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Old May 5, 2006 | 09:52 AM
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can anyone help me!
ive bought a new/ebay laptop just for playing about in the car

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...MEWN%3AIT&rd=1

its a 266/64mg shitter,, but it will be fine for what i want

the problem is,, he removed the old operating system from it (Ubuntu Linux OS)

how do i go about formatting the drive so i can put windows 95 back on there (i downloaded windows 95 )

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Old May 5, 2006 | 10:18 AM
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You'll need a windows 95 or a Windows 98 boot disk (floppy). Unfortunately the Windows 95 cd rom is not bootable
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Old May 5, 2006 | 10:19 AM
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thanks,,, ill get hold of a 98 then,, as i have no floppy drive
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Old May 5, 2006 | 10:20 AM
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http://www.bootdisk.com/

for legally downloadable boot disks for all windows operating systems
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Old May 5, 2006 | 12:25 PM
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bring it to me

free of charge, anything you want

even a free go on the mrs
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Old May 5, 2006 | 12:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Spiky
bring it to me

free of charge, anything you want

even a free go on the mrs
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Old May 5, 2006 | 01:05 PM
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use win2k, it'll run happily on a 266 / 64mb
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Old May 5, 2006 | 05:09 PM
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thanks people,,, ok spiky,, ill try and get over too you next week
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