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re: You have a purchase to make
Tuesday, May 22, 2007 at 3:13 pm
Windows Me Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Ed
(587 messages posted)
This is in effect a new computer, with no data of yours on it yet, so why not simply
reinstall Windows?
If the computer came with a Windows installation CD, or a Restore CD, you could use
it to create a working copy of Windows on the machine. The trick is to boot to DOS
first, using a bootable floppy disk (from www.bootdisk.com), and delete the folder
C:\WINDOWS so that none of the old, broken settings survive into your new, clean
Windows installation.
You can, at a pinch, buy a copy of Win ME second hand on e bay quite cheaply. Make
sure you only buy a full install version, not the upgrade version.
Ed
On Wednesday, May 16, 2007 at 11:45 am, Kiwi wrote:
>If it's worth keeping, it's worth having a legal copy of the OS on it. An old computer
>should have Win98se, not WinME, and unused copies do exist. Check on e B a y.
>If she insists on doing it on a shoestring, and running illegal software, one of
>you needs a book on fixing the OS, and this is the best that there is:
>http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/102-5593710-5436132?url=index%3Dblended&search-option=search-amazon&field-keywords=PCs+for+dummies&Go.x=9&Go.y=7&Go=Go
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- You have a purchase to make (Kiwi: Wednesday, May 16, 2007 at 11:45 am)
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