On Sunday, September 26, 1999 8:58 PM, Edna Sloan
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> Hi,
>
> I bought a laptop(PC ARK slimline) a while back.  Anyway, it crashed and
> said I had to reload windows.  It came with the OEM version of W98(for
use
> with a new PC only).  I have tried to reload it several times but get the
> same result: after it loads and goes to reboot it hangs at the W98
display
> screen.  If I restart it, it will boot up in safe mode, but not in normal
> mode--just hangs up at the display screen.  Any help appreciated,
>
> Edna Sloan

Hi,
        It sounds like Win98 misdetected your video card.  I have seen that a few
times.  While in Safe Mode, change the display adapter to Standard VGA.
 That might help you get into normal mode.  Then change the adapter to the
driver disks supplied by your laptop manufacturer.

HTH,
Donald Gaither

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