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    Windows reinstall

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by Samwise592, Jan 30, 2005.

  1. Samwise592

    Samwise592 Notebook Consultant

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    ok, i have a very old computer (bout 7 Years) that i just reformated to give to my brother, when i did however, it erased the entire hard drive (windows and all) and now the only thing that will boot is the bios. can anyone tell me how to get windows back on my computer (i only have 98 upgrade, not the full install) i tihnk i will need the full disk of win 98, but i think i can get my hands on a copy.

    thanks

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    Samwise592, Jan 30, 2005
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    yeah, you'd need a full version copy of Win 98 and not just an upgrade. A 7-year old computer -- I'm impressed it's still alive [ :)]
     
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  3. Samwise592

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    well what can i say, its a compaq. i fixed it anyway, turns out i had one of those win 95 restore disks laying around and lucky me, the milion year old bios recognised the cd rom. now my brother has a computer (as useless as it might be)

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    Pentium 4 -3.0Gh H/T
    1 Gig DDR
    15.4BrightVew (1280x800)
    80 Gig 4200Rpm
    128 Radeion 9000 IGP
    4x DVD-+R/RW/CD-+RW/R
    802.11b/g
     
    Samwise592, Jan 31, 2005
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    Pupp3t Mast3r Notebook Consultant

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    Be a nice brother and buy him a new computer [ ;)]
     
    Pupp3t Mast3r, Jan 31, 2005
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  5. Samwise592

    Samwise592 Notebook Consultant

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    haha, that will happen. hes lucky he got that one [} :)]

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    Samwise592, Jan 31, 2005
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    Check the auction websites. Anything for sale will be so cheap you will spend more on postage. I was offered a disk of MS 2000 for 20 USD.

    Or find a local school, they can never afford new software and will have *really* old disks ;-7

    regards
    hogie
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    hogan, Feb 17, 2005
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