[Ham-Computers] Re: Win98SE/msconfig

[jandlmiller at bellsouth.net]

> Dave Haupt <emailw8nf at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Subject: Re: [Ham-Computers] Win98SE/msconfig

> 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
> 
Thanks, Dave, and I believe the max RAM on this laptop running under Win98SE is 160 MB all of which was added to the board.  If that isn't the max, probably far too late to do anything about it now!  Therein may well be the problem.  With that limitation of RAM I may well be fortunate that ScanDisk runs at all!

Yes, I, too have a WinXP, but for unknown reasons I like to keep the old ones going for as long as they are able to run.

John W0IKT