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I have a Dos CAD program that I can't afford to upgrade ($2500) to be
compatible with WinXP (most of the features like zoom that need extended
memory, do not work in the WinXP Command Prompt screen/shell). It worked
fine on our Win95 machine until a couple weeks ago when the Win95
explorer.exe crashed - going into a continuous loop and that pushed the old
harddrive over the edge. That old computer is not worth spending time on.
Also, I have a non-Dell harddrive with Win98 installed (Yes I still have the
disk) from another computer whose motherboard burnt out.
Last Jan, our new WinXP computer harddrive crashed and Dell replaced it, but
it took me more than a week to get back up to speed with all the program
rebooting and updates etc. that has to be done when a HD crashes. So, I
hesitate to start over by putting Win98 on first and then rebooting WinXP
after, and I thought that I would just install the Win98 HD as a second
drive. That is how I got here to this forum, but after reading off and on for
this past weekend, I am more confused than ever over which way to approach
this. So, my question to you experts (remembering that I am not) is: "Which
is the better (meaning easier, less-problem producing, least time-consuming,
less complicated for an ignorant person) method of getting my CAD program to
function.
1. Sticking with one HD and going thru the whole double rebooting process?
(If so, would one of you direct me to a step-by-step procedure. Thank you.)
2. Installing the Win98 HD as is hoping WinXP's New Hardware Installer can
handle the 2nd HD without a driver (I'm sure the driver is on that 2nd HD
somewhere!) [OK, maybe I can locate the manufacturer on the web and download
a driver.]
3. Some other solution that you experts know about that would be better.
4. Tell me to go to the Dell user forum and stop bothering you.
Thanks in advance for all your time and good knowledge. R-
compatible with WinXP (most of the features like zoom that need extended
memory, do not work in the WinXP Command Prompt screen/shell). It worked
fine on our Win95 machine until a couple weeks ago when the Win95
explorer.exe crashed - going into a continuous loop and that pushed the old
harddrive over the edge. That old computer is not worth spending time on.
Also, I have a non-Dell harddrive with Win98 installed (Yes I still have the
disk) from another computer whose motherboard burnt out.
Last Jan, our new WinXP computer harddrive crashed and Dell replaced it, but
it took me more than a week to get back up to speed with all the program
rebooting and updates etc. that has to be done when a HD crashes. So, I
hesitate to start over by putting Win98 on first and then rebooting WinXP
after, and I thought that I would just install the Win98 HD as a second
drive. That is how I got here to this forum, but after reading off and on for
this past weekend, I am more confused than ever over which way to approach
this. So, my question to you experts (remembering that I am not) is: "Which
is the better (meaning easier, less-problem producing, least time-consuming,
less complicated for an ignorant person) method of getting my CAD program to
function.
1. Sticking with one HD and going thru the whole double rebooting process?
(If so, would one of you direct me to a step-by-step procedure. Thank you.)
2. Installing the Win98 HD as is hoping WinXP's New Hardware Installer can
handle the 2nd HD without a driver (I'm sure the driver is on that 2nd HD
somewhere!) [OK, maybe I can locate the manufacturer on the web and download
a driver.]
3. Some other solution that you experts know about that would be better.
4. Tell me to go to the Dell user forum and stop bothering you.
Thanks in advance for all your time and good knowledge. R-