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From: "xboomerx" <boomer@...>
To: <compaqsucks@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, July 27, 2003 02:50
Subject: [Compaq Sucks] Install Windows 98 on a COMPAQ Presario 4122 ?


> How do I install Windows 98
> on a COMPAQ Presario 4122 ?

Very carefully.

> A standard Windows 98 boot disk does not work !!!
> Do I need a COMPAQ boot disk ?

It helps. Do you have one? Supposedly you can get on your system or else
you're using somebody else's.

> What do I do next?
> Please help !!!
> Thank You
>
> PS: The COMPAQ Presario 4122 has 150 MHz pentium,
> 2.5 GB hard drive and 64MB of ram.

Well that is a major pisser. When my Compaq was born it has 166 Mhz
Pentium, 2.1 gig hard drive and 24 megs of RAM.
When it died it had a 200 Mhz MMX Pentium, 48 megs of RAM but still a 2.1
gig hard drive. Some of this was sort of a consolation prize Compaq gave me
aver I pestered them enough times for the lemon of a mother (fucker) board
they had in the piece of junk. They replaced it twice before it worked
properly.

For you, you can do a pseudo-boot. Start up the machine, press F8 to get
into the menu and choose "Command Prompt Only". You can try running your
boot disk from there (by entering a:\autoexec to see if anything flies. You
might not need it really. Just access the Windoze 98 CD from the DOS prompt.

Is it a full or upgrade installation? If it is a full install and you
already have a (di)version of Windoze then you have to rename
C:\windows\win.com to win.old or win.cox or something. And
c:\windows\system\setupx.dll might have to be renamed too.Then it will
identify the system as having "no" operating system and you'll be ready to
install Win98.

It was tricky trying to get my Compaq monitor to work with non-Compaq
equipment after the demise of my Presario but once I got the proper drivers
it works like a charm -- even better than on the Presario because of the
higher screen resolution. Remember that you need enough free disk space to
install a new OS and the more modern an OS, the more disk space it gobbles
up - BE WARNED. I wasn't expecting it, that I had space to spare under
Win95, but under Win98 I'm always trying to find a way to conserve disk
space. I replaced the 16x CD-ROM with a faster CD-RW and added a Zip drive.
This new system based on an Acer motherboard offers a little more
flexibility. I salvaged the floppy drive so now I finally have a "B:\"
drive, something that seems often abandoned these days.

But give those a try and keep your Compaq drivers up to date.

-Sean