Windows 98 repair

Windows 98 repair can be a frustrating experience.  This operating system was once all the jazz, but has now been replaced by Windows XP and Vista.  But that doesn’t mean people don’t use it anymore.  Far from it.

A startup up disk is not the end all and be all of windows 98 repair.  But it is a good thing to have.  You will need a blank 1.44 MB floppy to create one.

So let’s create one now!

1. Go to the control panel from the start menu.
2. Now select add/remove programs.
3. When the box open click on the startup disk tab near the top.
4. The startup disk displays.
5. Select the create disk button and insert your floppy disk.
6. Now windows will create the disk for you.
7. Your session is finished, click close and store your disk in a safe place.

As you can see it is not that hard to create a windows startup disk.  By doing so you can make sure you can troubleshoot problems as the happen to perform windows 98 repair.

Scandisk.

Scandisk for windows 98 repair is a helpful little diagnostic tool you can use to repair problems with your hard drive. 

This is just a common tool to help with these problems.  It is good to run this tool at least once every other week to help keep windows running free of errors.

1. Find the system tools folder from the accessories folder on the start menu.
2. Click on scandisk.
3. Now select the drive you want to scan.
4. Select either the standard option or thorough option.
5. Make sure you select automatically fix errors.
6. Now click start and wait for it to finish.

If you want to do a quick check with the scandisk tool just select the standard option for windows 98 repair. 

However if you think you have some errors on the drive then try and use the thorough option. 

This will take a little longer but it may find the errors on the drive you need to fix.  You can also use the scandisk tool on floppy disks.

Virtual memory settings.

Windows has a little tool that you can set call the virtual memory settings.  With this you can actually use your hard drive to help speed up some programs in windows.  This actually is a cool little feature of windows 98 repair. 

This feature is really a swap file that windows will use to store information until it needs it.  What this does is allow more to run under less memory.

If you are not sure if this is working properly and windows is not controlling your settings then you can try this. 

If you decide to mess around with the settings to see if windows runs better, make sure you record where the settings were before you changed them. 

This way if anything like a slow down happens then you can go back and set it to the original settings.

1.      Go to start and click on settings.

2.      Click control panel.

3.      In the control panel click the system icon.

4.      Click performance.

5.      Now click the virtual memory button.

6.      Here you can either decide to let windows manage your settings or make changes as you see fit.

7.      Click ok and restart.

The device manager.

The device manager is where all of your hardware settings are kept.  If you have a problem with a device you can trouble shoot it here. 

Most times the problem is an address conflict with another device.  You will want to go here and see if there is a conflict with another device if something quits working such as you mouse.

This is some basic windows 98 repair operations, but it will get you started in the event of any problems that you are having.