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Can I re-install Windows Me Upgrade edition after an Fdisk?
I'm trting to set up a Toshiba a Toshiba 2005 CDS that I had upgraded to
Windows Me. The system has a lot of junk on it and I'd prefer to just wipe out the disk and re-install Me. But the CD I have is the upgrade edition and I so not have a 98SE disc anywhere. Can I do this or am I toast? It has a PII with 160 MB Ram. -- Thank you for advice & ideas! |
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borrow someone else's Win98 CD - you don't need the product key for that.
Do make sure that you have the product key for the ME install handy!! -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "SteveG" wrote in message ... I'm trting to set up a Toshiba a Toshiba 2005 CDS that I had upgraded to Windows Me. The system has a lot of junk on it and I'd prefer to just wipe out the disk and re-install Me. But the CD I have is the upgrade edition and I so not have a 98SE disc anywhere. Can I do this or am I toast? It has a PII with 160 MB Ram. -- Thank you for advice & ideas! |
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Noel,
Thanks for the suggestion. Unfortunately, most of the 'puter people I'm connected to are like, me, on XP Home and/or Pro or even 2000. Thus I don't have the ability to follow your suggestion. But thanks for the shot! -- Thank you for advice & ideas! Steve G "Noel Paton" wrote: borrow someone else's Win98 CD - you don't need the product key for that. Do make sure that you have the product key for the ME install handy!! -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "SteveG" wrote in message ... I'm trting to set up a Toshiba a Toshiba 2005 CDS that I had upgraded to Windows Me. The system has a lot of junk on it and I'd prefer to just wipe out the disk and re-install Me. But the CD I have is the upgrade edition and I so not have a 98SE disc anywhere. Can I do this or am I toast? It has a PII with 160 MB Ram. -- Thank you for advice & ideas! |
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If you can't find *someone* with a Win98 CD, you are in serious trouble -
but it may be worth giving Tosh a ring, and seeing if they can provide a disk at a reasonable price. -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "SteveG" wrote in message ... Noel, Thanks for the suggestion. Unfortunately, most of the 'puter people I'm connected to are like, me, on XP Home and/or Pro or even 2000. Thus I don't have the ability to follow your suggestion. But thanks for the shot! -- Thank you for advice & ideas! Steve G "Noel Paton" wrote: borrow someone else's Win98 CD - you don't need the product key for that. Do make sure that you have the product key for the ME install handy!! -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "SteveG" wrote in message ... I'm trting to set up a Toshiba a Toshiba 2005 CDS that I had upgraded to Windows Me. The system has a lot of junk on it and I'd prefer to just wipe out the disk and re-install Me. But the CD I have is the upgrade edition and I so not have a 98SE disc anywhere. Can I do this or am I toast? It has a PII with 160 MB Ram. -- Thank you for advice & ideas! |
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At one point I called Microsoft and they gave me an alphanumeric that
worked. I had to talk them into it, but I could not figure out a way to bypass this option. I think with older versions of windows you could point the install/setup to look at some copied files on your C drive, and as long as it found 'em, you were good to go. I saved that alphanumeric for later use, just in case... ! "Noel Paton" wrote in message ... If you can't find *someone* with a Win98 CD, you are in serious trouble - but it may be worth giving Tosh a ring, and seeing if they can provide a disk at a reasonable price. -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "SteveG" wrote in message ... Noel, Thanks for the suggestion. Unfortunately, most of the 'puter people I'm connected to are like, me, on XP Home and/or Pro or even 2000. Thus I don't have the ability to follow your suggestion. But thanks for the shot! -- Thank you for advice & ideas! Steve G "Noel Paton" wrote: borrow someone else's Win98 CD - you don't need the product key for that. Do make sure that you have the product key for the ME install handy!! -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "SteveG" wrote in message ... I'm trting to set up a Toshiba a Toshiba 2005 CDS that I had upgraded to Windows Me. The system has a lot of junk on it and I'd prefer to just wipe out the disk and re-install Me. But the CD I have is the upgrade edition and I so not have a 98SE disc anywhere. Can I do this or am I toast? It has a PII with 160 MB Ram. -- Thank you for advice & ideas! |
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