I would take the drive out of the laptop and hook it to a
desktop and copy the data off before trying anything else.
Adaptors are available for about $10-$20. Once the data is
safely off, make sure the chipset drivers are properly loaded.
This is a classic symptom when the chipset drivers are not
correctly installed or loaded.
BTW while the drive is on the desktop (if you go this route)
run a drive diagnostic program on the drive to be sure it's not
going south.
On Tue, 16 May 2006, McPeak, Harry D. wrote:
... I kept getting a message telling me that the system is
running with 16 colors and that I should change that in the
desktop properties dialogue. That's the only option
available, however, when I go to properties. When running,
the video is extremely degraded; icons and text are
recognizable, but barely. Again oddly, when the Win98
welcome screen comes up it is in "normal" video, obviously
some other resolution and color selection.
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