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I have a late '90s IBM iSeries 1400 Laptop.
the hard drive crashed and I got a new one on eBay
I installed it and it seems to work. But, not surprisingly, it has
absolutely no software on it.
So, I tried to reinstall software from the IBM recovery CD that came with
the laptop (amazing that I still had this).
Things were going well until the recovery program asked for my Win 98
Product Code. I don't think I ever had this. The software came
pre-installed as I remember it.
Anybody have thoughts on how I can get this?
I don't think this machine has the horsepower to support Win XP.
I do have a Win ME upgrade disk that I'm using. But, that doesn't want to
load up until I get 98 running first.
I have a late '90s IBM iSeries 1400 Laptop.
the hard drive crashed and I got a new one on eBay
I installed it and it seems to work. But, not surprisingly, it has
absolutely no software on it.
So, I tried to reinstall software from the IBM recovery CD that came with
the laptop (amazing that I still had this).
Things were going well until the recovery program asked for my Win 98
Product Code. I don't think I ever had this. The software came
pre-installed as I remember it.
Anybody have thoughts on how I can get this?
I don't think this machine has the horsepower to support Win XP.
I do have a Win ME upgrade disk that I'm using. But, that doesn't want to
load up until I get 98 running first.