[Ham-Computers] Win98SE/msconfig

[Dave Haupt]

I had all manner of problems with ScanDisk on Win98SE.
 Somewhere along the line, it was pointed out to me
that for some reason, ScanDisk on W98 wants a lot of
hardware RAM - not virtual.  "A lot" seems to vary
with HD size.  On my 200MHz Pentium II with 6Gig
drive, ScanDisk only began "behaving" with 192Meg of
hardware RAM.  That's the max this particular PC would
hold, and one of my correspondents claimed that's what
you need in any W98 machine - the max that the
motherboard will support.

I've not done enough study to validate any of the
claims, though, just have the anecdotal evidence that
for my particular machine, ScanDisk either failed, or
required many restarts, until I increased RAM from
64Meg to the motherboard's max of 192Meg.

I no longer run W98SE.  Once it became possible to get
a 2GHz P-IV machine with W-XP for under $500 brand
new, I saw no point attempting to keep the old
hardware going.

Dave W8NF


--- jandlmiller at bellsouth.net wrote:
> You should always run ScanDisk before Defrag but
> before doing so I did a lengthy clear out of a
> variety of junque...I removed all startup items (at
> Start/Run/msconfig/Startup tab) to reduce the misery
> level by temporarily removing such jewels as Task
> Scheduler, VS, firewall and many others, changed my
> screen saver to "None," changed my power management
> for all items to "Never," disabled any permanent
> Internet connection, deleted all Temp Internet
> Files, deleted all cookies, emptied the Recycle Bin,
> did Start/Run/%TEMP% (that should have been the coup
> de main).  Then I restarted the computer.
> 
> When I ran ScanDisk/Thorough/Fix instead of having
> to endure four to six, I got only one iteration of
> the "...start 10 times..." box of death.  What on
> earth could be running to interfere with
> ScanDisk...the clock...the hard drive?
> 
> Degrag ran unopposed.
> 
> Go figure.
> 
> John W0IKT
> 
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