Capman Posted September 28, 2006 Share Posted September 28, 2006 Recently a friend was given an old Win 98 computer which he wanted me to upgrade to 98SE, and then connect to a wireless network. So I started the upgrade, but it only got so far then would stop with no indication of what went wrong. I decided then that it might be better to format and put 98SE on from new, this also stopped during the installation. So I decided to format again and try to put 98 on then upgrade to 98SE, this also failed. Getting desperate now, I thought I would try to see if 2000 would go on, this threw up the error that the BIOS was not compatible and would need upgrading. I did not want to go to that extreme. Just for fun I thought I would try to put XP on, but then thought better of it. Getting really desperate I decided to try putting Linux on it, this got so far into the installation, just as Windows was, but then threw up screen upon screen full of errors, I made note of the first error that appeared and googled it, and it pointed to the CD Rom drive being faulty to a certain extent. So, I put another CD Rom drive in that I had kicking around, and decided that it was probably the CD Rom drive that had been stopping Windows from being installed somehow. So I tried 98SE again, and it went on like a dream. I can't believe that it was only when trying Linux on it that I managed to find out what the cause of the problems were. Anyway, just thought I would share this with you guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Tarun Posted December 31, 2006 Administrator Share Posted December 31, 2006 I've had to use Knoppix to make data backups when Norton's Ghost 2003 would fail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eldmannen Posted January 1, 2007 Share Posted January 1, 2007 Linux can be a very learning experience. Windows often says things like "General error", while Linux often tend to say things like "Error in X because of Y". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capman Posted January 1, 2007 Author Share Posted January 1, 2007 Exactly. Which as much as I feel that I need to stay with Windows, I still need to spend a lot more time using and playing with Linux. I have a spare 20 gig hard drive in work, I am going to bring it home and put it in my computer to put Mandriva on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey Proof Posted January 1, 2007 Share Posted January 1, 2007 lol, i always got the Id10t code untill i started to pay attention to what i was doing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capman Posted January 1, 2007 Author Share Posted January 1, 2007 You get the Id10t code when you turn your computer on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey Proof Posted January 1, 2007 Share Posted January 1, 2007 thats why i leave it on 24/7. much easier that way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capman Posted January 1, 2007 Author Share Posted January 1, 2007 Sooooo, you are regarded as an Id10t 24/7 then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey Proof Posted January 1, 2007 Share Posted January 1, 2007 lol, if you put that way then i guess so Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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