Win98 ReInstall Setup

[DataChick]

I am definately in over my head. I was able to format the drive and reinstall Win98 but now the display is all messed up (only 256 colors) and it only has 8 bit audio.

I don't know exactly what the setup was before but I had better display and audio.

I don't know how to determine what drivers I need to install.

The computer I am setting up does not have a modem so I can't do it automatically with a program.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

"The most likely way for the world to be destroyed, most experts agree, is by accident. That's where we come in; we're computer professionals. We cause accidents."
-Nathaniel Borenstein

 

[edfair]

The correct drivers for the video should be on a CD, either for the video card, or the motherboard.
You normally go into display modification by start, settings, control panel, display, settings ,advanced, and change display device , browse for drivers.
Same thing for the audio.

But if all this is on the M/B sometimes you have to run an install program that is on the M/B CD.

Ed Fair
Give the wrong symptoms, get the wrong solutions.

 

[DataChick]

This is a very old PC (5 years) and the only disk I have for it has been damaged and the drive won't read it.

Is there any other way I can determine the type of hardware I have and what drivers I can use for it?

The standard ones don't seem to be working.

Thanks.

"The most likely way for the world to be destroyed, most experts agree, is by accident. That's where we come in; we're computer professionals. We cause accidents."
-Nathaniel Borenstein

 

[DataChick]

I was able to find the drivers for the motherboard that I have.

Thank you all for your help.

"The most likely way for the world to be destroyed, most experts agree, is by accident. That's where we come in; we're computer professionals. We cause accidents."
-Nathaniel Borenstein