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by jsoto

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I have a Multiplatform setup; win98, win2000 and win xp. somehow my windows 98 just became very slow at booting. It was fast at the begining.

after defrag, ran CleanReg.

What else can I do to make it boot the same way as in the begining

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by sgt_shultz

scan for viruses at support.symantec.com...
maybe something is running/loading at startup...
Start/Run/msconfig Startup tab. disable (make notes so you can put stuff back the way it was) all the stuff in there you don't recognise.(leave windows stuff you recognise, like task scheduler and power profile(2x) and anti-virus.) if that helps, put back stuff half at a time untill you narrow it down to problem app.

by pierrejamme

First totally rule out viruses, new viruses these days disable your windows virus scanner. I like nod32 for DOS, they have a trial version if you want to try it out. Set it up to do a deep scan and check all file types.

Clean install also usually helps.

If you want to try checking for BOTs first that might be worth a shot. I just found 193 Spybots on a Win98 computer using SpyBOT, be sure and check for updates after installing before Checking for problems.

by cglrcng9

First off is there any chance you converted the file system from FAT 32 to NTFS? I dual boot Win98SE & Win 2K, but I have not tried adding Win XP also as it say's you can either boot to Win98 & 2K or Win98 & XP but doesn't say anything about bootingto all 3 @ the same time.

by mozster

Definitely worth checking for Spybots/Spyware as suggested.

Go to www.lavasoft.de and download the freeware version of Ad Aware and let it do a full check for any Malware/advertising thats installed itself on your PC whilst you've been on the internet.

by aaelwyn

are they all on the same partition? hmmm...

ok then, if they are you can't use NTSF file format. win98 shouldn't even work if this is the case, but what it may be is that since installing WinXP, a new boot sequence was added to the MBR (Master Boot Record) replacing the previous boot records. this shouldn't be a problem since they are all Micro$oft products, but, win2k and winxp may be both trying to control the MBR and leaving win98 stuck in the middle to try and figure out which boot record it should follow.
suggestions:
1. format :/ and create a partion for each OS
2. format but install WinXP first, then Win2k, then Win98 making sure that Fat32 is used and not NTSF
3. could also be a mobo driver problem.

good luck

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