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Windows® 98 Troubleshooting
The Windows
®
98 Second Edition operating system is not
working
Once you are familiar with the desktop and used to the way the
Windows
®
98 Second Edition operating system responds to your
work routine, you can easily detect if the operating system is not
working correctly. For example, the operating system:
❖ Fails to start after the Starting Windows 98 message appears.
❖ Takes a long time to start.
❖ Responds differently from the normal routine.
❖ Does not look right.
Unless a hardware device has failed, problems usually occur when
you change the system in some way such as installing a new
program or adding a device.
If you experience any of these problems, use the options in the
Windows
®
98 Second Edition operating system Startup menu to
fix the problem.
Using Startup options to fix problems
If the Windows
®
98 Second Edition operating system fails to start
properly, you may have to change your system’s configuration or
verify the startup procedure to fix the problem. To do this, use the
options in the Startup menu. This section describes each option
and when to use the procedure.
To open the Startup menu:
1 Restart your computer.
2 Press
F8 when your computer starts.
The Startup menu displays these options:
❖ Normal
❖ Logged (\BOOTLOG.TXT)