Windows 98 smartdrv.exe download

Preparing a startup disk: Insert a blank floppy disk into a computer with a floppy drive and create a Windows 98 SE startup disk. Copy smartdrv. You can get this file from my download page. If the hard disk you intent to partition are in a computer with a floppy disk drive, you may start to partition and format using this startup disk. Please see the next section Partitioning a hard drive. Specify the USB drive in the Device drop down list.

Select a File system such as FAT. Leave the Volume label blank. In using DOS system files located at: , browse to the floppy drive that contains the Windows 98 startup disk.

If necessary, extract all files zip inside the cabinet file EBD. Partitioning a hard drive: Boot your computer from the floppy disk or USB disk. In the command prompt, run fdisk. Always choose Y when prompted for large disk support. If it is not your hard disk that you want to partition usually it is the USB drive , then change the drive by enter 5 to change current fixed disk drive.

Then choose the appropriate fixed disk drive in the subsequent screen. Delete all the existing partitions including the logical DOS drives. Exit fdisk. Restart the computer. Run fdisk again to partition your hard disk. If version 7. Version 8. If Stacker version 3. This may last up to 1 hour for a Stacker file of Mb.

With Stacker 4. If you do not want to compress your harddisk, you can often obtain more space by partitioning the disk by means of the program FDISK. This reduces the amount of space wasted by each of the files on the disk. The amount of wasted space is among other things dependent on the size of the disk, as the waste is bigger on large disks, because DOS has to use larger clusters allocation units on large disks than on small disks.

One file always takes up a whole number of clusters, and therefore a file of just 1 byte will use Smaller files typically results in more waste of space, as do large numbers of directories and subdirectories, because these also occupy 1 cluster each. If you have 2 harddisks, both partitioned to 2 drives, then the first harddisk harddisk 0 will contain the logical drives C: and E:, while the other harddisk harddisk 1 will contain the logical drives D: and F: after the partitioning.

During the partitioning it is important to remember to set the primary partition on disk 0 to be the active partition, otherwise drive C: will not be bootable. Commercial- and shareware-programs that can make disk partitioning without loss of data are available, for example PowerQuest's PartitionMagic.

FAT32 uses smaller clusters typically 4. Because of the smaller clustersize used by FAT32, there is no longer the same need for harddisk partitioning in order of reducing the amount of wasted disk space. However, if you have a large harddisk 4 Gb or more , harddisk partitioning can still give you a better overview of your folders and files.

OEM stands for: "Original Equipment Manufacturer", which means that the OSR2 version of Windows 95 can only be purchased in conjunction with buying a new computer or sometimes when buying a new harddisk. MS-DOS 7. The order of the lines should not be altered. The order above provides the best utilization of the Upper Memory. Loads Stacker in UMB. States in which directory Stacker is installed.

Sets the compression to minimum fastest. Turns off automatic stacking of floppy-drives. Turns on displaying the loading of the Stacker drives. States the name of the 1. EMBED for wordpress. Want more? Advanced embedding details, examples, and help! Publication date Topics Windows Reviewer: Dain Siei - favorite favorite favorite - January 1, Subject: shell Reviewer: ClockLocked only reviews windows stuff - favorite favorite favorite - November 24, Subject: can you fix "setup. Been working on a video but I couldn't for the life of me find a bootable windows 98 iso!

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