OT: My New Computer, The Mother of all work-arounds Options

[redshift]

I wait til long in the game to upgrade, so I just stepped up from PIII 1Ghz, to PIV 2.4, DDR... blah blah blah..

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

So, here's the fun part.

I have been using a version of Win98SE I had done some major tweaking to over the last 4 years, and I install it directly from a partition, no CD... a backup floating around... I used it all over, if someone would lose their disk, and need drivers... BE RIGHT OVER!

Haven't seen in in maybe 6 months.

Yeah, CAB_44 was corrupted.. drive has a lil tick!

So, there I was! Dancing around like a kid in line at the porta-pooper! WHERE IS THAT DISK!

I looked for hours, I'd take a break, and try to trick the install not to need CAB_44, I couldn't find my list of files anywhere though! I tried 10 times, with, and without all options...

I found a copy of someone's old non-SE Win98 Upgrade disk, it's not the same, but maybe I can make it happen..

I found an old backup!!!!!!!! HERE IT IS!!

Uhoh.... disk is toast, reads about half-way... so.. I got to thinkin.. (12 hours later)

1. I pulled the files from the back-up I found to a drive on a computer I built from old parts (just to do that)

2. I used Nero to verify that disk..

3. I replaced anything that wasn't working from the Non-SE disk.

4. I took all the CAB files, except CAB_44 from my modified version, and replaced the Non-SE versions.

5. I burned a disk.

6. I ran it.

I am talking to you, ain't I?

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/boldblue.gif)

I need a tranquilizer.



M