RE: Microsoft XP

Ahh of course you are right - :P I didn't elaborate (slaps my own wrist :)

If this is the case - insert your boot disk (I'm not sure whether you would want the 98 or 2000 one at this stage though, as I've never wiped and upgraded along this path), and use the following:

C:\>format c: /s

Then insert a LINUX CD.. lol.. no I'm not a UNIX bigot..

Mark

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Sorry, but "format c:" will not run if you're on c: partition (anf if c: is system partition). :-)))))

JP

Dne pá 24. srpen 2001 11:32 jste napsal(a):
> Kevin,
>
> My advice would be to type:
>
> C:\>format c:\
>
> Then install Win2K from the outset! The install is painless, and the O/S
is
> a HELL of a lot more stable. Don't bother upgrading from 98 -> 2000, as
you
> *can* get software driver problems etc.
>
> Now I also know (like me) you're a gamer, (is this why you went for 98
> also?), and Win2K gets some bad press in this world too - I can
> categorically state that given a stable machine, and provided you monitor
> what is installed on your system, and don't install crappy apps, the
system
> will run sweet as a nut!
>
> Go on, take the plunge!!
>
> Mark
>
> -----Original Message-----
> Kostyszyn
> Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2001 22:52
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
>
>
> well screw that!! They can keep XP, I am staying away from it now!! You
> know, I just built myself a sweet monstosity of a machine at home. I
> installed Windows 98 because I have it and it was easier than figuring out
> how to install win2k. Now I am so frustrated with the instability of it
> that I am almost depressed. Oh what to do.....
>
> -----Original Message-----
> Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2001 5:40 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
>
>
> Has anyone heard of all the troubles that the new version of Microsoft is
> having getting released ??
>
> One of the ugliest things I see is their new licensing scheme. They make
> sure you are using it only on a specific machine by having its
> functionality based on hardware items on your system. This configuration
> has to be registered either by phone or by internet about a month after it
> is installed or everything stops working. If you change something big,
> like a Network Card or cpu chip, your system will not boot because it
> thinks you have installed it on a different machine.
>
> Anyone have options on the new XP ?
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