(Msg. 33) Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2008 11:33 pm
Post subject: Re: Can I get the ME install CD to only reformat the C partition, [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: microsoft>public>windowsme>general (more info?)
Mike, Gumby has downloaded the zip, and asked for some clarifications. I
have said that I can give him instructions on what to do with the files I've
supplied, but until the hdd is back in the laptop with said files on it, he
should ask here anyway, not ask me, as I have never taken an hdd out and
connected it up to a different computer by usb enclosure as is being
proposed. I have said for him to go ahead and unzip the files to the hdd,
but one question I await the answer to is whether the disk is still
bootable, let alone the Windows installation. Not much point copying DOS
files to it if it isn't bootable. As I have said to him, Win Me's Sys.com is
such a pita imo it's easier to run Setup (except that's what putting the DOS
files on there is meant to achieve!).
Possibly there is some dodge with Win Me's Sys.com I've overlooked all these
years.
When I have Sys-ed Win Me I am sure I have always done it from a floppy or
(floppy-emulating) cd-rom. Even if you can run Me's Sys.com from the D:
drive you have to have a lot of components in place, don't you? As for this
usb enclosure, can you Sys to that as though from a floppy? Would it be
better to put Win 98 ERD files on and Sys from those, then 'upgrade' - if
the Me setup allows upgrading?
I used to have a routine - possibly still on my Win Me Repair cd - that
formats the disk from the ramdrive, before running Setup. As you know I am
very fuzzy about all this ol' Me stuff these days; but I believe I have
initiated Setup using a Win 98 ERD before. So perhaps one could Sys the
drive with that then, when back in the laptop, run it from ramdrive, format
the disk and then initiate Setup from D: to a blank disk?
Shane
"Mike M" <No_Spam.TakeThisOut@Corned_Beef.Only> wrote in message
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> Corday <10Swinner.TakeThisOut@net.net> wrote:
>
> > This thread is getting confusing. It seems the problem has been
> > solved if the responses had been tried.
>
> Indeed, and as far as I can tell to date, not one of the suggestions has
> yet been tried.
> --
> Mike Maltby
> mike.maltby.TakeThisOut@gmail.com
>
>
(Msg. 34) Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 1:31 am
Post subject: Re: Can I get the ME install CD to only reformat the C partition, not the D? [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)
Mart <mart(NoSpam)@nospam.nospam> wrote:
>> since the reasons for getting the laptop working again hadn't been
>> made clear at that point. >
> Quite so Mike, hence the 'lateral solution' - but I'd already written
> it before I saw your other response and though I'd send it anyway )
And I'm pleased that you did since it is a much cleaner and more elegant
solution.
--
Mike Maltby
mike.maltby.DeleteThis@gmail.com
(Msg. 35) Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 6:40 am
Post subject: Re: Can I get the ME install CD to only reformat the C partition, not [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)
On Oct 22, 1:47 am, "Mike M" <No_Spam.DeleteThis@Corned_Beef.Only> wrote:
> I'm sorry but you don't appear to have taken in what I said. Nowhere did
> I say in my previous post anything about "installing", instead I simply
> stated how to access a laptop drive using a desktop and an external usb
> box and laptop IDE/full size IDE converter.
In my case I did "install" an
> OS but this was by first imaging the existing system from the old drive
> and then restoring that image to the new drive. Nowhere did I say or
> suggest that that was something you should consider.
I didn't accuse you of saying I could install that way, Mike ) If
you'll read my post carefully, I simply was commenting that, although
it's "not always necessary to open a desktop", because USB boxes give
you many options, it might be necessary to open it in order to install
an OS. I didn't mean to imply that YOU said that I could install an OS
without opening the desktop. Sorry to give that impression.
> > I read somewhere that it's possible to rename the External Box as the
> > C drive, but I imagine that would make Windows go nuts.
>
> Why do you want to do this? Not that it isn't a simple job with a modern
> desktop but I can't think why you should want to do this.
I don't want to do it, I was just babbling and theorizing )
>I've in a
> number of posts made a suggestion as to how to clean install Win Me on
> your laptop drive by copying the DOS boot files from the Win Me boot
> floppy and the Win9x folder from the Win Me CD to the laptop drive using a
> desktop and then restoring the drive to the laptop, booting to DOS and
> then running setup. Shane has also made some suggestions.
Yes, and I'm going to do them, one at a time, starting tomorrow. I'm
very grateful for all the help.
>
> May I make one final suggestion and that is that you now try some of the
> various suggestions that have been made.
(Msg. 36) Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 6:44 am
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On Oct 22, 4:10 am, "Mart" <mart(NoSpam)@nospam.nospam> wrote:
> Perhaps a bit late in the day now, but - and I don't want to burst the
> bubble - maybe another 'lateral solution' (yet another skin of the cat!)
> would have been to simply obtain a 2.5 inch IDE to USB enclosure and put
> your 'original laptop' HDD in it to make and add a portable drive to your XP
> box. (Self-powered [USB buspowered]) Secure too. And forget the laptop!
Good idea, Mart, but the only problem is I don't own an XP desktop.
The laptop is my only computer. I put the HD in a USB box and plug it
into XP desktops at cybercafes. Before someone accuses me of
misleading, I challenge anyone to find where I said or implied that I
own an XP computer. )
(Msg. 37) Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 6:47 am
Post subject: Re: Can I get the ME install CD to only reformat the C partition, [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)
On Oct 22, 4:32 am, "Mike M" <No_Spam.RemoveThis@Corned_Beef.Only> wrote:
> Corday <10Swin....RemoveThis@net.net> wrote:
> > This thread is getting confusing. It seems the problem has been
> > solved if the responses had been tried.
>
> Indeed, and as far as I can tell to date, not one of the suggestions has
> yet been tried.
That's because I'm very busy lately. They will be tried in order of
perceived likelihood of success and ease of implementation starting on
the morrow. )
(Msg. 38) Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 9:31 am
Post subject: Re: Can I get the ME install CD to only reformat the C partition, [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)
MowGreen [MVP] wrote:
> Arturo Seis wrote:
>
>> So I'm Arturo Seis???
>>
>> Not sure how that happened!
>>
>> <snip>
>> Shane
>>
>
> Anything is possible with OE ... even a personality transplant. <w>
>
> MG
(Msg. 39) Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 9:31 am
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Then we apply an update and reboot you. That would make you
Arturo Seis V.2. <g>
MG
Shane wrote:
> MowGreen [MVP] wrote:
>
>>Arturo Seis wrote:
>>
>>
>>>So I'm Arturo Seis???
>>>
>>>Not sure how that happened!
>>>
>>><snip>
>>>Shane
>>>
>>
>>Anything is possible with OE ... even a personality transplant. <w>
>>
>>MG
>
>
> What if it gets rejected???
>
>
> Arturo
(Msg. 40) Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 1:22 pm
Post subject: Re: Can I get the ME install CD to only reformat the C partition, not the D? [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)
"Shane" <shanebeatson RemoveThis @gmail.com> wrote in message
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> MowGreen [MVP] wrote:
>> Arturo Seis wrote:
>>
>>> So I'm Arturo Seis???
>>>
>>> Not sure how that happened!
>>>
>>> <snip>
>>> Shane
>>>
>>
>> Anything is possible with OE ... even a personality transplant. <w>
>>
>> MG
>
> What if it gets rejected???
>
>
> Arturo
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