Re: Paging clever computer people

On Wed, 18 Feb 2009 14:36:41 +0000, Steve wrote:

Can anyone install Windows 98 onto a brand new 2.5" hard drive for me?
Crappy [1] old laptop hard drive is dead and won't boot from the floppy
drive so I'm stuffed.
I have a , um , backup copy of Windows 98 which doesn't need a code
AFAICR.

Steve
[1] As in 48mb of ram crappy....

Where in the UK are you?
.

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