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August 15th 04, 02:44 AM
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start-up a "wiped" drive
I just bought a 3 yr old dell pentium 3 at a state surplus
that has been wiped.. Can anyone please tell me how to get this thing to run. The only drive that works right now is the floppy. I have wind 98 on a bootable cd..It only goes so far then it stops to a c:\ promt.. 
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August 15th 04, 03:37 AM
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This web page will give you the info you need for either a clean installation (what
you need), or an upgrade: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour/html/w98_restore.html -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP W95/98 Systems http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "Lucinda" wrote in message ... I just bought a 3 yr old dell pentium 3 at a state surplus that has been wiped.. Can anyone please tell me how to get this thing to run. The only drive that works right now is the floppy. I have wind 98 on a bootable cd..It only goes so far then it stops to a c:\ promt..
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August 15th 04, 05:37 AM
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-----Original Message----- This web page will give you the info you need for either a clean installation (what you need), or an upgrade: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour/html/w98_restore.html -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP W95/98 Systems http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "Lucinda" wrote in message ... I just bought a 3 yr old dell pentium 3 at a state surplus that has been wiped.. Can anyone please tell me how to get this thing to run. The only drive that works right now is the floppy. I have wind 98 on a bootable cd..It only goes so far then it stops to a c:\ promt.. . Thanks so much Glee...Im going to try it now..I will let you know how I do..Hope it is easy..brb Lucinda
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