Re: win2K installation

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Best to boot the CD-Rom. Sounds like your mobo needs a new battery. It also
sounds like your hardware may not be up to this venture.

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"TKinHawaii" wrote:
| Thanks Dave, I will have to make those disks as I only have the one CD.
| Also, another problem I seen to have. When I turn on the computer I get a
| series of beeps, then a screen comes up stating a Real time error. I go to
| the BIOS and put in the correct time, date but the screen continues to
come
| up. I can get into Win98 by selecting the Boot option. Win98 also has the
| same Time 00:00:00 01/01/98, I change this to the present date and when it
| reboots it is right back to the incorrect date. Very frustrating.
|
| I am trying to update to get the computer to be able to use a Belkin
| Wireless USB device. In 98 as soon as I plug it in, it stops the computer
and
| will not allow it to run at all. So, I have to go in a remove the command.
I
| understand that the proper driver for this is in 98SE but I no longer have
| that disk although my other laptop has 98SE installed. Anywhere to get
the
| file (s) I need, that would solve my problem of not being able to connect
to
| the net with this laptop computer?
|
| Thanks a lot, I appreciate the assistance.
|
| TK


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