Subj : Re: And another thing
To   : Angus Mcleod
From : Sniper
Date : Fri Apr 22 2005 11:34 pm

-=> Angus Mcleod wrote to All <=-

 AM> Same friend with Win98SE.

 AM> She gave me her disk, which is a ripped copy.  :-/ Anyway, it appears
 AM> to be a full copy, even has a faked Microsoft label complete with key,
 AM> but it won't boot.

 AM> I don't like messing with pirated copies for friends, but sometimes,
 AM> well, sometimes the friend looks real good in tight shorts!  But it
 AM> would be convenient if this disk were bootable.

 AM> I suspect that the contents of an original disk were drag/dropped on a
 AM> new disk but the new disk was not made bootable.  If I made a new copy
 AM> of the copy, but specified that it was to be a bootable disk, do you
 AM> suppose that would solve the problem?

You need the boot track portion... 

Tell you the truth, it would be easier to get a Win98 boot "Floppy" that
loads the CD-Rom drive... Then cd over to the Win98 directory and run
setup.exe.

http://www.answersthatwork.com/Downright_pages/downrights_bootdisks.htm


Looking through the list, it even has the "UK" version of the Win98 Boot
disk.  :)


Also, if you'd like a few hundred "Legal" copies of Win98... I can mail
you the disk, the books with the "Legal" MS Labels... hell, I'll even 
toss in a box of the Win98 disks.  I'm about to start throwing them
away!  :)




Sniper
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