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Getting a Win98 boot floppy?

  • 24-06-2005 12:27pm
    #1
    Cianos
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    Hi,
    A mate needs to get a Win98 boot floppy for his sisters comp. Is there anywhere you can get the files, instead of having to get someone using Win98 to make one for you?
    Cheers


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  • #2
    Cianos
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    Heh...thanks!


  • #3
    Lump
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    HA HA, Windows 98.... HA HA. Windows 2000 will run well on most older machines. I have it running on a P333 with 192 megs ram.

    John


  • #4
    petes
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    I seriously need to get rid of win98 boxes I have lying about.


  • #5
    Chalk
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    win98se rocks.


  • #6
    SouperComputer
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    HA HA, Windows 98.... HA HA. Windows 2000 will run well on most older machines. I have it running on a P333 with 192 megs ram.


    aye but it is less responsive, takes longer to boot (unless you have a nice HD) and wont play dos games.


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  • #7
    hostyle
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    Lump wrote:
    HA HA, Windows 98.... HA HA. Windows 2000 will run well on most older machines. I have it running on a P333 with 192 megs ram.

    John

    I'm sure they'd be happy to upgrade if you would like to pay the Microsoft tax for them.


  • #8
    Lump
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,984 ✭✭✭✭Lump


    Tax, What? English fool....

    John


  • #9
    hostyle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,268 ✭✭✭hostyle


    Lump wrote:
    Tax, What? English fool....

    If they are happy with Win98, why pay to upgrade to 2000?


  • #10
    jc94062
    Closed Accounts Posts: 53 ✭✭jc94062


    Doesn't Win2k do a nice boot disk collection totalling 5 floppies?

    Win98 is the only way to go in terms of a working dos boot disk imho...

    As to why upgrade? Win2k\XP tend to crash on me about once every few months, Win98 can crash every 30 minutes, I've never seen a 98 install last more than a day, I've seen XP run happily for 30-40 days non-stop (although it does slow down to be fair...)


  • #11
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 93,563 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    when XP/2K blue screens when you start up in safe mode, it's enough to make you cry

    Win98 is quicker to repair/replace/backup/restore - You can boot up into Dos and run restore your system files with ERD/ERU - it's on the CD. You can use Lcopy to copy files to/from a folder in DOS inc long file names etc.


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