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Re: Installing win98 SE on virgin drive.
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Fri, 3 May 2002 00:40:15 GMT
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In article <GvIBEz.D6M@lugnet.com>,
David Martineau <ElectroTX@webtv.net> wrote:
> I was wondering what problems I might have installing Win98SE onto a new
> 10-20 GB hdd. Also, how do I go about installing software I own that has
> updated itself numerous times over the internet since initial installation?
> I don't have broadband access, so redownloading numerous MB's for each
> proggie is not appealing... Any thoughts?
The install, assuming all the hardware plays nice together, should be fairly
painless-- Win98 understands hard disks up to at least 100 gig with no
problem as long as the hardware underneath does.
On the other hand, migrating software to the new machine is liable to be
troublesome-- everything, it seems, mucks with the registry... This is one
of my gripes with some of the new games; instead of downloading a patch that
I can install and then proceed to burn to a CD, many of them "phone home"
and then just slurp down new versions...
> BTW, my ISCET certification expires this month, and I can't afford classes
> to take another exam. Should I let it lapse? As a cashier, I'm really not
> using it much...
I dunno. ISCET's the certification you might be expected to have if you
were being considered for a bench-tech soldering-iron sort of job?
In this world of "board's bad? Pop in a new board," I gotta wonder just
how much market there is for the guys who poke at things with multimeters--
which to me means if that's what you really want to do, go for the
certification, because it puts you above the guy who doesn't have one. But
if other stuff interests you, you might want to look at that instead.
-JDF
--
J.D. Forinash ,-.
jd@forinash.not ( <
The more you learn, the better your luck gets. `-'
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