> > I am trying to install Win95a (upgrade) from diskettes onto a Thinkpad
760
> > with no CD-Rom and it wants a qualifying product. There was a way to
> "trick"
> > the program by creating a file called something like "win.386" or
> "user.gdi"
> > or something like that on the hard drive but I can not remember the
> > procedure. Can anyone help here? There is no way to find a copy of 3.11
> > around here.
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Alanb
> Really, now. I'm not the usenet police or anything, but there are Windows
> forums where you could ask this question, where you'd probably get a more
> informed answer. Maybe we're just a tad too lazy to search for such a group
> and instead just post OT here?
I merely said that the original poster might get better results to his
question if he asked it in the proper group. Why ask a question about
installing Win95 on a laptop here?
But then maybe you didn't get what OT meant-- Off Topic.
Again, though, everyone seems to think that by adding OT to your header, you
can discuss anything. If that were the case, then there wouldn't be half a
million newsgroups. If I have a question about Win98 or any such OS, I'd go
to that newsgroup, where I'd be certain to fair better.
Here you ask questions about racing. Would you go to a Win95 newsgroup and
ask a question specifically related to a racing sim? I don't think so.
Alanb
> > Really, now. I'm not the usenet police or anything, but there are
Windows
> > forums where you could ask this question, where you'd probably get a
more
> > informed answer. Maybe we're just a tad too lazy to search for such a
group
> > and instead just post OT here?
> Laptops are OT: Duh!
> Well, here's an example of why I try not to say a thing to some people.
> Either I'm stupid, or your reply makes about as much sense as adding two
> positive numbers and coming up with an answer of "0".
> I merely said that the original poster might get better results to his
> question if he asked it in the proper group. Why ask a question about
> installing Win95 on a laptop here?
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Fester
Sorry about the off topic cross-post, but I do have an interest in this
since I accidentally tossed out my Win95 disk, forgetting that I needed it
for a clean install of Win98 Upgrade. So your advice is that when the
installation prompts for a qualifying prior version of Windows you type
"c:\>DIR>NTLDR"? Will this trick work with my situation, where I'm
installing Win98 Upgrade? (The proposed installation is a direct result of
my hardware upgrade to an AMD Thunderbird, just to give some semblance of
ontopicality.)
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-Scott
> boetard
> > I am trying to install Win95a (upgrade) from diskettes onto a Thinkpad
760
> > with no CD-Rom and it wants a qualifying product. There was a way to
> "trick"
> > the program by creating a file called something like "win.386" or
> "user.gdi"
> > or something like that on the hard drive but I can not remember the
> > procedure. Can anyone help here? There is no way to find a copy of 3.11
> > around here.
I don't worry about such things normally, but it does seem ridiculous
to post to all those groups AND ras.
Rafe Mc
> Crossposted to rec.autos.simulators
> That's what I'm talking about.
I took your message to mean that it sould only go the the microsoft
group you mentioned.
Again, my appologies.
Phil
> > Well, here's an example of why I try not to say a thing to some people.
> > Either I'm stupid, or your reply makes about as much sense as adding two
> > positive numbers and coming up with an answer of "0".
> > I merely said that the original poster might get better results to his
> > question if he asked it in the proper group. Why ask a question about
> > installing Win95 on a laptop here?
> Psst Alan.... check all the groups he's cross-posted to. 10 to 1 the
> guy you're responding to is from comp.sys.laptops. <g>
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> Fester
| alt.comp.hardware.amd.thunderbird,alt.comp.hardware.overclocking.amd,
| alt.comp.mainboards.abit,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.flight-sim,
| comp.sys.laptops,rec.autos.simulators ?????
|
| I don't worry about such things normally, but it does seem ridiculous
| to post to all those groups AND ras.
|
| Rafe Mc
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