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decisions, decisions

 

decisions, decisions, OS probs
klewlis

15 Dec, 2001 - 07:28 PM
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cur tu me vexas?
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ok, two years ago I bought a Toshiba Satellite, which came with Win98 preinstalled, and a bunch of disks. At the time I noticed that I didn't have "real" win98 disks, but just a recovery disk. I asked a friend about it, who also had a Toshiba, and he assured me that the "recovery" disk would give me a full installation if I needed it. So I didn't bother to pester Toshiba for the real disks. Today, two years later, I finally formatted my laptop and went to reinstall 98, and lo and behold, the recovery disk does NOT contain the full installation. This leaves me with an empty laptop and only win95 disks... *sigh*

So, I'm going to call Toshiba and complain loudly and see if they'll send me a win98 disk. But in the meantime, I'm thinking about other options. Should I upgrade to 2000 or XP? Or should I have some fun and try out Linux? Ideas?

I really don't want to put out the money for a new OS, and new RAM (I only have 32MB) but I guess I may have to.

My poor little laptop is all formatted now....


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klewlis   decisions, decisions   15 Dec, 2001 - 07:28 PM
skyhawk133   hmmmm, I can let you evaluate XP if you would like...   15 Dec, 2001 - 07:38 PM
Vetritus03   first things first.  working in tech sopport ...   15 Dec, 2001 - 07:41 PM
Vetritus03   chris, XP home edition will install on 64Mbs... bu...   15 Dec, 2001 - 07:43 PM
Sixpack   Hey, Vetritus, don't forget about the stop errors,...   15 Dec, 2001 - 07:45 PM
skyhawk133   Minimum requirements and I have installed it on a ...   15 Dec, 2001 - 07:45 PM
Vetritus03   that's a pitty party right there...   15 Dec, 2001 - 07:49 PM
klewlis   I wish people would stop telling me that "RAM...   16 Dec, 2001 - 10:23 AM
klewlis   oh, and I'd love to go back to win95, but I need i...   16 Dec, 2001 - 10:25 AM
Vetritus03   what does IE6 do that you "need"   16 Dec, 2001 - 12:09 PM
The Neoracle   What model of Toshiba Satellite do you have? ...   16 Dec, 2001 - 12:44 PM
klewlis  

I will check out coastmemory. However, the ship...   16 Dec, 2001 - 02:03 PM
Vetritus03   80% are IE users... ok... well, seems to me that 2...   16 Dec, 2001 - 02:32 PM
klewlis   Really, this thread isn't about IE6; it's about Wi...   17 Dec, 2001 - 06:54 AM
Vetritus03   i'm sure there was a work around.  sometimes ...   17 Dec, 2001 - 12:34 PM
Vetritus03   so, the thing is... you're going to have to get 98...   17 Dec, 2001 - 12:37 PM
klewlis   As far as I can tell, no one predicted that IE6 wo...   17 Dec, 2001 - 12:37 PM
klewlis  

you are amazingly confident in your own opinion...   17 Dec, 2001 - 12:38 PM
Vetritus03   well... didn't IE5 detect at 4.0 when it first cam...   17 Dec, 2001 - 12:42 PM
Vetritus03  

you can do anything if you put your mind to it....   17 Dec, 2001 - 12:45 PM
klewlis   well I got impatient, borrowed some 98 disks, and ...   20 Dec, 2001 - 11:40 AM


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