very slow computer

[mrgajeb]

I recently lost my OS ,I took to friends to let him boot it back on with his back up copy,he got my OS going again,it seems to be correct,even with his backup disc,I had one problem since then it was an (EXPLORER CAUSED EXCEPTION IN MODULE WEBCHECK.DLL)I fixed this problem by reinstalling ie5 and internet tools,my problem is a very slow computer ever since friend booted me back up.I thought the update to IE would help, it dident!from the time i kick this thing on till the time I turn it off everything is slow as hec, I'm lost :(

[MishY]

Hi and welcome to Cyber Tech Help :)

Could you please list a full system specs rundown of your computer...incl. the amount of RAM you have, CPU type and speed, Make and model of your computer, make & model of your videocard, soundcard etc.

Your friends backup disk. Was that a cd backup of your drive ? His drive ? Or the actual Win98 cd ?

If it was a backup of his drive windows would have installed and configured itself on his computer differently because of the differing hardware configurations between yours and his computers.

Do you have a windows 98 cd ?

If you do click Start / Run and type SFC and hit enter. This will open the system file checker. Insert your windows 98 cd in preperation.

Then let SFC run to find any corrupt or missing Windows 98 files. If it asks you to restore any files let it restore them from your Windows 98 cd.

Also, you might want to run a thorough scandisk - Click Start / Programs / Accessories / System Tools / Scandisk

and also defragment your drive.

One last thing...Could you please do this for us... Right click MyComputer and click Properties.

Then click on the Device Manager tab of the window that will have popped up. Do you see any yellow exclamation marks (!!!) ? If you do, please note them down and post them here so we can see what's going on.

Thanks,

MishY

[mrgajeb]

when I went looking for system info,I found something that might help I went to the device mngr and found problems with plug and play devices,(processer support)=NTKERN.VXD could not load device driver.(sound blaster or compatible)=try upgrading!also I found problems with directx files=8 files are missing and 3 files are outdated,also missing several dx media files maybe this might be apart or all of the prob. also where could I find info on video sound cards?

[mrgajeb]

Microsoft Windows 98 4.10.1998
Upgrade using Full OEM CD /T:C:\WININST0.400 /SrcDir=E:\WIN98 /IZ /IS /IQ /IT /II /NR /U:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Normal mode
GenuineIntel Pentium(r) Processor
16MB RAM
90% system resources free
Windows-managed swap file on drive C (273MB free)
Available space on drive C: 273MB of 811MB (FAT32) here is some let me know exactly what more you need and where to find the sound &video info