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Thread ID: 54532 2005-02-14 23:24:00 Windows 2000 x 2 on 1 partition sam m (517) Press F1
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325120 2005-02-17 00:30:00 Yes, i386 contains and gives you updates and service packs for Windows. If you were to slipstream an installation disc, those are the files you need.

It doesn't contain custom tweakes unless they are MS based options (hardly tweaks).

A fresh install would be better if it can be achieved.
Murray P (44)
325121 2005-02-17 00:58:00 A clean start is going to be best.

My better laptop came with Windows ME, but no CD. After the MS security CD was run on it it crashed, and wasn't fixable or installable from the files on the hard disk, so I installed W2K.

It's very messy having the remains of the ME there ... it's going to have a clean installation of W2K when I replace its hard disk with a bigger one.
Graham L (2)
325122 2005-02-17 03:38:00 I have removed that extra line in the boot . ini and now it boots directly to windows but obviously the files are still there . I am waiting for him to drop OS cd's so I can reinstall which I gather from responses would be the best idea .
My other concern will be the updates when finished as it doesnt have a lan connection so I will have to connect it to the internet to download via dial up .

Thanks
sam m
sam m (517)
325123 2005-02-17 06:41:00 My other concern will be the updates when finished as it doesnt have a lan connection so I will have to connect it to the internet to download via dial up .

Thanks
sam m

As mentioned, save the i386 folder, that'll bring you up to speed with the updates installed thus far, do a bit od research on how to use the files to install the updates without having to go to the net . Not all updates will have full backup files though and it will depend, to some extent, on how the updates were installed in the first place .
Murray P (44)
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