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Anyone have installation disks for Windows ME for sale??
Anyone have installation disks for Windows ME for sale??
I have an OEM computer. The installation image got damaged and I don't have installation disks to reinstall Windows ME. I'd be willing to pay for installation disks. I have Paypal. Thanks. Barb |
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Anyone have installation disks for Windows ME for sale??
Before you go down that path, you *might* just be lucky and already have a
complete set of installation files still on your existing 'working' WinMe system (subject to your OEM allowing the option to be installed/copied in the first place). Search for a folder (normally c:\windows\options\install or CABS, but may be elsewhere - or not at all with some OEM's) containing a dozen or so .CAB files (.CAB_10,11,12 etc.) and includes a setup.exe file. The size of the folder being about 157Mb. If you have this folder, then you have a complete set of installation files and you need to copy/burn them (the complete folder) to a CD. You will then have your own WinMe installation disk. Along with the setup.exe file there is also a setup.txt file which is well worth reading and you should also look at (and print out) cleanhd.txt - a copy of which you can see here :- "Windows Millennium Edition Cleanhd.txt File Contents" http://support.microsoft.com/kb/271673/en-us Also, be sure that you've still got a copy of the 25 digit product key, before you start and any 'machine specific' drivers (often on a separate CD) which *may* have come with your PC. (Don't worry too much if you haven't any drivers as there's usually some work-around available) Good luck - otherwise its Plan A, buy them! Mart "The Moose" wrote in message ... Anyone have installation disks for Windows ME for sale?? I have an OEM computer. The installation image got damaged and I don't have installation disks to reinstall Windows ME. I'd be willing to pay for installation disks. I have Paypal. Thanks. Barb |
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On Feb 14, 7:26 am, "Mart" wrote:
Before you go down that path, you *might* just be lucky and already have a complete set of installation files still on your existing 'working' WinMe system (subject to your OEM allowing the option to be installed/copied in the first place). Search for a folder (normally c:\windows\options\install or CABS, but may be elsewhere - or not at all with some OEM's) containing a dozen or so .CAB files (.CAB_10,11,12 etc.) and includes a setup.exe file. The size of the folder being about 157Mb. If you have this folder, then you have a complete set of installation files and you need to copy/burn them (the complete folder) to a CD. You will then have your own WinMe installation disk. Along with the setup.exe file there is also a setup.txt file which is well worth reading and you should also look at (and print out) cleanhd.txt - a copy of which you can see here :- "Windows Millennium Edition Cleanhd.txt File Contents"http://support.microsoft.com/kb/271673/en-us Also, be sure that you've still got a copy of the 25 digit product key, before you start and any 'machine specific' drivers (often on a separate CD) which *may* have come with your PC. (Don't worry too much if you haven't any drivers as there's usually some work-around available) Good luck - otherwise its Plan A, buy them! Mart "The Moose" wrote in message ... Anyone have installation disks for Windows ME for sale?? I have an OEM computer. The installation image got damaged and I don't have installation disks to reinstall Windows ME. I'd be willing to pay for installation disks. I have Paypal. Thanks. Barb Thanks anyway. But, I already know I don't have the CABS and I also don't have a CD-burner. Barb |
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Could be Plan A then g
Mart PS - I've attempted to contact you direct "The Moose" wrote in message ... On Feb 14, 7:26 am, "Mart" wrote: Before you go down that path, you *might* just be lucky and already have a complete set of installation files still on your existing 'working' WinMe system (subject to your OEM allowing the option to be installed/copied in the first place). Search for a folder (normally c:\windows\options\install or CABS, but may be elsewhere - or not at all with some OEM's) containing a dozen or so .CAB files (.CAB_10,11,12 etc.) and includes a setup.exe file. The size of the folder being about 157Mb. If you have this folder, then you have a complete set of installation files and you need to copy/burn them (the complete folder) to a CD. You will then have your own WinMe installation disk. Along with the setup.exe file there is also a setup.txt file which is well worth reading and you should also look at (and print out) cleanhd.txt - a copy of which you can see here :- "Windows Millennium Edition Cleanhd.txt File Contents"http://support.microsoft.com/kb/271673/en-us Also, be sure that you've still got a copy of the 25 digit product key, before you start and any 'machine specific' drivers (often on a separate CD) which *may* have come with your PC. (Don't worry too much if you haven't any drivers as there's usually some work-around available) Good luck - otherwise its Plan A, buy them! Mart "The Moose" wrote in message ... Anyone have installation disks for Windows ME for sale?? I have an OEM computer. The installation image got damaged and I don't have installation disks to reinstall Windows ME. I'd be willing to pay for installation disks. I have Paypal. Thanks. Barb Thanks anyway. But, I already know I don't have the CABS and I also don't have a CD-burner. Barb |
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The Moose wrote: Anyone have installation disks for Windows ME for sale?? I have an OEM computer. The installation image got damaged and I don't have installation disks to reinstall Windows ME. I'd be willing to pay for installation disks. I have Paypal. Thanks. Barb I know I may be pushing the Linux thing but you could order one and it would cost less than $10.00 and sense you cannot mess your operating system up at this point, Here is one description: PCLinuxOS is an English only live CD that runs entirely from a bootable CD. Data on the CD is uncompressed on the fly, allowing up to 2GB of programs on one CD including a complete X server, KDE desktop, OpenOffice.org and many more applications all ready to use. In addition to the live CD, you can also install PCLinuxOS to your hard drive with an easy-to-use livecd-installer. Additional applications can be added or removed from your hard drive using a friendly apt-get front end via Synaptic. http://on-disk.com/product_info.php/...roducts_id/255 If you could find a way to burn it I could put WinMe on a file storage space. But it sounds like Mart may send it to you. |
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Anyone have installation disks for Windows ME for sale??
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Mart wrote in message ... The Moose wrote: Anyone have installation disks for Windows ME for sale?? I have an OEM computer. The installation image got damaged and I don't have installation disks to reinstall Windows ME. I'd be willing to pay for installation disks. I have Paypal. Thanks. Barb I know I may be pushing the Linux thing but you could order one and it would cost less than $10.00 and sense you cannot mess your operating system up at this point, Here is one description: PCLinuxOS is an English only live CD that runs entirely from a bootable CD. Data on the CD is uncompressed on the fly, allowing up to 2GB of programs on one CD including a complete X server, KDE desktop, OpenOffice.org and many more applications all ready to use. In addition to the live CD, you can also install PCLinuxOS to your hard drive with an easy-to-use livecd-installer. Additional applications can be added or removed from your hard drive using a friendly apt-get front end via Synaptic. http://on-disk.com/product_info.php/...roducts_id/255 If you could find a way to burn it I could put WinMe on a file storage space. But it sounds like Mart may send it to you. |
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