[angel24]

packard bell
genuine intel pentium(R) II processor
6.01 gb (harddrive)
60 mb ram
ok this is all i know about my friends puter....one thing i do know is that it is running horribly if it was mine id chuck it but neways its not so....her scan disk will not work....makes several attempts then says not enough memory.......defrag runs for a bit then says cannot continue because there is not enough memory.....at times a small box will come up with gator at the top saying low memory....ive gotten rid of what i can find but still isnt freeing up space.....im not very familiar with 98 whereas i run xp so i hope someone can plz assist me with all this......

 

[pyritechips]

Hello angel in Canada!

As soon as I heard "gator" I heard warning bells go off. Gator is a very common spyware and shouldn't be in anybody's computer.

Let's start with this: download HijackThis onto the computer. Run it and generate a log. Without trying to fix anything just yet, post the log here for examination.

 

[angel24]

ok i will do that and let u know ty

 

[ryanjoachim]

Also, if you want to run scan disk without any interuptions, AND get the really helpful surface scan, insert your Win98 startup disk (the disk, not the cd) (if you don't have one, just go to "Add/Remove Programs" and click on the startup disk option). After you insert the disk, restart the computer. Select the option "start computer with cd-rom support" and wait while it does it's thing.

When the command prompt comes up, type this in "c:" and press enter. After that, type this in "scandisk c:" and press enter. You might have to put a space between scan and disk, but I don't remember.

After you do that, let scan disk run it's course (could take at least a couple of hours. My hard drive was failing and it took 2 days!)

After that is done, restart the computer (take out the disk first) and see if anything runs better.

Let us know if there is anything else you want help with!

 

[angel24]

ok hope something works for me...lol

 

[Bug_zs]

angel24,

This is like putting a band-aid on a gun shot wound, it's a waste of time.
Y'all gotta re-install Windows 98SE. HOWEVER, before you do it, check out my
post to CastleHeart
http://forums.techguy.org/showthread.php?s=&postid=1547250#post1547250
and then do a search on THAT forum for "Ghost" and you can not only fix her
PB, but make her PB and your XP box easier to deal with in the future.

Good luck,

Ben

 

[pyritechips]

This is like putting a band-aid on a gun shot wound, it's a waste of time.
Y'all gotta re-install Windows 98SE.

Why?

Before such a drastic measure is taken, it is best to run a few simple diagnostics. Re-installing Windows every time theres a glitch in the system is the real waste of time - and overkill.

 

[brianF]

I would wait on the reinstall also and see if the problem can be corrected by other means. The problem may still exist even if a reinstall is done depending on the culprit

My opinion

 

[angel24]

all great ideas guys keep them coming cuz i need all the help i can...lol

 

[pyritechips]

Hello again angel:

Can you get a HijackThis log posted? It would be a great help.

 

[yuval]

Check out my thread. I had the same problem and changing the cluster size fixed it

 

[angel24]

ok today i will get a hijack log posted as soon as i get to her place...to hard to work from my puter....am going to hers