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To: violetta martinez who wrote (5847)	9/22/1999 9:51:00 AM
From: PMS Witch	Respond to of 110652

... my computer crashes all the time and loses bits ... I had the same experience when I got my new Win98 system: Something would go wrong and I'd be left with a mess on my hands. When I reload Win98 from CD, I need to re-install drivers too. After this, I re-load software. Finally, I must re-configure everything and re-load personal data. The process takes 9-11 hours, and the task is unpleasant as well. I posted my frustrations on this thread and Rich provided a solution. Get PowerQuest's Drive Image. Once I get Win98 running properly, create an image of my Win98 drive on another partition. When things go wrong, just restore the last working image. It takes me 150 seconds to create an image and 350 seconds to restore it. I've probably restored my system a couple of dozen times. Usually my system's running smoothly again before I can get a (instant) coffee made. Knowing that I'm computing with a 'safety net' makes experimenting less stressful. I originally used FDISK to partition my disk; however, Partition Magic from PowerQuest does a nice job too and you can partition your drive without losing data. Cheers, PW. P.S. I have no connection with PowerQuest other than being a pleased user of their products.

To: violetta martinez who wrote (5847)	9/22/1999 10:00:00 AM
From: mr.mark	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 110652

i kinda remember providing you links to various win98 support sites and symantec knowledge base and support sites. but i don't recall ever hearing back what all you found or did not find. seems like there's a lot going on there for you. am i correct in that you are running win98 and have either norton utilities or systemworks installed? the norton products do a lot to provide a more stable system. crashguard should be disabled, however, imo. do you perform regular maintenance (scandisk and defrag) on your machine? dump all cache and temp internet files? :) mark