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Rod Speed wrote:

> Rather odd problem with a Win98SE install on a Compaq Prosignia 340.
> 
> IE, OE, VET and firefox all crash very quickly after starting them.
> 
> Everything else works fine.
> 
> Those that do crash are all attempting to use the net.
> Firefox was installed after first seeing the problem and
> is the evidence that there is some fundamental problem
> with net access somewhere.
> 
> The system file checker did replace a couple of files, made no difference.
> 
> It was running IE and OE 6, repairing IE 6 made no
> difference, uninstalling that back to 5 made no difference.
> 
> Same result with the internal modem and an external router.
> 
> Clean install of 98SE fixes the problem completely so its
> clearly SE thats got screwed up somehow. Reasonably
> clean install of SE, tho its been installed quite a while now.
> 
> Main problem is that I cant get the Compaq QuickRestore
> to even start, it just whines 'restoration cannot continue',
> 
>     This is caused by one of the following conditions :
>     The QuickRestore disk is not in the drive
> 
> cant be that, the CD is in the drive and the floppy makes no difference

Check if Drive Letter assigned to CD has changed!
However it looks like your trying to run a Win98 CD on Win98se!
You don't use the Win98 CD after you upgrade to Win98se unless it asks 
for it.
And then I'd get a REAL Win98 CD and not a Compaq Restore CD!

> 
>     This QuickRestore disk is not designed for this computer
> 
> thats a real possibility, as far as I know its never been used
> 
>     The system board has been replace
> 
> not as far as I am aware
> 
>     The Flash BIOS is corrupt or has been rewritten
> 
> no evidence of either
> 
>     A hardware error has occurred
> 
> no evidence of any hardware problem.
> 
> It comes with a diskette too which appears to write the serial
> number to the hard drive and diskette. That runs fine with no
> complaints and it makes no difference if thats in the drive when
> the QuickRestore CD is booted.
> 
> 
> So I'd like some way of actually fixing the problem in the current
> SE install thats causing the crashes in IE, OE, VET and firefox.
> Presumably it must be a problem with one of the dlls or something,
> but the system file checker doesnt see any problem with any of them.
> 
> Or some way of getting the QuickRestore to work.
> 
> I can obviously do a clean install of SE from a normal OEM CD
> and the product key on the SE manual works fine. But thats quite
> a bit different in detail to the original SE install, no drivers etc and
> it looks like there is a problem with the drivers from
> http://h18007.www1.hp.com/support/files/DesktopProsignia/us/family/134.html?lang=en&cc=us&prodSeriesId=96448
> no obviously suitable video driver for starters, this one has an intel
> chipset video. The original SE install has got the supplementary
> drivers on the hard drive too, so you dont have to fart around
> with a CD when say adding a NIC etc either. 
> 
> 

First check that it is pointing to the proper drive for the CD.
It may have changed the drive letter to your CD when you reinstalled.
Check Device Mang. to see if that Drive Letter it was assigned has 
changed.

Second your trying to run a Restore Disk that is Windows 98 after 
you've updated to win98se!
Whenever I try that it tells be the Win98 CD is the wrong version and 
to put the win98se CD in.

I suggest you get a normal copy of win98 if you have a Win98se upgrade 
CD or win98se (full version if they made one) somewhere.
You might try Ebay for one.

I ripped out the Compaq crap here and got rid of the D:\ partition 
that slows your computer.
You don't need it when you uninstal the Compaq Windows and install 
Win98 and then upgrade to Win98se.

I'm surprised you got SFC to run on a Restore CD unless it was after 
you upgraded to Win98se and used that CD to update files.
I had to get the files out of the CABs by hand until I dumped that 
Restore CD.
Talk about taking something simple and complicating it!

Partition your Drive as one Partition and install Win98 then upgrade 
to Win98se unless you have a Win98se Full Version (don't know if they 
made one but possible).

Or going to Win2000 or XP would be another option if you want to go 
that route but read up on them to be sure you can close all the Doors 
left open and change default passwords etc...

Hope that helps.

Kevin