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The Funkhousers wrote:
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: OT: Windows 98
> Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2001 23:45:23 -0400
> From: The Funkhousers <funkhouser@xxxxxxxx>
> To: Ron Augustine <RonAug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> CC: omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx, simtrader@xxxxxxxxxx
> References: <4.2.0.58.20011016162209.014af8a0@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> This may work, and I hope it will, but you may have problems due to the
> fact that more than a simple install of Windows is involved.
>
> As an example I had a Compaq box which had been modified from its
> original configuration due to the fact that cards had been added and
> some of the components replaced.
>
> When the "restore" was made it tried to reconfigure the machine to its
> original specifications reinstalling all the original configurations of
> its basic operation files and its original bios. Hopefully that bios
> will be compatible with that of the machine that you are installing it
> on.
>
> The experience I had caused me to swear that I will never buy another
> box from any seller unless I receive separate program disks for all
> programs that I plan to use.
>
> Richard Funkhouser
>
> Ron Augustine wrote:
>
> > If you first re-format the hard-drive in the 2nd computer and re-boot
> > it
> > with CD-Rom access, you shouldn't have any problems installing a full
> > version of W98 from the CD-- except that Bill Gates will bounce from
> > the
> > floor to the ceiling a few times.
> >
> > If you try this with the new Win-XP, the MS Gestapo will show up at
> > your
> > door-step and whisk you off to a cave in Afghanistan...
> > _________________________________
> > At 05:55 PM 10/16/2001 -0400, you wrote:
> > >A friend of mine has an older PC with Windows 98 factory installed on
> >
> > >it. The only CD she received was a "quick restore" CD which formats
> > the
> > >hard drive and puts the PC back in the original condition it came
> > from the
> > >factory. Does anyone know if this CD can be used to load Windows 98
> > onto
> > >a separate computer with formatted hard drive, or will it only work
> > with
> > >the computer she bought?
> > >
> > >i.e. will this "quick restore" CD contain the full version of Win98
> > and
> > >have no problem installing on a second PC?
> > >
> > >Thanks for any advice,
> > >
> > >Simon.
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