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Tallbloke 19th Sep 2000 22:35

Migration from Win2k 2 Win98
 
Has anyone tried to go back from Win2k to Win98. I ask because 2 friends of mine have just bought Dell notebooks with 2k installed. They both hate it and wish to get rid of it. Dell have been no help, which I find unusual, and I am no network administrator, so I/we are wondering if there is someone who has trodden this path before.
At the moment, my strategy is to build a startup floppy for the machine, then format the hard drive, do whatever partitioning is required, then bang on good ole' 98. All suggestions gladly received.

DreamCatcher 19th Sep 2000 22:54

Tallbloke

Based simply on what you say, and without going into the reasons why Win2K is not wanted, just trash it all by booting from a Win98 boot-up floppy, partition the drive, re-format and load 98, 98SE, or ME.

Done it often on laptops, but there are the usual caveats as to what you'll do if Dell have installed 'funny' hardware/modems etc. which 98 doesn't detect...

On average, it'll be reet!



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