do I need to keep system sav D?

I was given this compaq pesario 7585 so of course there is no restore
CD
and I do have my orig win98 CD with product ID number just in case
I have to reformat the HD, etc.

can I delete all the compaq stuff in D?
985 megs is a lot of space to be wasted on a 10gig drive.

fadeToblack wrote:



I was given this compaq pesario 7585 so of course there is no restore
CD
and I do have my orig win98 CD with product ID number just in case
I have to reformat the HD, etc.

can I delete all the compaq stuff in D?
985 megs is a lot of space to be wasted on a 10gig drive.


If that is your recovery partition, then it would be good to save the
drivers. There is no guarantee they are on the MS disc.

fadeToblack wrote:

I was given this compaq pesario 7585 so of course there is no restore
CD
and I do have my orig win98 CD with product ID number just in case
I have to reformat the HD, etc.

can I delete all the compaq stuff in D?
985 megs is a lot of space to be wasted on a 10gig drive.

Never DELETE anything the vendor put on your system.
Copy it to a CD and keep it. Never know when some missing
bit of data can save your bacon later. My Compaq has a gigabyte of
reinstall stuff, but some idiot deleted the program that lets you
reinstall it. And that program can't be downloaded. And my retail copy
of XP won't accept the license key and...and...
Took me a week to figure out how to get the data off and recreate
an install CD that would work with my key.
Thank you Compaq.
Thank you M$.
Amazing how any 12-year-old can install a bootleg copy of an OS,
but you have to jump thru hoops to do it legally.
Grrrrrr!!
SAVE EVERYTHING.
mike

mike wrote:
fadeToblack wrote:

I was given this compaq pesario 7585 so of course there is no restore
CD
and I do have my orig win98 CD with product ID number just in case
I have to reformat the HD, etc.

can I delete all the compaq stuff in D?
985 megs is a lot of space to be wasted on a 10gig drive.

Never DELETE anything the vendor put on your system.
Copy it to a CD and keep it. Never know when some missing
bit of data can save your bacon later. My Compaq has a gigabyte of
reinstall stuff, but some idiot deleted the program that lets you
reinstall it. And that program can't be downloaded. And my retail copy
of XP won't accept the license key and...and...
Took me a week to figure out how to get the data off and recreate
an install CD that would work with my key.
Thank you Compaq.
Thank you M$.
Amazing how any 12-year-old can install a bootleg copy of an OS,
but you have to jump thru hoops to do it legally.
Grrrrrr!!
SAVE EVERYTHING.
mike

sound advise mike. back up, back up, to CDR. then I'll delete it.