On Friday, August 29, 2003, at 10:00 PM, C. F. wrote:
Hi, Matt. Thanks for the advice. The owner wasn't shady about it, just confused. The ad did not mention the OS at all, I didn't think to ask. My first personal computer, and it is interesting. The problem seems to be to upgrade, you have to go step by step, 8.5 then 8.6 then 9whatever. This is what I am told. And 8.5 seems to be hard to find. Even tho as you say 1998 was the year they changed to 8.5 and 8.6. That is just five years ago, whew! Carl. --- Matthew Lawrence <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Relax, you can go from OS 7.6.1 to 9.1 on a C500. I did that in 2000. My advice is to make sure your target disk is OK. Go over it with DiskWarrior or TechTool Pro and take care of any problems and check the fragmentation. If the disk is more than 80% full, disk issues like fragmentation aren't the best of conditions for an install. I've also found it useful to go over the disk after the install too as I've frequently found troubles according to these disk utilities. Good luck.
Eric
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