What computer/OS are you using?

[Icelilly]

I finally found my floppy disk for installing 3.1-sama. I just want to drop by at my school (when school starts again) and install Windows 3.1 on one of their Windows 98 computers and see what happens. But chances are, I probably won't do it. >_<

[NewYinzer]

Try it on a home computer first. Nevertheless, it's a cool idea. Fear the reverse installing!

[Icelilly]

Try it on a home computer first. Nevertheless, it's a cool idea. Fear the reverse installing!

*puts up "Fear the Reverse Installing" banner*

I probably won't do it since they say that they moniter what the students do. But they certainly don't do a good job of it. >_< If that was true, then they would know that their Windows 98 computers were filled adware and spyware. *sigh*

[Silentbob]

Just installed 3.0 under Dosbox again.

I'm scrounging around for 3.1-sama, not sure if I still have her.  Though maybe some of my friends do.

[C-Chan]

*reads Raffaele's LONG description about Amiga*

I - LOVE - YOU - MIGGY-SAN!!!!!!!!  ^V^
Soooo...... like, when are we going to rescue her from the EVIL clutches of those Amiga, Inc. bastards, and GPL her?  ^__^

I know, that was why the Amiga OS was being disassembly, to perform coding surgery (to correct those heart-stopping problems - they even put in Long Mode coding) - I wasn't 100% sure until I try it on my Athlon 64 system (I do have a spare hard drive.)

It's no wonder they call you Doc, Doc.  ^^;

I probably won't do it since they say that they moniter what the students do. But they certainly don't do a good job of it. >_< If that was true, then they would know that their Windows 98 computers were filled adware and spyware. *sigh*

Oh, that's common place for Windows 98, so they probably assume that's just a feature.... *chortle chortle*  ^__________^

But yes, as AmigaBob said, consider downloading DOSBox instead:

http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/news.php?show_news=1

Like with Virtualbox, you can try out all those old programs (or in this case OSes) without fear of blowing up your computer (and within the relative safety of your MCE-tan).  ^^

BTW, with Virtualbox, you can do the same but with modern OSes (e.g., Linux).  ^.^

[Icelilly]

I probably won't do it since they say that they moniter what the students do. But they certainly don't do a good job of it. >_< If that was true, then they would know that their Windows 98 computers were filled adware and spyware. *sigh*

Oh, that's common place for Windows 98, so they probably assume that's just a feature.... *chortle chortle*  ^__________^

Lets hope not! But really, I think my school should replace their 98s. I think they have all done their time. But what's really funny is that their 98s log on faster then Saseko-sama does. XD

[kman89zero]

I'm using a Toshiba Satellite L35 notebook with a dual boot of Ubuntu Ultimate Edition 1.4 Gnarly Gnome and Windows XP Home Edition. I also sometimes run Damn Small Linux from a flash drive.

[Silentbob]

Just got my new laptop (Fujitsu-Siemens Amilo 1526), and even though I didn't really want it with an OS, it came with XP Media Center.

[C-Chan]

Aw sweet, a new home for AROS-chan.  ^__^

[Bella]

Just got my new laptop (Fujitsu-Siemens Amilo 1526), and even though I didn't really want it with an OS, it came with XP Media Center.

Ahhhh, how I love the smell of a new computer *sighs*

[NejinOniwa]

Speaking about which, i just finished racking up the orders for my new DELTA, and it's gonna be landing on about 3500-4000 SEK (which, i believe, is somewhere around 500$, i believe) excluding the processor, which I foolishly enough bought this spring; if I'd just waited a few months I'd had a Q6600 or something...instead of that E6400 i'll have to settle with now. Ah well, I guess i'll just have to wait for the Nehalem processor ranges to come out next year, and buy a glorious TRUE quad-core processor. ^^
Unless i change something in my lineup of components, here's what DELTA is going to land around...

