Windows\options\cabs...Re: VIRUS IS A HOAX!!!!!

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At 12:35 AM -0400 5/30/01, Stefany Blevins wrote:

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One final note, if you're

one of the unfortunate who purchased a computer that comes with the

notorious " Restore CD " only, you probably will not be able

to use that CD to restore the file (or install new hardware, or

update/replace drivers, or do much of anything except restore your

system to factory defaults). Contact your computer vendor and ask them

to send you a true copy of the Windows 98 operating system that you

purchased with your system. Oh... and good luck getting them to send

it.

Stefany,

Thanks for the EXCELLENT tutorial. One thing that could

help: many Win9x installations copy all the Windows installation files

into Windows\options\cabs (cabinet files -- these are compressed

versions of the installation disk contents). So, instead of needing

the Win98 disk, you might look to see if your system has the cabs

files. If you have them, then use them as the source, and you will not

need the Win98 disk at all.

--Steve

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