-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Old PC help needed

OK, great! I'll be going over there sometime tomorrow, so I
will help her 
make the start up disk. Back when I did this more often on
several W98 pcs, 
that was how I remember we did the reformat and reinstall.
Putting in both 
and rebooting.

I now remember that on the W98 First Edition PC that I had,
the tech support 
person had to walk me through adding a file to a start up
floppy that was 
needed for W98 FE, in order to start the process. Apparently
W98 SE had this 
file on the start up discs, but not the FE. I had forgotten
all about that.

Sammi

----- Original Message ----- 
From: GMan
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Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2007 3:38 PM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Old PC help needed


Sammi,
    Don't worry about the exact wording on those other
disks.  This will be
easy to fix since she has that full Win98 install CD.  Since
Troth and I are
taking you in the same direction (I know him that well.  
lol), I'm going to
let him finish the details for you.

    In the meantime, ask your friend to create a new Win98
startup disk
(Start > Settings > Control Panel and then click on
the Startup tab and
follow the directions).  She will need that floppy for the
directions Troth
will be posting.  If she already has one, have her make a
new one anyway,
just in case the old one has developed any corrupted files
since it was
made.         :O)

Peace,
GMan

"The only dumb questions are the ones that are never
asked!"

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sammi" <sammibresnan.net>
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Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2007 10:55 AM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Old PC help needed


> Sir Troth...afaik it is the full install, and I believe
it to be W98 SE.
> The
> CD says something like 'only for new PC'. Unfortunately
I am not at their
> house right now, so I can't look at the actual disk.
They have 3 CDs. One
> that says W98, and one says Program Restore (or
something similar...I
> should
> have written it down) and one for System Restore.
Printed on it says 'will
> restore to the way it was in the beginning'. Geez, I
really should have
> written it down!
>
> They are not home right now for me to call and get the
exact wording. When
> we tried to format & reinstall, it said to follow
the on screen prompts.
> We
> did that, selecting the 'format and reinstall' choice.
>
> So dratted sorry I didn't get the exact wording.
>
> Sammi 


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Sammi,
    And now you also know the direction we're headed.      
LOL

    I add several files to the Win98SE startup floppies I
make to make it a 
Super Startup disk.  It allows me to do a lot more once I
startup a hurting 
system.  If you're interested in adding all of the extra
files I use, the 
complete list is below.  Only add the files that are not
already there and 
always be sure to use a brand new floppy disk.  There can be
no bad areas or 
there won't be enough room for all of these files.

| ASPI2DOS.SYS

| ASPI4DOS.SYS

| ASPI8DOS.SYS

| ASPI8U2.SYS

| ASPICD.SYS

| ATTRIB.EXE

| AUTOEXEC.BAT

| BTCDROM.SYS

| BTDOSM.SYS

| COMMAND.COM

| CONFIG.SYS

| DELTREE.EXE

| DOSKEY.COM

| DRVSPACE.BIN

| EBD.CAB

| EBD.SYS

| EXTRACT.EXE

| FDISK.EXE

| FINDRAMD.EXE

| FLASHPT.SYS

| HIMEM.SYS

| IO.SYS

| MOVE.EXE

| MSDOS.SYS

| OAKCDROM.SYS

| RAMDRIVE.SYS

| README.TXT

| SCANDISK.EXE

| SETRAMD.BAT

| XCOPY.EXE


    In any case, the way to get around the Scandisk issue is
to tell the 
Windows Install to not run it.  This is done with switches
added to the 
initial Setup command.  If I recall correctly, the command I
always use is 
below.  If Troth modifies it, follow his instead.         
:O)

SETUP /IE /IS /IV

Peace,
GMan

"The only dumb questions are the ones that are never
asked!"

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sammi" <sammibresnan.net>
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Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2007 6:13 PM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Old PC help needed


> OK, great! I'll be going over there sometime tomorrow,
so I will help her
> make the start up disk. Back when I did this more often
on several W98 
> pcs,
> that was how I remember we did the reformat and
reinstall. Putting in both
> and rebooting.
>
> I now remember that on the W98 First Edition PC that I
had, the tech 
> support
> person had to walk me through adding a file to a start
up floppy that was
> needed for W98 FE, in order to start the process.
Apparently W98 SE had 
> this
> file on the start up discs, but not the FE. I had
forgotten all about 
> that.
>
> Sammi 

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