Date: Thu, 3 May 2001 11:52:08 +0800
From: Viboon Chaojirapant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re[2]: Need to reinstall Windows to Libretto 100CT
Hi,
In general, I won't recommend _upgrading_ Windows.
Things get messy and the system will become
unstable (say hello to the Blue Screen of
Death).
The best way I know to cleanly install Windows on
a notebook that has PCMCIA CD-ROM drive is this:
1. Copy the entire Windows disc (at least the
directory with the .CAB files) into a secondary
partition of your HD. Should be around a few
hundred MB at most, so I think most modern HD
should have enough space for that.
If your HD only has 1 partition, use Partition
Magic to re-partition it without destroying all
the existing data.
While you are at it, also backup essential
things that you need from the "C" drive to the
secondary partition (probably "D" drive).
2. Boot up your notebook with a floppy.
3. Format the "C" drive at the command prompt.
4. Go to your secondary drive's Windows directory
(the one where you copied the Windows disc to)
and run setup.exe.
5. A brand new copy of Windows will now be installed
into the "C" drive.
6. Boot up your computer normally and install all
the other drivers and then applications.
Note: The PCMCIA CD-ROM should work without
additional drivers, since Windows installs the
PCMCIA driver by default.
>From experience, the above method works
wonderfully and without much trouble.
> -----Original message begins-----
>
> From: Ken Hansen [[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2001 9:29 PM
> To: Libretto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Cc:
> Subject: Need to reinstall Windows to Libretto 100CT
>
> Date: Wed, 2 May 2001 09:24:44 -0400
> From: "Ken Hansen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: Need to reinstall Windows to Libretto 100CT
> I recently tried to upgrade a Portege 3020ct to Win98, and it was a bear,
> only because I didn't have the right tools. I have *full* Win98 CD-ROMs, not
> *upgrade* CD-ROMS.
> What I wound up doing was nuking the WIn95 install as much as possible (did
> you knoww there are hidden, zero-length files in some directories that the
> 'del' command can not remove?
> Anyway, after infliciting major damage by deleting everything I could, and
> renaming directories I couldn't empty, I was able to install Win98 on my
> machine from a CD-ROM image copied onto my local HD over a network
> connection.
> Does anyone know how to *upgrade* a Win95 install with a Win98
> *full-version* CD? By default, it can not be done (Win98 setup finds the OS
> and aborts)...
> Thanks,
> Ken
>
> -----Original message ends-----
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Cheers,
Viboon
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