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Date:	Mon, 23 Jun 2003 22:21:14 PDT7
From:	jack.huffman@worldnet.att.net
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Need help with XCOMP

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In , on 06/23/2003
at 01:27 PM, "Steven Levine" said:

>In <200306221907.2040582.6@scoug.com>, on 06/22/03
> at 07:07 PM, jack.huffman@worldnet.att.net said:

>>Do you have any suggestions as to what I should do next?

>Try dsync, as Peter suggested. It appears you are exceeding xcopy's
>capabilities.

>>For Pete's sake, don't answer this post today. Just because I am retired
>>and have nothing better to do does not mean that you should provide help
>>on Sunday.

>OK. :-)

>Steven

Steven,

Thanks. Peter posted detailed instructions for copying c: to l:.

Considering how little knowledge of os/2 and pc's I have demonstrated by
my posts, you won't believe this. I got my grandson's Win95 box working
after the Gateway tech and my daughter-in-law's brother (who is supposed
to know a lot about Windows) didn't. And I never saw Win95 before.

I replaced the CD-ROM drive with one from my old box, loaded the drivers,
set the bios to autodetect to solve one problem--drive E (the CD-ROM) was
not available. On startup initially Win95 asked for the CD so it could
install a file that started with S3 and some other files. After I skipped
these files it would run. Then, on startup, it started telling me that
the video card was not configured properly. I tried to configure it but
could change nothing. Then I realized that Win995 could be calling for
video drivers. So I got them from the S3 site, loaded them, was able to
configure the card. Viola!!! Win95 booted without a hitch.

It took me about 20 or 30 times as long as you would have needed to solve
the problemsand I don't see why the others did not solve these problems.
The Gateway tech was probably doing my son a favor when he gave up; if he
had made the box run, my son would not have gotten his money back for the
pc. I don't have any idea why the brother did not spot and fix the
problems.

One goof. Somewhere along the line I deleted everything on the c: drive
except the operating system. Fortunately my daughter-in-law had told me
that would be no problem.

Aint it amazing:-))

Jack
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