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More info?)
Firewire or Ethernet are usually the quickest/easiest ways to transfer
data - depending on the hardware.
The above is not going to be much use to you unless you can persuade some
operating system to install onto the reformatted HD, so that's the problem
that needs to be solved first!!!
You need to describe the installation disk (hologrammed? - what's the
wording on it?) and the exact point at which the install fails, before
anyone can begin to diagnose the problem.
Apart from MS-produced CD's (of which there are two distinct types, and two
varieties of each), there are a plenitude of OEM-produced disks, which may
or may not be bootable (MS-produced ME CD's are NEVER bootable), and may or
may not reformat the PC for you before 'recovering' the system to its
factory settings and freshness.
--
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"Peter Brown" <solvino@tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message
news:4210d07c_3@mk-nntp-2.news.uk.tiscali.com...
> It occurs to me that perhaps the best way to go would be to format the C
> drive and start again. I've got a laptop and want to transfer over files,
> emails etc. What is the best way to do this? Firewire cable?
>
> Peter
>
> "Peter Brown" <peter@brown9322.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:cum26d$a7s$1@news8.svr.pol.co.uk...
>> The software didn't work on my pc, so i tried it on my laptop - just to
> see
>> if there was a problem with the disks (bought new and sealed). As you can
>> see there appears to be a deep routed problem witht the pc and somebody
> has
>> nicely given me a link to the solution. But can i understand the
>> solution,
>> can I hell? All i need to know is can i uninstall window98 without losing
>> all my data, as there appears to have been a problem when i installed
> win98
>> which is carrying on in the installation of upgrades.
>>
>>
>> "Noel Paton" <NoelDPspamless@btopenworld.com> wrote in message
>> news:ORYu3JOEFHA.4072@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>> > What is the source of the disk? - is it one that was prepared by an OEM
>> > specifically for the laptop you used it on? (In which case, you're not
>> > legally allowed to use it anywhere else, and the driver set it contains
>> may
>> > not be suitable for any other system anyhow))
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows)
>> >
>> > Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
>> >
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>> >
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>> >
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>> > "Peter Brown" <peter@brown9322.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
>> > news:cujdbh$mun$1@newsg2.svr.pol.co.uk...
>> > > i've read the article, but i can't understand what i have to do! in
>> simple
>> > > terms, what do i do?
>> > > "Jack E Martinelli" <jemartin_DELETE@NO_SPAM_gis.net> wrote in
>> > > message
>> > > news:eeZfasEEFHA.1264@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>> > >> "SU" Error Message List for Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows Me
>> Setup
>> > >>
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;129971
>> > >>
>> > >> SU0410
>> > >> Error SU0410
>> > >> Cannot open X. This file may be missing or damaged, or there may not
> be
>> > >> enough memory to continue. Free some memory and then try again.
>> > >> Setup
>> > >> will
>> > >> now close.
>> > >> For additional information about this error message, click the
> article
>> > >> number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
>> > >> 189143 PRB: Error During Preinstallation of Third-Party Driver
>> > >> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/189143/EN-US/
>> > >>
>> > >> --
>> > >> Jack E. Martinelli 2002-05 MS MVP for Shell/User / DTS
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>> > >> "Peter Brown" <solvino@tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message
>> > >> news:420cc76a$1_2@mk-nntp-2.news.uk.tiscali.com...
>> > >> > I'm running windows 98 and i recently tried to upgrade to
> windowsme.
>> I
>> > >> know
>> > >> > that the disk is good (as i used it to upgrade my laptop). however
> on
>> > >> > my
>> > >> pc
>> > >> > i get an error message SU0410. There is a file missing or
>> > >> > corrupted
>> > >> > c\wininsto400. The other suggestion is that there is not enough
>> space,
>> > > but
>> > >> > this is impossible so it's this file. I tried to re-install
> windows98
>> > >> > to
>> > >> > correct the error, but it too would not install due to the same
>> error.
>> > >> what
>> > >> > can i do?
>> > >> >
>> > >> > Peter
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