Intel "Conroe" E6400 2.13GHz CPU
2GB Corsair DDR2 PC6400 RAM
Radeon X1550 512MB GPU
ECS NForce650i SLIT-A Motherboard
Samsung T166 SATA-II 500GB HDD

plus some old stuff that i already have like optical units and wireless card. Good thing, the Conroes are VERY overclock-friendly, and the ECS motherboard I've chosen is cheap as a brick but still good at it.
*rant*

Oh, and also...
I'm helping my big brother out with setting up a new hard drive on his PC, and things have gone a bit wrong. Meaningly, the hard drive with the XP he was using on died just when he got it for his B'day, and the motherboard is protesting like a flagman in the mud. Meaning, nothing works the way it should. Neither of the optical units work to load an OS disc through, and it's just going REBOOT, REBOOT, REBOOT all the time. Frankly, we're getting quite tired of it all, and while my bro had some work to do I'm still home to fix it all. We figured it SHOULD work to set up the other old IDE drive into my computer, and then install some sort of rescue OS through it, like puppy (he did, amazingly enough, give in to using linuces for this after some pressure from me. windows fanboy, that guy) and use that to partition and install XP on the computer, but I'd never trust myself on that, so to say...
therefore, i cry "Halp plz!" and turn to ye, just to check what capital fails i've done before i start screwing with parts.

[Bella]

Oh, and also...
I'm helping my big brother out with setting up a new hard drive on his PC, and things have gone a bit wrong. Meaningly, the hard drive with the XP he was using on died just when he got it for his B'day, and the motherboard is protesting like a flagman in the mud. Meaning, nothing works the way it should. Neither of the optical units work to load an OS disc through, and it's just going REBOOT, REBOOT, REBOOT all the time. Frankly, we're getting quite tired of it all, and while my bro had some work to do I'm still home to fix it all. We figured it SHOULD work to set up the other old IDE drive into my computer, and then install some sort of rescue OS through it, like puppy (he did, amazingly enough, give in to using linuces for this after some pressure from me. windows fanboy, that guy) and use that to partition and install XP on the computer, but I'd never trust myself on that, so to say...
therefore, i cry "Halp plz!" and turn to ye, just to check what capital fails i've done before i start screwing with parts.

Was this a self-built machine?

[NejinOniwa]

Yes. And the old IDE drive that died with Saseko in its hands was on 12-something gigs, in case you wanted to know.

[C-Chan]

*rushes right in*

I think you're asking for help right? ^^;

Yeah, that scenario sounds a lot like what I went through with my bro this weekend (small world, eh?), only his old HD was still functional to an extent.

In any case, let me review the game plan in case I'm understanding this correctly....  ^^

1 - You extract the dead/dying IDE drive from your bro's old computer and insert it into your computer.  You already have a Primary IDE drive, so this one would act like a slave.  Conversely, you can buy an external hard drive ENCLOSURE for pennies on the dollar and stick it in there, if you want to play it safe (although in fairness, XP may not want to install to an external HD,... not sure).  ^__^

2 - You use a Linux LiveCD (preferrably Puppy to backup any data he has in the HD.  Fortunately since it's only 12 gigs, these days its feasible to just copy the whole darn thing and then sort it out later in a nice safe stable environment.

3 - PRAY the data is actually retrievable.  If Puppy or Knoppix can't do it, it may just be dead forever.  There are tools designed to recover data from dead HDs, but I've never used them myself.  ^^

Here's where I think I've lost you....

4a - you either use GParted to reformat the HD and stick it back into his old machine to see if it works, or

4b - you get a new IDE drive, reformat it, install XP on it from your machine, then transplant it back to your bro's machine.  Not sure how portable Windows is when grafted into a new hardware setup (generally Linux has no problem with this), but sounds like it could work.

5 - when all else fails, maybe it's time for a new MOBO?  ^^;

[NejinOniwa]

Hmmm~
Sorry, C-Chan, seems i skipped a bit of parts. ^^
1: Dead drive is IDE 12 gb and DEAD. Like, BURNT dead. So no recovering.
2: The new primary drive is a (somewhat risky setup, if you ask me) SATA drive on 250 gb, but since my brother's comp doesn't have any SATA ports he's wired a cable from the master IDE port to a PCI port and has a card simulating the SATA port. The old 150 gb IDE drive is the slave.
So we're hoping to get the OS on the new drive...'n stuff.