I have Windows 98 On Floppys
 

I see so many people looking for Windows 98 on Floppys. I managed to
get my hands on a set a long time ago and I used winimage to make a
image file of each disk in case they ever got corrupted. It took me
forever to find a set, My friend used to have it on floppy, and I
wanted them but he wouldnt sell them. Then he finally corrupted his set
from using them so much fixing old laptops. Now I have a set and he
dont. If anyones still needing this email me at

I have Windows 98 On Floppys
 

"Dannypritchett01" wrote in message
ups.com...
I see so many people looking for Windows 98 on Floppys. I managed to
get my hands on a set a long time ago and I used winimage to make a
image file of each disk in case they ever got corrupted. It took me
forever to find a set,


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and i bet it takes forever to install win98 from floppies

i know i've installed win95 from a set of 29 floppies and it takes a long
time!

I have Windows 98 On Floppys
 

Yes, but when you simply don't have a CD drive...

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS MVP -- Shell/User

"philo" wrote in message
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"Dannypritchett01" wrote in message
ups.com...
I see so many people looking for Windows 98 on Floppys. I managed to
get my hands on a set a long time ago and I used winimage to make a
image file of each disk in case they ever got corrupted. It took me
forever to find a set,


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and i bet it takes forever to install win98 from floppies

i know i've installed win95 from a set of 29 floppies and it takes a long
time!

I have Windows 98 On Floppys
 

"Gary S. Terhune" wrote in message
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Yes, but when you simply don't have a CD drive...




Of course for the money one would have to spend to buy that many
flopppies...
a cdrom could be purchased, I'd think :)

I have Windows 98 On Floppys
 

I don't want the floppies, I want the images. I'll burn them to CD and keep
them for posterity's sake. I've got a ton of old machines piling up in my
spare bedroom, and one of these days I might even put a few together. I can
envision trying a few things where a CD install isn't feasible.

Of course, I do believe it's in contravention of the WIn98 licensing
agreement to be sharing these things around, g.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS MVP -- Shell/User

"philo" wrote in message
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"Gary S. Terhune" wrote in message
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Yes, but when you simply don't have a CD drive...




Of course for the money one would have to spend to buy that many
flopppies...
a cdrom could be purchased, I'd think :)

I have Windows 98 On Floppys
 

"Gary S. Terhune" wrote in message
...
I don't want the floppies, I want the images. I'll burn them to CD and
keep
them for posterity's sake. I've got a ton of old machines piling up in my
spare bedroom, and one of these days I might even put a few together. I
can
envision trying a few things where a CD install isn't feasible.

Of course, I do believe it's in contravention of the WIn98 licensing
agreement to be sharing these things around, g.




I find it easiest , when doing large data transfers on a non-networked
machine..
to simply pull the HD out and slave it into the host machine.

even if it's a laptop...I have a HD adaptor that only cost less than 10
bucks!

Most of my machines have several removable drive kits...
so the whole operation takes just a few minutes...

When fixing up machines that I find discarded...
It would sure be nice if the people tossing them out would also include the
media and the license too :)

I have Windows 98 On Floppys
 

Yup! Fortunately, I've got a box full of old OS disks that don't have any
machine attached anymore, wither, g.

Of course, I'll *never* get around to doing any of this, unless I happen
across a kid or two who's really interested in learning how it was done in
the "old days". Wife will probably make me toss them long before then.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS MVP -- Shell/User

"philo" wrote in message
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When fixing up machines that I find discarded...
It would sure be nice if the people tossing them out would also include
the
media and the license too :)

I have Windows 98 On Floppys
 

"Gary S. Terhune" wrote in message
...

Yup! Fortunately, I've got a box full of old OS disks that don't have any
machine attached anymore, wither, g.

Of course, I'll *never* get around to doing any of this, unless I happen
across a kid or two who's really interested in learning how it was done in
the "old days". Wife will probably make me toss them long before then.



Well my girlfriend allows me to have as much computer junk as I want...

It must remain either in the atttic or the basement...

So I'm often running up and down a lot of stairs when I working on
one of my projects!

Nothing around here goes to waste though...
last year someone even insisted on paying me for a 486 I had.

The guy wrote his own software many years ago
and when he got a new machine...the cpu was too fast...
and the stuff was written such a long time ago he said he had no idea how to
re-write it for a faster cpu...

He was really happy when I still had a few 486's left here :)

I have Windows 98 On Floppys
 

I've got a couple of those, and a couple of older machines that CRS is
causing me to forget the names of at this moment.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS MVP -- Shell/User

"philo" wrote in message
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"Gary S. Terhune" wrote in message
...

Yup! Fortunately, I've got a box full of old OS disks that don't have
any
machine attached anymore, wither, g.

Of course, I'll *never* get around to doing any of this, unless I happen
across a kid or two who's really interested in learning how it was done
in
the "old days". Wife will probably make me toss them long before then.



Well my girlfriend allows me to have as much computer junk as I want...

It must remain either in the atttic or the basement...

So I'm often running up and down a lot of stairs when I working on
one of my projects!

Nothing around here goes to waste though...
last year someone even insisted on paying me for a 486 I had.

The guy wrote his own software many years ago
and when he got a new machine...the cpu was too fast...
and the stuff was written such a long time ago he said he had no idea how
to
re-write it for a faster cpu...

He was really happy when I still had a few 486's left here :)

I have Windows 98 On Floppys
 

"Gary S. Terhune" wrote in message
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I've got a couple of those, and a couple of older machines that CRS is
causing me to forget the names of at this moment.



Heck...my memory is pefect...
I don't recall having forgotten anything :) ! :)