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Step by step guide needed ...please help?
wrote in message ... On Tue, 30 Mar 2004 09:25:04 -0500, "Tom Scales" wrote: OK, these instructions assume you have backed up everything you need to back up, as it will wipe out your hard drive. There are many ways, this is just the easiest. Go to www.bootdisk.com Download a Windows 98SE boot disk image and follow the instructions to create a boot disk. Boot from the boot disk with the CD in the CD drive. Change to the CD drive (either D: or Q. Change to the Win98 directory and type Setup and hit enter. Follow the instructions. Tom Thanks Tom..... The cd I have is for windows 95, not 98.........can I download win 98 from anywhere ...I have a cd writer etc.? thanks again, Joe wrote in message . .. On Mon, 29 Mar 2004 12:58:49 -0500, "Tom Scales" wrote: On what model computer? It makes a pretty big difference. Tom wrote in message news Hi, I need to change from windows nt,...to windows 95. I have a floppy and cd for the win 95. Can anyone give me a step by step guide to format and re-install....I'm a newbie, and need help with each step. thanks...... JM Tom , thanks for helping...it's a compaq deskpro 2000.....m6200/1620..., with pentium 11 processor......can you help....? thanks, Joe Run Smartdrv before you run Setup from the CD or the file copying will take forever. The Windows 95 must be a full version or you will need your Windows 3.x floppy disks to prove eligibility for the upgrade. The installation will read from up to seven of the floppy disks before it will continue. Make sure you have them all. -- Earl F. Parrish |
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On Tue, 30 Mar 2004 15:42:23 -0500, "Tom Scales"
wrote: Doesn't matter. The Win95 boot disk doesn't support CD access. The Win98 boot disk does. Tom, I got it working , with your help. Thanks again for everything....and sorry I took a while to get back to thank you,...I haven't been on-line for a few days. Kind regards, Joe Boot from the Win98 boot disk to install Win95 wrote in message .. . On Tue, 30 Mar 2004 09:25:04 -0500, "Tom Scales" wrote: OK, these instructions assume you have backed up everything you need to back up, as it will wipe out your hard drive. There are many ways, this is just the easiest. Go to www.bootdisk.com Download a Windows 98SE boot disk image and follow the instructions to create a boot disk. Boot from the boot disk with the CD in the CD drive. Change to the CD drive (either D: or Q. Change to the Win98 directory and type Setup and hit enter. Follow the instructions. Tom Thanks Tom..... The cd I have is for windows 95, not 98.........can I download win 98 from anywhere ...I have a cd writer etc.? thanks again, Joe wrote in message .. . On Mon, 29 Mar 2004 12:58:49 -0500, "Tom Scales" wrote: On what model computer? It makes a pretty big difference. Tom wrote in message news Hi, I need to change from windows nt,...to windows 95. I have a floppy and cd for the win 95. Can anyone give me a step by step guide to format and re-install....I'm a newbie, and need help with each step. thanks...... JM Tom , thanks for helping...it's a compaq deskpro 2000.....m6200/1620..., with pentium 11 processor......can you help....? thanks, Joe |
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Glad to hear it all worked!
Tom wrote in message ... On Tue, 30 Mar 2004 15:42:23 -0500, "Tom Scales" wrote: Doesn't matter. The Win95 boot disk doesn't support CD access. The Win98 boot disk does. Tom, I got it working , with your help. Thanks again for everything....and sorry I took a while to get back to thank you,...I haven't been on-line for a few days. Kind regards, Joe Boot from the Win98 boot disk to install Win95 wrote in message .. . On Tue, 30 Mar 2004 09:25:04 -0500, "Tom Scales" wrote: OK, these instructions assume you have backed up everything you need to back up, as it will wipe out your hard drive. There are many ways, this is just the easiest. Go to www.bootdisk.com Download a Windows 98SE boot disk image and follow the instructions to create a boot disk. Boot from the boot disk with the CD in the CD drive. Change to the CD drive (either D: or Q. Change to the Win98 directory and type Setup and hit enter. Follow the instructions. Tom Thanks Tom..... The cd I have is for windows 95, not 98.........can I download win 98 from anywhere ...I have a cd writer etc.? thanks again, Joe wrote in message .. . On Mon, 29 Mar 2004 12:58:49 -0500, "Tom Scales" wrote: On what model computer? It makes a pretty big difference. Tom wrote in message news Hi, I need to change from windows nt,...to windows 95. I have a floppy and cd for the win 95. Can anyone give me a step by step guide to format and re-install....I'm a newbie, and need help with each step. thanks...... JM Tom , thanks for helping...it's a compaq deskpro 2000.....m6200/1620..., with pentium 11 processor......can you help....? thanks, Joe |
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