UltraO Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 Hello. Ok I have a HP Compaq nx8220 with Windows 98 SE installed and applications, especially installers and utilites that extract or copying files are running VERY slow, and sometimes my system seem to freeze and I am forced to shut down the computer by pressing the power button. I don't know what is causing this, but everything is like I wrote beforce, running VERY slow. So as I don't know what is causing this hopefully someone else can help me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starcraftmaster Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 scan for virus and spyware Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UltraO Posted April 25, 2009 Author Share Posted April 25, 2009 (edited) Scanned, nothing was found And of course, it didn't solve the problem...btw just wondering, does anyone know what file is used as CPU/processor driver? Edited April 25, 2009 by UltraO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Queue Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 When you have to press the power button, has Windows totally locked up? Like you try and open the Start Menu but it never opens? Honestly, that sounds like what happens when a hard drive Windows is trying to read from loses power / spins down. Windows expects to eventually get the data it asked for so it waits until it does (which never happens) so it's effectively frozen. Anyhow, all I'm saying is you might want to check if you have a dying hard drive; that would explain slowness during file writes (installers extracting files to prepare for the installation) and Windows freezing.Queue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UltraO Posted May 17, 2009 Author Share Posted May 17, 2009 Ok maybe a late reply hehe but can't it be like that Windows 98 just doesn't support the hard drive type? I think it is a SATA drive so...If I am correct Windows 98 does NOT support SATA, unless you install some thingy?The computer is already dead but it wasn't caused by the hard drive but just to know in the future so I can install Windows 9x on other systems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustinStacey.x Posted May 20, 2009 Share Posted May 20, 2009 I agree with Queue about the hard drive thing. Here's how it pretty much works:If the hard drive is having no activity whatsoever (no i/o at all) it will eventually spin down to save power. If you do something in the OS that isn't totally loaded into RAM, such as opening a program, the computer will wait for a second for the drive to spin up, and seek for the needed data, then load it. This normally takes no more than a second or two and you can hear the drive spin up and make a few sounds as it does this. It's similar to stopping at a red light in your car and waiting for it to turn green. If the hard drive is dying and has trouble spinning up/seeking for the data, it's like being stuck at a red light for ever, going nowhere.Windows 98 on a SATA drive? Please share the recipe; I am unaware of Windows 98 and SATA drives getting on well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rloew Posted May 20, 2009 Share Posted May 20, 2009 (edited) Windows 98 on a SATA drive? Please share the recipe; I am unaware of Windows 98 and SATA drives getting on well.There are some issues with SATA Controllers operating in "Native" Mode. I have written a Patch and created an INF file to support SATA.Go to http://rloew1.no-ip.com for more information. Edited August 30, 2009 by rloew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Queue Posted May 21, 2009 Share Posted May 21, 2009 There are also some SATA PCI cards that have 98SE drivers (I bought such a card just a few months ago).Queue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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