My nephew somehow deleted all the modem files on one of my computers. The Modems icon even disappeared out of the Control Panel. At first I thought the modem had gone bad, so I bought a new one but I can't install it. Device Manager says it's in there and working properly but Device Manager is WRONG! I keep getting messages saying the modem failed to respond, and the modem information files are corrupt. Can I extract the files one by one from my Windows 98 installation disk? How do I find out what they are and where they go? Or is there an easier way?
2007-04-04 19:51:33 · 1 answers · asked by Alice K 7 in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
I've tried everything. Removing hardware doesn't work because technically, the modem is in there but there are no files to make it work. A friend told me I'd have to remove and reinstall Windows 98 but that seems a bit extreme. Any other ideas?
2007-04-05 09:54:10 · update #1
This isn't a stupid question. It's actually a decent one.
I'm assuming this is Win98. You want to go to your Settings and click on "remove hardware"
Then you can probably reinstall it with your Win98 CD.
2007-04-04 19:55:53 · answer #1 · answered by Mopp 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