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Hardware => Hardware => Topic started by: darklink.perry on November 10, 2011, 07:19:25 AM

Title: Hard drive partition with clean
Post by: darklink.perry on November 10, 2011, 07:19:25 AM

Okay, long explanation. I have a Windows 98 SE that I dug out of the dumpster. It came with no installation disk or anything else. My hard drive has gotten full, and the previous user clearly partitioned the hard drive. I got a completely empty hard drive with no OS on it (20 GB), and I want to use that, but I can't find a way to install an OS on it. Can anyone help me?

Title: Re: Hard drive partition with clean
Post by: patio on November 10, 2011, 07:22:03 AM

Whatever OS you want to install on it you will need the install CD and a valid keycode.

Title: Re: Hard drive partition with clean
Post by: Geek-9pm on November 10, 2011, 09:42:39 AM

From a Bing search
Windows 98 SE (Full Product)
$42.95 - $128.89 (2 stores)

That maybe why it was in the dumpster w/o the CD. The original CD would be worth more that the old PC.

You could use it as a print server with Linux. But leaving it on 24/7 will run up your electric bill.

Title: Re: Hard drive partition with clean
Post by: Salmon Trout on November 10, 2011, 09:58:13 AM

Many Linux distros are free. Windows you pay for.Or you can install the new hard drive as a slave and clone the old one using a free clone tool such as Clonezilla, then make the newly cloned drive the master.