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S L O W boot in Win98 SE

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by illyad6

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I recently did a clean install of Windows98 SE on my older clone pc. It was running fine until my first visit to Microsoft Update. I was shown 14 critical updates and 2 driver updates (ESS modem). Like an idiot I did the driver updates AND 12 of the 14 critical updates... ALL AT ONCE. Upon my first reboot after the updates my PC now takes about 20 minutes for Windows to start. It bogs down on the Windows splash screen. The colored crawler bar at the bottom moves but JUST barely. Of the 12 critical updates only 6 of them have un-install procedures. Suggestions?

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by quintar51

I suspect that one of the updated drivers that you installed from windows update. I personally install drivers from the actual vendor site, not from MS. It's just an idea, so try uninstalling both drivers that you updated from MS and see if that speeds up your boot time. Also, you can always check the startup menu (start, run, msconfig, startup tab) to see what exactly is being loaded on startup.

by b_pope

Since as you mentioned 98SE was only reinstalled just recently, I'd suggest formatting again to save you what could become a long troubleshooting battle.

If your drive is large enough why not fdisk & partition it into two drives, one for your OS & any programs, the other for docs, pics, music & so on.

I just did this to a 40gig HD, made the C: drive 7168 with 98SE loaded on it & D: drive 7168 & will add more partitions as I need them, you could also add a drive for your swap file make it 1024. Or ghost your C: drive once it's all updated to disc or another partition, then mirror back if you have any major problems.

Just my thoughts & there's all kinds of variations you could use. I make the partitions under 8192 to cut down on wasted space, over that size uses 8kb chunks under uses 4kb, when you get to 16383 it goes to 16kb.

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