From: Michele Andreoli (m.andreoli@tin.it)
Date: Tue Jan 18 2000 - 08:50:26 CET
On Mon, Jan 17, 2000 at 12:49:43PM -0200, Renato nicely wrote:
> Michele,
>
> Windows establises an incestuous relation with the machine where it was first installed that is hard to break.Unless you have exactly the same hardware configuration it is almost impossible to transplant a previous windows installation to another computer.
>
> Try this:
>
> 1- enable firewall (unplug second hd)
> 2-boot the rescue floppy
> 3- select cd-rom supoport
> 4- fdisk /mbr (in floppy or ramdisk - I don't remember)
> 5- cross your fingers
> 6 - setup
> 7- install everything from scratch
>
I' over this point: win98 boot properly. I see this stage:
1) autoexec.bat stuff
2) the big screen with Windows logo
3) something appairs authentication screen
4) system block
I also tried removing system.dat and user.dat as suggest, but no
success.
Michele
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