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11-23-2003, 04:17 PM
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how well will this work?
alright, these people gave me their computer to fix up and get ready to be used. here are the specs:
packard bell w/ 75mhz pentium processor 1 gb hd 24 mb ram great specs, eh? anyway, they are installing a wireless network, and they have an unused 98 cd sitting around from another computer that they threw out (full version, not a restore disk). can i put this on there, and then put a wireless card on their, or am i asking for trouble? thanks craig
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11-23-2003, 05:45 PM
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I don't know how it will do wireless, but I have put 98 on a computer like that with an ethernet card and connected through a router. Win 98 will run slow as heck, but it will run. I did take everything not absolutely needed off tho.
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11-23-2003, 07:43 PM
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yeah, i got it installed with word 97 and it is running great. no usb ports, so i will have to go pci, but i have a usb wireless card and i was gonna test it. can't go wired with this computer as it is two stories away from router
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11-23-2003, 09:05 PM
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Let us know how it works out...I would think it should do as good as wired.
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11-23-2003, 09:10 PM
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sweet, i am going to buy the pci one tomorrow and test it on my wireless before taking it over there. i think it ought to work, but who know, 75mhz is a little slow, but it should do. also, is there anyway to find out the amount of ram that thing can hold? thanks
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11-23-2003, 10:07 PM
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Try www.crucial.com for memory configuration.
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11-25-2003, 02:49 PM
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well, the wireless card won't install, i bought a wmp11 and for the life of me i can't get it
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11-25-2003, 03:31 PM
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Did you install the software & driver first, then shutdown, install the card then start it?
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11-25-2003, 03:33 PM
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yeah, i did but i got an error when i installed it, saying iswizard.exe could not load, and installation was terminated
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11-25-2003, 05:09 PM
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alright, so i decided that i was going to reformat the hd b/c i remembered that i had done minimal install b/c of limited hd space. so now when i put the bootdisk in and the cd, i type setup (after fdisking) and then it freezes on
"Please wait while the system initializes. Scanning system registry... Windows Setup requires 7340032 bytes on your C:" and it just sits there forever any advice craig |
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11-25-2003, 05:52 PM
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What all did you do when you ran fdisk? Delete partitions and recreate them? Format the drive?
Have you tried setting the 1st boot device in the bios as the cd-rom and boot to the cd? The Windows XP can partition and format the drive before installing. |
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11-25-2003, 06:05 PM
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the bios only has c or a as drives for booting from, and i will try formating, thanks
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11-25-2003, 06:31 PM
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alright, well i zero filled itand then i created a partition and then it did it again. i have had this happen before, but i don't remember how i fixed it.
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