need to make win 98 se more stable

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does anyone have a writeup or know where i can find one to optimize my computer for audio recording. the computer is used stricktly for audio recording and playback so i need to get it down to just the basics. it currently has just below 800mb of ram so it should be capable of its duties if setup properly. any help is appreciated
 
Ford Van said:
Is there a compelling reason why you are sticking with 98se?
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That's what I want to know. I would definitely recommend switching to XP. Probably the best thing about XP... No more blue screens of death! That was the one thing that changed my wife's mind. And she's as stubborn as an ox!
 
i had xp on my computer, i just cant find the cd to re-install it, i'm going with 98 se right now just because i know i have a boot and cdrom right here at my disposal. anyway, i'm wiping my harddrive clean and re-installing today between school and work, maybe that'll help the glitching i'm getting in cool edit.
 
Another vote for XP. After a couple of years of constant crashes on two computers with 98SE, I changed over to XP. No crashes since.
 
I had a PIII 450mhz with Win98 on it and it was quite the slow beast! I wiped the drive and put a clean Windows 2000 installation on it about four years ago, and it is still chugging along very nicely for MS-Office/Internet. I wouldn't dream of doing any audio production or graphics on it though.
Win98=sucks
Win2K or XP = sucks less :)
 
I hope the links provided in earlier posts help you with your 98 set up. Despite the XP acclamations, I am still using Windows ME and it is relatively hassle-free. I would like to go to XP, but since XP support for Logic doesn't exist, and I don't want to move from Logic, I will stay with ME as long as I can. I have adopted a range of tweaks that give me good, stable performance. These include enabling DMA on hard drives, switching off all polling software, and keeping the drives as 'clean' as possible (defragging etc.)
 
Hey Im using a Windows 95 CD as a (edit) 'coaster' right now....I'll sell it to you if your hell bent on vintage gear :D
 
Switch your machine to windows 2000 is also stable for audio or NT 4.0 old software but stable for audio. If you think to switch to XP professional is also ok
 
a27thletter said:
i had xp on my computer, i just cant find the cd to re-install it, i'm going with 98 se right now just because i know i have a boot and cdrom right here at my disposal. anyway, i'm wiping my harddrive clean and re-installing today between school and work, maybe that'll help the glitching i'm getting in cool edit.
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I have a feeling that the "glitch" has NOTHING to do with your OS install!

If anything, the software should run MUCH better on XP!
 
My guess is that something is slightly "cracked" in your setup....which in turns always leads to a break.

If you've paid and registered XP why the hell would you ever dream of going back to 98 Shite Edition?
 
ok, i've decided that i just cant get 98 se half as fast as i was running with xp. by the way, i wasnt staying with 98 for nostalgia or anything, it ended up that i had to use it because i couldnt find my xp disk, but now i've found it and i'm gonna give it another shot. the only difference between last time and this time is a different hard drive, so hopefully it'll still be as stable as it was before. i had used XP in my setup with cool edit pro for over a year and it never glitched, first thing when i put 98 on there it started glitching like hell, but its kindof got me worried that i could be my hard drive causing it too since i changed hard drives at the same time.
 
Win98 sucked. It sucked less than win95 and win me, but that isn't saying much.
 
Just wondering ... to switch from Win98SE to XP, don't you need to wipe out the hard drive before installing ?
 
johnnymegabyte said:
Just wondering ... to switch from Win98SE to XP, don't you need to wipe out the hard drive before installing ?
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Technically no, you can just upgrade your 98SE installation to XP.


BUT

It will be even less stable than it was running just 98SE. Operating systems should NEVER be upgraded. They should ALWAYS start on a clean installation. We have told our customers that we will support them if they are using Windows 2000 Server or Windows Server 2003, but we will NOT support them if they upgraded a box from 2000 to 2003. There is just too much that goes wrong with them.
 
ok i just did a fresh install of win xp home edition after hours of searching for my product key and then a half hour on the phone with a machine trying to get my registration number, apparently if you uninstall win xp and then try to re install your registration number wont work anymore. i guess its to controll piracy, but as easily as they gave me the number over the phone i dont see how its helping. anyway, i've determined that what was causing my problems was the drivers that came on the software with my matsonic motherboard because before when i had xp i didnt need those drivers because the xp default drivers were better, and 98 had crappy drivers so i had to install my matsonic software and after that 98 ran like total shit. point of story, my computer runs fast as ever now and i have my new hard drive and everything so harmony is achieved.
 
a27thletter said:
it currently has just below 800mb of ram so it should be capable of its duties if setup properly.
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A pity it won't use it.

One of the glaring limitations of the Win98 memory manager is the 64mb limit. You can stuff in RAM until your eyes bulge, but it won't make any difference.

Ditch the dinosaur, and move up to XP Pro. You can then apply the XP Tweaks that are published on the net to eliminate eye candy and unnecessary services. That will give you a huge payback in free cpu cycles and a smaller OS footprint.
 
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