boetard
> 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.)
> --
> -Scott
> > Type c:\>DIR>NTLDR Then install Win95 as usual.
> > 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.