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Old July 1st 08, 10:09 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
Desmond
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Default Need the ME boot disc.

hello all,can anybody tell me where to get a start up disc for ME.I have the
CD key but have lost the disc etc.Its on my old HP and seems a shame not to
use it.Thankyou
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Old July 1st 08, 10:37 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
Mart
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Default Need the ME boot disc.

Already replied to your original post in under the "Reformat Hard Drive"
topic. For your information, I'll re-post it he-

*IF*, .... and that's a big IF, your existing disk (C: drive) has an almost
working copy of WinMe on it AND it contains a folder (e.g.
C:\Windows\Options\Instal or CABS) containing a copy of approx 150Mb worth
of all the installation files required for WinMe AND you are able to copy
and burn those files to mem-stick or CD or some other such media, then you
just *might* be in with a chance.

NB - Being an OEM version of WinMe, I'm not sure whether HP were permitted
to allow these files to be installed/copied on their machines. The MS Retail
version of WinMe does.

Otherwise search ebay or similar.

On the other hand, if you only want to format the drive, that's easy, got to
:-
http://www.bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm
and select the WinMe OEM version, and follow the instructions to make a boot
disk. Then use the DOS format command to format your C: drive.

But you'll still need a WinMe installation CD (or at least the files - see
above) to install a fresh installation of WinMe.

Mart


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hello all,can anybody tell me where to get a start up disc for ME.I have
the
CD key but have lost the disc etc.Its on my old HP and seems a shame not
to
use it.Thankyou



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Old August 5th 08, 06:54 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
Rita
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Default Need the ME boot disc.

Hi Desmond:
You are in luck my friend has the disk but lost the key-please write to me
at -

"Desmond" wrote:

hello all,can anybody tell me where to get a start up disc for ME.I have the
CD key but have lost the disc etc.Its on my old HP and seems a shame not to
use it.Thankyou

 




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