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re: You don't need to find a reset switch
Sunday, August 7, 2005 at 6:17 am
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Posted by Kiwi (2105 messages posted)

I'm not at all sure I know what the first CD you referred to amounts to. There were three main versions of Windows95 (and the "usual" sub-types) before it was replaced by W98. I don't recall any (from MS) called "System CD"; that is probably from the PC's manufacturer. The final one from MS was referred to as "OSR2". Office97 is not part of the Windows95 install. It is entirely separate.

By sub-types, I refer to the "Full", "Upgrade", and "OEM" varieties of a MS OS release. Whoever installs an OS on the PC you want to give away needs either the Full version or both an Upgrade version, plus an original DOS distribution disk or an original Windows 3x disk (the latter disks being floppies, not optical "discs").

So far, I really don't know much of anything about the first two of the three CD's you are starting to tell me about, so I can't answer you immediately. I hope you aren't terribly anxious about this matter; I don't look into this Annoyances forum very often (there's just not much going on here).

Kiwi

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On Saturday, August 6, 2005 at 10:44 am, Ruth wrote:
>Thanks Kiwi - I made a system disk on floppy; then I ran Fdisk as you advised, after
>booting up from the new floppy System disk, and followed the instruction (as found
>on the Microsoft website for Windows95); But before erasing the partitions, I got
>cold feet! When everything is deleted, I will have to re-partition the hard disk,
>and I think I know now how to do this. But, how will I re-load the System afterwards?
> I have found three original CDs - "System CD", "Microsoft Windows95", and "Microsoft
>Office97". With these three disks will I be able to re-install the System as it
>was before - and how will I do this? I would value your help. (As you see, I am
>rather green in these matters) - Ruth
>
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re: You don't need to find a reset switch (Ruth: Saturday, August 6, 2005 at 10:44 am)

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re: You don't need to find a reset switch (Ruth: Sunday, August 7, 2005 at 6:13 pm)

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Help on re-formatting my Gateway2000 hard disk (Ruth: Tue, Aug 2, 2005, 12:43 pm)

re: You don't need to find a reset switch (Kiwi: Wed, Aug 3, 2005, 8:14 pm)

re: You don't need to find a reset switch (Ruth: Sat, Aug 6, 2005, 10:44 am)

re: You don't need to find a reset switch (Kiwi: Sun, Aug 7, 2005, 6:17 am)

re: You don't need to find a reset switch (Ruth: Sun, Aug 7, 2005, 6:13 pm)

re: You don't need to find a reset switch (Kiwi: Sun, Aug 7, 2005, 9:21 pm)

re: Help on re-formatting my Gateway2000 hard disk (anu: Fri, Aug 5, 2005, 2:51 pm)

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