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Date:	Wed, 2 Oct 2002 20:01:15 PST7
From:	Harry Chris Motin <hmotin@attglobal.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: HDD moved to new machine

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Basically, you moved your system to a new machine and, for OS/2, you
were forced to go to VGA mode in order to bootup. That's not surprising.
It's happened to me. So far from what you have said everything else
appears to be OK (except perhaps the UTILITY folder).

Restore your system to SVGA mode first, using whatever driver and
whatever resolution is appropriate. See how everything plays out from
there first, before you do anything else. My rationale is as follows:

1. You will be able to see things and manipulate things better in SVGA
and at the correct resolution

2. Your UTILITY folder issue may be video related. For example, when
you use the Multimedia Application Installer, you have to either switch
to VGA, or move the Installer window half off your screen before you
push the button to install an application. If you do not, the Installer
locks up

HCM

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Ray Davison wrote:
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> I moved the primary HDD to a new machine. It is all FAT16 with DRDOS
> 7.03 and W98SE on C:, the rest extended, with OS/2 on E:, selected by
> System Commander.
>
> DOS boots OK. W98 will boot safe mode, but normal mode gets a SYMEvent
> Win protection error.
>
> In OS/2, when the opening logo screen goes to black - with and without
> BOOT\ALTF2ON.$$$ - the monitor puts up a message that implies it lost
> video. It finally opens in VGA mode. Most everything seems to play,
> except trying to open the UTILITY folder causes a freeze. CAD still
> works.
>
> Any Ideas before I do any thing drastic?
>
> TY
>
> Ray
>
> P4 1.7G Celeron
> S3 Savage4 on board
> bldlevel os2krnl=14.88
> ver /r=14.062
>
> I have archive and zip made just before the move.
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