Caluser2000
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The XP install on my main rig for some reason packed a sad. I tried a few times to repair the installation but no luck. Also tried a couple of live linux distros but was getting kernal panics so I suspect some hardware issue. Luckily the XP installation was on a FAT32 partition and using an old Dell Optiplex restore cd I could boot to a command prompt and access the drive ok.
Her in doors was in a bit of a panic that she'd lost some family pics. Most are backed up elsewhere but some recent ones aren't. After a bit of pondering I decided to fit the drive, as a slave, to my old tower 300GL Celeron 400 with Windows 98 original installed on it. My thinking was it would be a damn sight quicker than trouble shooting the newer machine. This win98 machine was the main family computer for the longest time. It's been a trooper really but retired, only coming out on the odd occasion for the grand children to play dos games on our over sized flat screen telly. Needless to say this went without a hitch and wifey is happy, crisis over etc. While I had the machine out and running I thought I'd see what enhancements, if any, are out there on the interweb. Turned out an unofficial service pack was made for win98 Gold, as well usb mass storage software which works a treat and wonders of wonders a free for personal use NTFS partition management tool was available. All these gotten using Opera as the Firefox version on it was a bit slow on some pages and coming up with script errors.
So now the XP box has been replaced by a Win9x box, who'd have thought that would happen?
Welcome back in back into service old friend....................
Her in doors was in a bit of a panic that she'd lost some family pics. Most are backed up elsewhere but some recent ones aren't. After a bit of pondering I decided to fit the drive, as a slave, to my old tower 300GL Celeron 400 with Windows 98 original installed on it. My thinking was it would be a damn sight quicker than trouble shooting the newer machine. This win98 machine was the main family computer for the longest time. It's been a trooper really but retired, only coming out on the odd occasion for the grand children to play dos games on our over sized flat screen telly. Needless to say this went without a hitch and wifey is happy, crisis over etc. While I had the machine out and running I thought I'd see what enhancements, if any, are out there on the interweb. Turned out an unofficial service pack was made for win98 Gold, as well usb mass storage software which works a treat and wonders of wonders a free for personal use NTFS partition management tool was available. All these gotten using Opera as the Firefox version on it was a bit slow on some pages and coming up with script errors.
So now the XP box has been replaced by a Win9x box, who'd have thought that would happen?
Welcome back in back into service old friend....................