Posted on 03/03/2008 4:25:15 AM PST by 50sDad
Recently, I added a DVD-burner to my XP-based PC with no problem at all. My brother, however, in imitation, has gotten one of those no-name with no-software DVD-burners for his Win98SE machine, and has discovered the off-the-shelf burning software he bought gags and dies. he has a very fast (well, it was a few months ago) PC with 500+ meg memory.
Nero 6
Your brother needs to get off of Win98. Seriously.
“Your brother needs to get off of Win98. Seriously.”
Tell him to consider Microsoft Bob.
Go to eBay and look for roxio, cd-creator and nero disks. See what is being offered that will burn DVD under Win 98.
AS for the 500mb of memory. Quite impressive but I think Win 98 can only utilize 256 max
As has already been mentioned-Nero 6
If he's trying to use a USB burner, he's probably wasting his time. Windows 98 and USB have lots of compatibility/dependability problems unless he has the final revision of Window 98, (C or 3?) and even then they don't always work well.
If he has an IDE burner, he should be fine. If not go to Newegg.com and get one. Cheapies are under $25 with free shipping now.
Nero will work good for him, and he can go here and grab DVD Shrink DVD Decrypter and RipIt4Me for copying commercial movies he might rent.
He can also go here for instructions and info on how to use those 3 I just mentioned. They are free and will nail anything the recording industrie will throw at him.
IIRC, it actually slows down with more than 128MB...
Mark
Sheesh, tell him it is 2008 not 1998. I am thinking his processor is not going to be powerful enough to handle alot of the processor intensive tasks that are needed when you actually burn something to the disk, unless the data is already in the correct file format.
Nero 7 is the latest that works with 98. It’s 40 bucks on amazon
http://www.amazon.com/Nero-7-Ultra-Old-Version/dp/system-requirements/B000BCGFCO
I believe Nero lets you upgrade as much as you want with the same serial number.
Actually thats not quite true, its more than 512 is where the problem comes in:
http://support.microsoft.com/support/windows/topics/hardware/hwddresctr.asp
SYMPTOMS
If a computer that is running any of the versions of Windows that are
listed above contains more than 512 megabytes (for example, 768
megabytes) of physical memory (RAM), you may experience one or more of
the following symptoms:
You may be unable to open an MS-DOS session (or command prompt) while
Windows is running. Attempts to do so may generate the following error
message:
There is not enough memory available to run this program.
Quit one or more programs, and then try again.
The computer may stop responding (hang) while Windows is starting, or
halt and display the following error message:
Insufficient memory to initialize windows. Quit one or more
memory-resident programs or remove unnecessary utilities from your
Config.sys and Autoexec.bat files, and restart your computer.
CAUSE
The Windows 32-bit protected-mode cache driver (Vcache) determines the
maximum cache size based on the amount of RAM that is present when
Windows starts. Vcache then reserves enough memory addresses to permit
it to access a cache of the maximum size so that it can increase the
cache to that size if needed. These addresses are allocated in a range
of virtual addresses from 0xC0000000 through 0xFFFFFFFF (3 to 4
gigabytes) known as the system arena.
On computers with large amounts of RAM, the maximum cache size can be
large enough that Vcache consumes all of the addresses in the system
arena, leaving no virtual memory addresses available for other
functions such as opening an MS-DOS prompt (creating a new virtual
machine).
WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, use one of the following methods:
Use the MaxFileCache setting in the System.ini file to reduce the
maximum amount of memory that Vcache uses to 512 megabytes (524,288
KB) or less. For additional information about how to use the
MaxFileCache setting, click the article number below to view the
article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
108079 32-Bit File Access Maximum Cache Size
Use the System Configuration utility to limit the amount of memory
that Windows uses to 512 megabytes (MB) or less.For additional
information about how to use the System Configuration utility, click
the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft
Knowledge Base:
181966 System Configuration Utility Advanced Troubleshooting Settings
Reduce the amount of memory that is installed in your computer to 512 MB or less.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft
products that are listed at the beginning of this article.
MORE INFORMATION
Vcache is limited internally to a maximum cache size of 800 MB.
This problem may occur more readily with Advanced Graphics Port (AGP)
video adapters because the AGP aperture is also mapped to addresses in
the system arena. For example, if Vcache is using a maximum cache size
of 800 MB and an AGP video adapter has a 128-MB aperture mapped, there
is very little address space remaining for the other system code and
data that must occupy this range of virtual addresses. “
from:
Microsoft knowledge base
( http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;253912 )
So there´s a workaround given and you should be able to put more RAM
in your computer without any problems. My experience however is that
here is not much sense in doing this. Speed won´t really go up.
I had a Win98 SE machine for some years and had a lot of RAM related
trouble as I had 768 MB of memory installed. Unless you have other
reasons to use the Win98 I would change to Win2000. I´ve never had any
RAM related problems with my Win2000 machine.
I think you are right ——
128mb of memory cost me 178$ when I had a windows 98 computer built for me in 1998
You might check out deepburner (free edition). The documentation says it will work with 98. I’ve used it for several years with XP. It is a nice cd/dvd burner program.
You been a FReeper forever, why is this breaking news?
I'm not sure I would recommend Roxio. That was the software which came with my Maddog DVD burner and when I installed it, something happened to my computer and Roxio was a real pain in the butt to disinstall it. (And this was a brand new computer too. Fortunately I had help from the store that I purchased it from.)
In trying to figure out how to disinstall it, I found all kinds of articles on the internet warning people against Roxio.........
Was Roxio really at fault for screwing up my computer? I can't say for certain that it was but all I know is that it was a bitch to remove and once gone, the computer worked once again and the other software - One Click DVD - installed perfectly and has never been a problem.
My own abject stupidity, my advanced age, my error in protocol, my interest in a result, and your own impatiance with the failings of other.
I plead the 5th on Roxio. I’ve used it for CD burning and was OK. Am using nero in this computer
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