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To: gypsy who wrote (9492)	5/6/2000 9:12:00 PM
From: Neenny	Respond to of 110631

Hi Gyp, I can't help you with your puter questions........but wanted to just take a minute and say hello. Enjoying the spring weather??? You have gotten spring weather where you are, haven't you??? Hope you are well Jane

To: gypsy who wrote (9492)	5/6/2000 9:29:00 PM
From: Gottfried	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110631

gypsy, while waiting for mark to reply: I would take the Windows98 CD and start it. I believe it will ask if you want a clean install, i.e. reformat the hard disk first. There I'd say yes. The memory can be installed later when Win98 is installed. Then ask mark how to keep the disk from getting glommed up again. He may just recommend Norton Utilities. :) Gottfried

To: gypsy who wrote (9492)	5/6/2000 11:06:00 PM
From: mr.mark	Respond to of 110631

hi gypsy, good to hear from you again. i think others here on the thread (like gottfried) can help you better with your p166 endeavors than i can. in fact, i'll be paying close attention too. i'll say that you should check with the manufacturer specifically on the memory upgrade for your mother board. reason i say this is i once had two dell p166's that came with 32mb ram. they were only able to handle an extra 32mb, per dell techs (and some literature), and beyond that performance would actually be hindered by extra ram. i did upgrade both machines to 64mb and still own one. as i recall, the mobo's actually have slots for more mem, or one could put a bigger stick in there, so it wasn't something that was visibly 'noticable'. that's really all i can offer to you. i hope you'll keep us apprised of the progress. :) mark