Troubleshooting Boot Process Errors If you have arrived here through a search engine, and there’s no menu to the left click here! The BIOS performs a power-on self-test (POST) when it starts up the system, to check out the PC and make sure that everything is working properly. Assuming that …

What is ASCII? Usually when the term ASCII is used, it is to refer to a text document. If a file is described as “ASCII text”, this means you can view the contents of the file, change it with an editor, or print it with a printer. It does not …

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Troubleshooting Memory Problems Aside from trying to find an intermittent error on a motherboard (main board), troubleshooting memory problems can be one of the most difficult diagnostic issues you may face when trying to figure out why a computer begins doing things that it shouldn’t be doing, or for that …

Memory Trends In The Year 2001 If you have arrived here in quest of what new memory types will be available six months or a year from now, you’ve probably come to the wrong place. Memory development has never been more volatile and fast moving, and this is in spite …

What does “Legacy” mean in the world of computers? If you have arrived here through a search engine, and there’s no menu to the left click here! First we need to look at the general definition of the word “Legacy”, as it means a gift or honor handed down, as …

Type: Internal (2.0 and later) Syntax: IF [NOT] EXIST filename (command) [parameters] IF [NOT] (string1)==(string2) (command) [parameters] IF [NOT] ERRORLEVEL (number) (command) [parameters] Purpose: Allows for conditional operations in batch processing. Discussion When used in combination with the GOTO command, the IF command provides a way to transfer control within …

Building a Windows 98 Startup Disk There are a few ways to approach this depending upon your individual situation. As an example, the Windows 98 CD-ROM contains a program you can use to create a startup disk that is capable of creating and reading FAT32 partitions. The basic system boot …

HPFS – High Performance File System If you have arrived here through a search engine, and there’s no menu to the left click here! The (HPFS) or High Performance File System was developed by Microsoft and Intel for OS/2 1.2, for the most part to support the LAN Manager file …

Repairing the Thumbnail Preview in Windows Explorer Trying to fix the Preview of Thumbnails in Windows Explorer can be extremely vexing at times, even when you have enabled “View As A Web Page” for your desktop settings. If it appears as though none of yours is working, then you may …