Re: 755CX OS install

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From: Mark Bell (bytehead_at_bellatlantic.net)
Date: Wed Jan 13 1999 - 17:20:14 EST

At 09:29 PM 1/13/99 GMT, Michael D. Scheer wrote:
>I have inherited a 755CX running 95 that has all kinds of crufty
>software half-uninstalled. I would like to bring the machine to a
>consistent state by reinstalling the OS.
>
>Two problems:
>
>1. No recovery floppies or CD. Neither do I see images for them on
>the IBM web site.
>
>2. No CDROM drive. I would really prefer to install from CDROM
>rather than floppies, if I can get to that point. What are my options
>for installing a CDROM drive that would be useful for OS installation?

If your current install is network able, network it to a desktop machine
that has a CDROM. Copy over the Win95 dir, and install it from the 755cx's
HD natively. If you have a parallel device, wipe the drive, make a bootdisk
to enable the parallel device, copy over the Win95 dir and go from there.
The main point is to get that Win95 directory on the HD. It is the quickest,
easiest method. I use a Zip drive and a bullet drive primarily for this
purpose.

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