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Skriven 2006-01-18 09:06:00 av JEAN PARROT (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av CHARLES SCAGLIONE
Ärende: Upgrade ?
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    Hello Charles, nice talking to you !  

 CS> Here's another idea that may work:  If you have one of your small USB
 CS> 2 hard drives with you in Florida you may be able to borrow another PC
 CS> to copy the contents of the ME CD to the HDD.  Then do the install from
 CS> the external HDD.

        Never let it be known that I for one, am ahead of you, but I
   am in this case. I have one with the Me CD and the AOL loader on
   it. My problem is to know if I can also "point" to the USB HD to
   show that 98 is there too. I can get a CD of 98 here and also copy
   it to that USB HD but will the Me setup only be allowed to seek a
   CD device ? I can not remember if there is a "Browse" option for
   this step.

 CS> As far as repairing the MB connector to the CD drive, that sounds like
 CS> it might be intricate work.  But I'm sure you can do it.

        It would, I presume, involve replacing the planar ( MoBo ).

 CS> Just make certain you have another Thinkpad for the wife to use
 CS> in case something goes wrong.  That might keep you out of the
 CS> dog house.  <g>

        Woof ! woof !     I will know today. An old Thinkpad, same
   model, was obtained on eBay, for parts only. I will first strip
   this one then see what it entails to change the planar, also to see
   if there is a small daughter board to this CD as for the modem and
   ethernet. I D/L'd a while back, the HMM for this model TP.pdf,
   always handy to know before hand, what I am getting into.

        Another option might be as Alan Z. has suggested, going to the
   LAN. My daughter here has an old Panasonic that runs 98, if there
   is that browse option !!!

     
       
   Is FIDO not a fine institution ?
             I have to get my fix everyday.
 
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