WIN98SE Freezes

[james93274]

I have Win 98SE and my computer freezes, CtrlAlt/Del doesn't work and I have
to manually shut down. Occasionally the cd tray will come out during this and
stay. I haven't installed any new programs.

 

[Gary S. Terhune]

We're dealing with your issue in the previous thread (WIN98 SYSTEM FREEZES).
Please, let's keep it there and not confuse matters even more.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
www.grystmill.com

"james93274" <james93274@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I have Win 98SE and my computer freezes, CtrlAlt/Del doesn't work and I
>have
> to manually shut down. Occasionally the cd tray will come out during this
> and
> stay. I haven't installed any new programs.

 

[Bob Harris]

I gave up on 98 for similar reasons. I successfully switched to XP, and
that was on a fairly old hardware, Pentium II, 450 MHz. However, I did
upgrade the RAM to the maximum the motherboard could handle, which was 384
Meg, and that probably helped a lot.

I have been told that I could have alternatively formatted and re-installed
98, and then re-install all programs. Of course, since formatting destroys
data, one should first copy all personal files to somewhere other than the
C: drive and preferrably off of the PC entirely.

Something less severe than a re-install would be to use the system fille
checker, or SFC in an attempt to restore key system files.

http://www.cwdixon.com/support/win98_support/sys_file_checker.htm
http://xtra.co.nz/help/0,,6156-1411125,00.html

You might also try browsing the following websites, which have a problems
and fixes section:

http://www.computerhope.com/win98.htm
http://home.satx.rr.com/badour/index.html
http://www.helpwithwindows.com/windows98/

"james93274" <james93274@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
newsEAD2EC4-B22A-4C9D-9E9F-78F1BD435515@microsoft.com...
>I have Win 98SE and my computer freezes, CtrlAlt/Del doesn't work and I
>have
> to manually shut down. Occasionally the cd tray will come out during this
> and
> stay. I haven't installed any new programs.

 

[Gary S. Terhune]

SFC should only be used by, or under the guidance of, an expert. Much damage
can be done.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
www.grystmill.com

"Bob Harris" <rharris270[SPAM]@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>I gave up on 98 for similar reasons. I successfully switched to XP, and
>that was on a fairly old hardware, Pentium II, 450 MHz. However, I did
>upgrade the RAM to the maximum the motherboard could handle, which was 384
>Meg, and that probably helped a lot.
>
> I have been told that I could have alternatively formatted and
> re-installed 98, and then re-install all programs. Of course, since
> formatting destroys data, one should first copy all personal files to
> somewhere other than the C: drive and preferrably off of the PC entirely.
>
> Something less severe than a re-install would be to use the system fille
> checker, or SFC in an attempt to restore key system files.
>
> http://www.cwdixon.com/support/win98_support/sys_file_checker.htm
> http://xtra.co.nz/help/0,,6156-1411125,00.html
>
> You might also try browsing the following websites, which have a problems
> and fixes section:
>
> http://www.computerhope.com/win98.htm
> http://home.satx.rr.com/badour/index.html
> http://www.helpwithwindows.com/windows98/
>
> "james93274" <james93274@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> newsEAD2EC4-B22A-4C9D-9E9F-78F1BD435515@microsoft.com...
>>I have Win 98SE and my computer freezes, CtrlAlt/Del doesn't work and I
>>have
>> to manually shut down. Occasionally the cd tray will come out during this
>> and
>> stay. I haven't installed any new programs.
>
>

 

[philo]

"Gary S. Terhune" <none> wrote in message
news:eCVPmLhVIHA.4768@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> SFC should only be used by, or under the guidance of, an expert. Much
damage
> can be done.
>
>

Very true!

Unless the SFC data base had also been updated after any windows update
etc...
SFC could identify *newer* files as corrupt and replace them with older
files!

That could make a bad situation even worse!

 

[Gary S. Terhune]

It's more complicated, even, than that. I won't even offer caveats for the
unfamiliar. If you aren't an expert, leave it alone, period. Even if I were
to adequately explain the dangers, you'd have to be an expert to understand
some of it, at least. Besides all the possible reasons SFC might flag the
files as needing replacing, only an expert knows how to figure out which
files truly need replacing. And then, even if you decide to replace a file,
SFC may restore the file from the wrong location, just making matters worse
and messing up the database even more.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
www.grystmill.com

"philo" <philo@privacy.net> wrote in message
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>
> "Gary S. Terhune" <none> wrote in message
> news:eCVPmLhVIHA.4768@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> SFC should only be used by, or under the guidance of, an expert. Much
> damage
>> can be done.
>>
>>
>
> Very true!
>
> Unless the SFC data base had also been updated after any windows update
> etc...
> SFC could identify *newer* files as corrupt and replace them with older
> files!
>
> That could make a bad situation even worse!
>
>