Subj : Re: Reinstalling W98
To   : Alan Zisman
From : MIKE ROSS
Date : Thu Feb 10 2005 11:55 pm

-=> Alan Zisman wrote to MIKE ROSS <=-
AZ> MR> I quasi-accidentally found a trick for w95 by renaming the directory
AZ> MR> and then giving it a "hidden" directory attribute. This allows a new
AZ> MR> install which doesn't overwrite the old one and I can switch between
AZ> MR> each as desired simply by renaming them. For example make a copy to a
AZ> MR> new name, then when some program install goes wrong one can always
AZ> MR> revert in a few seconds. I haven't had to try it with w98se yet, so I
AZ> MR> don't know if this hidden directory trick will work with it too.
AZ>
AZ>
AZ>  It ought to...
AZ>
AZ>  However, the installs (both Win95 and 98), at least when using the
AZ> widely-available OEM CD version, will want to install into a new directory
AZ> anyway (by default WINDOWS.000 though you can change that) if it discovers 
an
AZ> existing C:\WINDOWS folder.
AZ>
AZ>  If you let it do that, you can then boot to the version of choice by 
editing
AZ> the paths listed in the (hidden, read-only) C:\MSDOS.SYS boot file:
AZ>
AZ> [Paths]
AZ> WinDir=c:\windows
AZ> WinBootDir=c:\windows

I thought that a new install either overwrote or copied the existing
configuration. If it overwrote that would be okay sometimes but if it
actually copies the existing configuration then whatever the problems
these might become inherited. Which is it, I don't recall?

While you are here, I was upgrading a box dedicated to MIDI from a 486
DX4-120 + PCI video to a pentium-120 (socket 7) and the o.s. from w3.1
to w95. I wanted to use w95 because it loads pretty fast compared to
w98se. Problem is the p120 + w95 exhibits dropped notes with the
softwave synthesis no matter the resolution quality setting. The
problem doesn't happen right away but after a few 10's of seconds into
a song playback when things get busy. I didn't want to upgrade the
sound card to hardware wave synthesis ($$$).

For now it is running perfectly in the p120 + w3.1. I even run a
number of other programs and steady she goes. Do you suppose the
problem is with the w95 drivers for the midi card or with w95 itself?
I ran the card originally with PII 233mmx + w95 with no problems.
Maybe the p120 is just too slow? Heck the dx4-120 is even slower and
it handles the softwave fine with w3.1. Do you think the w95 drivers
will still work in w98se + PII 233mmx?

 A*s*i*m*o*v

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