Scottie Dog
27th May 2005, 17:43
The history:
I run W98 and have 2 harddrives - C/D. Drive E is the CD Rom
I ran out of space on C and thought I would be clever and try to move some items from C to D - as you do (sorry, as I shouldn't). Anyway the amongst the items I tried to move was the printer (did a straight copy and paste from C:\Windows\Program). Yes, you've guessed, the printer is now well and truely off line.
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I have tried to remove the program the proper way, so that I can reload it, but keep hitting 'win' errors . I have tried to reload the printer (Epson Stylus Photo RX425) from the original disk, but it keeps coming up with errors - normally refering to WINDOW\TEMP files that it says it can not remove. It also has a problem finding the original application.
I have also tried to reload Windows 98 but get a ScanDisk error. Have run scandisk from MSDOS and no errors found, but W98 still refuses to load past the scan point.
A collegue at work has suggested I remove all .TMP and .CHK files - still no luck.
I can not access the E: from from MSDOS (drive not recognised) - where I believe if I could get the to the Windows disk via MSDOS I should be able to disable the disk checks and therefore possibly get further in reinstalling W98.
There you have it. I have been a complete idiot and now cry 'help'. As you will have gathered I am still computer illiterate - or I would not have done what I did. Anyone with suggestions? Anyone in south Manchester like a few beers in return for practicle assistance!!
Scottie Dog.
I run W98 and have 2 harddrives - C/D. Drive E is the CD Rom
I ran out of space on C and thought I would be clever and try to move some items from C to D - as you do (sorry, as I shouldn't). Anyway the amongst the items I tried to move was the printer (did a straight copy and paste from C:\Windows\Program). Yes, you've guessed, the printer is now well and truely off line.
:{ :{ :{ :{
I have tried to remove the program the proper way, so that I can reload it, but keep hitting 'win' errors . I have tried to reload the printer (Epson Stylus Photo RX425) from the original disk, but it keeps coming up with errors - normally refering to WINDOW\TEMP files that it says it can not remove. It also has a problem finding the original application.
I have also tried to reload Windows 98 but get a ScanDisk error. Have run scandisk from MSDOS and no errors found, but W98 still refuses to load past the scan point.
A collegue at work has suggested I remove all .TMP and .CHK files - still no luck.
I can not access the E: from from MSDOS (drive not recognised) - where I believe if I could get the to the Windows disk via MSDOS I should be able to disable the disk checks and therefore possibly get further in reinstalling W98.
There you have it. I have been a complete idiot and now cry 'help'. As you will have gathered I am still computer illiterate - or I would not have done what I did. Anyone with suggestions? Anyone in south Manchester like a few beers in return for practicle assistance!!
Scottie Dog.