Can I get the ME install CD to only reformat the C partiti..

I noticed that this thread was badly fractured
because "alt.windows-me" got dropped from the
crosspost list.

I'm glad Shane helped you get it worked out, Gumby!

Did you replace the broken hard disk ribbon cable?

Well done and congratulations Gumby, good to hear that your efforts have
resulted in a successful conclusion.

As Harry has reported elsewhere, WinMe - if looked after properly - runs
perfectly well, as other regulars here can attest. It's just had some bad
press.

Good luck with it.

Mart


"Gumby" <gumbygum DeleteThis @gmail.com> wrote in message
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>I am happy to report that Shane's solution worked, and I am very
> grateful to him and the rest of you. As it turned out, I didn't need
> to know how to make a ramdrive -- The startup menu that Shane's files
> created included these options:
>
> 1. Windows ME
> 2. Safe mode
> 3. Command prompt
> 4. Command prompt, ramdrive, CD-ROM support
> 5. Command prompt, ramdrive only
> 6. Command prompt, minimal boot
>
> I wasn't sure which command prompt option to choose, so I chose
> ramdrive only. Then I switched to D and issued a format c: command.
> It worked, even though this would cannibalize Shane's MS-DOS files. I
> guess it worked because the MS-DOS went into RAM.
>
> Then, again from D, I activated the setup.exe from the install CD that
> I had copied to D. It installed to C and i now have a running Windows
> ME installation (i understand that, with ME, "running" is a relative
> term, it being regarded as the world's worst OS...however it does
> start, although I haven't really tested it out yet )
>
> My only regret is that the magical Shane startup files, having
> performed their miracles, then apparently vanished into the ether. I
> guess they went to that ramdrive in the sky where all good boot files
> receive their reward.
>
> I would love to have those wonderful Command prompt options back on
> the system now that it's working. Dare I try to copy them once again
> to my HD? You know that old biblical admonition, if it ain't broke,
> don't fix it! (was that the Bible or Yogi Berra?)
>
> Once again may I express my gratitude to you blokes, especially Shane.
> You're the best!

On Oct 24, 5:47 am, Greegor <Greego....DeleteThis@gmail.com> wrote:
> I noticed that this thread was badly fractured
> because "alt.windows-me" got dropped from the
> crosspost list.
>
> I'm glad Shane helped you get it worked out, Gumby!
>
> Did you replace the broken hard disk ribbon cable?

No, that can't be replaced, but this fellow did a fine job soldering
the three broken conductive thingies, and it works, though I wouldn't
dare put any pressure on it.

Now if only someone could do something about the fact that my
display's hinges are completely broken and the display is totally
loose and looks like it will fall off and break in a minute...and I
tilt it by tying a string to it and the other end to a window
gate...but it only has to last another 2 months! )

Truly, this laptop has to be seen to be believed! But I'm a strong
believer in using something until it dies, as long as it gets the job
done for me.

On Oct 24, 12:25 pm, Gumby <gumby... DeleteThis @gmail.com> wrote:
> On Oct 24, 5:47 am, Greegor <Greego... DeleteThis @gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I noticed that this thread was badly fractured
> > because "alt.windows-me" got dropped from the
> > crosspost list.
>
> > I'm glad Shane helped you get it worked out, Gumby!
>
> > Did you replace the broken hard disk ribbon cable?
>
> No, that can't be replaced, but this fellow did a fine job soldering
> the three broken conductive thingies, and it works, though I wouldn't
> dare put any pressure on it.
>
> Now if only someone could do something about the fact that my
> display's hinges are completely broken and the display is totally
> loose and looks like it will fall off and break in a minute...and I
> tilt it by tying a string to it and the other end to a window
> gate...but it only has to last another 2 months! )
>
> Truly, this laptop has to be seen to be believed! But I'm a strong
> believer in using something until it dies, as long as it gets the job
> done for me.

Please post a good photo of it!

> chooses, before we can comment (or advise) further. It's just that we
> could have saved a few column inches if Gumby's circumstances had
> been made a little clearer in the first place.

Possibly. But then it seems to me I waffle on so much myself that when I
read my own posts back *I* can hardly tell what I was talking about!

Shane

Duct Tape!

"Gumby" <gumbygum.RemoveThis@gmail.com> wrote in message
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On Oct 24, 5:47 am, Greegor <Greego....RemoveThis@gmail.com> wrote:
> I noticed that this thread was badly fractured
> because "alt.windows-me" got dropped from the
> crosspost list.
>
> I'm glad Shane helped you get it worked out, Gumby!
>
> Did you replace the broken hard disk ribbon cable?

No, that can't be replaced, but this fellow did a fine job soldering
the three broken conductive thingies, and it works, though I wouldn't
dare put any pressure on it.

Now if only someone could do something about the fact that my
display's hinges are completely broken and the display is totally
loose and looks like it will fall off and break in a minute...and I
tilt it by tying a string to it and the other end to a window
gate...but it only has to last another 2 months! )

Truly, this laptop has to be seen to be believed! But I'm a strong
believer in using something until it dies, as long as it gets the job
done for me.