computer for 2-3 hours, I
>always get memory errors. My OEM tells me that this is not a hardware
>problem but a software one, because of the programs I run. He says that it
>is, in particular, a Microsoft problem, because of the way that Windows '98
>uses memory, that it doesn't "release" the memory for system usage after a
>program is used.
>
>Can anyone tell me if this might be true?
>
>I would also like to run benchmarks on this new computer and would like to
>know of a good program to use for that.
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