Bill Hornkohl wrote:
>
> I have a friend with a homebuilt Pentium 166... I
> told him he should buy win98 and drop it off here (with the computer) and
>I would load it for him.

> let it boot up "Force compatibility mode disk access".
> With this checked it starts up and seems to run OK. Can anyone tell me what
> this might mean.


   Gee...working on friend's and relative's machines gives you an idea
of the screwed up
machines that repair shops see every day. Things can go from bad to
worse in a split second
and a 30 minute repair becomes a 10 hour nightmare (and you sure can't
charge $500 for
labor on an eccentric machine). Sometimes a match and a can of kerosene
seems the
best solution. But I digress.

   Compatibility mode will not be a workable solution. In your case I
would fdisk the
drive, format and reinstall Windows 95. Don't wrestle with a pig of a
machine.
You both get dirty and the pig likes the struggle. *;-)


All the best,


Russell Smith
Edtech Consultant, Journalist
Region 14 ESC Abilene
http://camalott.com/~rssmith
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