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To: Clay M who wrote (6641)	11/8/1999 6:46:00 PM
From: Gottfried	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110626

Clay, while I have no personal experience with NT, I hear it is more stable than Windows. Consider also that not all programs are available for NT and there will be another learning curve. It will also be harder to get advice here. :) Gottfried

To: Clay M who wrote (6641)	11/9/1999 2:37:00 PM
From: appro	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110626

>>have decided to reformat the hard drive<< Sorry to hear about that. Here are some of my thoughts on the matter. You can do a clean install with the Win98 Upgrade without installing the old Win95. After the initial "checking your system for installed components" it will say it cannot find any and ask you to insert the old CD-ROM (Win95 upgrade in my case). After spinning it up for a few seconds, it will tell you to remove it. It will then proceed with a full Win 98 install. See support.microsoft.com I ordered the $25 Win98 SE disc at windowsupdate.microsoft.com only because I wanted the ICS (internet connection sharing for a cable modem with only one IP). There were some shutdown hang "known issues" but a check search would seem to show resolutions are now available. search.support.microsoft.com My four month nightmare with a new IBM ended only when it degenerated to the point that the hard disk could no longer be formatted and restored to the original IBM software. The problem, a bad bios cmos chip, was fixed when the motherboard was replaced. That was after I escalated the problem to the Vice-President of Customer relations by refusing to talk to anyone in customer service (really long story). IBM was reflexively defensive throughout my ordeal which involved formatting my hard drive dozens of times and trying software and peripheral installation variations. IBM reps would say things such as, "Oh it is slow as molasses? There are many possible reasons for that which lets us blow you off. Oh, it hung this time when installing X? We don't support that either and we only support the original basic configuration with no other apps or peripherals installed." I did learn that all the many little occasional glitches and conflicts I had learned to live with over the years did not magically disappear as the result of a FDISK and install from scratch. Later patches from software companies did fix them. I must give kudos to Microsoft telephone support for patiently walking me though hours of problem solving caused by other companies. That free service alone is worth the price of buying the Microsoft branded operating system upgrades even if the original was an OEM from Dell or whatever. Anyway, good luck. Regards, appro