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# pardon?
how do you mean 'upgrade to'? it's currently running DOS then?

it should be capable of anything up to 98SE, maybe millenium/2K if you really wanted...
(I helped save b3ta! JustHere4Coffee remembers when all o' this were car parks, Sat 13 Sep 2003, 11:32, archived)
# Exactly
My recomendation would be 98SE as any other pre-2000 version of windows is cack in a seive
(I helped save b3ta! LP, Sat 13 Sep 2003, 11:33, archived)
# sorry
should have explained further:
its on win 95 osr 2, when you try to upgrade
to win 98/98SE/ME, it installs successfully, but when I reboot it it comes up with 'windows general protection error - you need to restart your computer' in dos. which is a git.

the best bit about it is, the laptop shipped with 2 USB ports which it could not even support...
(I helped save b3ta! lazygamer VS tittybiscuits, Sat 13 Sep 2003, 11:35, archived)
# I think some careful use of
"fdisk" and "format" is what I'd do. "upgrading" anything from 95 is pointless. You're better off starting from a blank slate.
(I helped save b3ta! LP, Sat 13 Sep 2003, 11:38, archived)
# I concur
upgrading from 95 never works
(I helped save b3ta! splorp ®, Sat 13 Sep 2003, 11:41, archived)
# ta,
i'll give that a try when i gets a copy of windows that is NOT an upgrade. its a favour for someone at work, and they did'nt want it formatting, but screw 'em, theres nothing on the laptop anyways
(I helped save b3ta! lazygamer VS tittybiscuits, Sat 13 Sep 2003, 11:48, archived)
# what the problem could be
is that the new versions of windows are disabling or bypassing something specific to the laptop's proper operation... many older laptops use specialised versions of windows to ensure compatability with their hardware
(I helped save b3ta! JustHere4Coffee remembers when all o' this were car parks, Sat 13 Sep 2003, 11:51, archived)
# that sounds about right
i'll make sure i have the laptop copy of windows reazdy in case it all goes tits up
(I helped save b3ta! lazygamer VS tittybiscuits, Sat 13 Sep 2003, 11:53, archived)
# oh it can
definitely work, but there`s so much shite left lying around from `95 it`s not worth doing

-- Linux is the way to go ;-)
(I helped save b3ta! Reckless_Rik, Sat 13 Sep 2003, 12:13, archived)
# ah
you're wrong about the USB thing, W95 OSR2 and OSR3 support them as standard - that's why they made it.
(I helped save b3ta! JustHere4Coffee remembers when all o' this were car parks, Sat 13 Sep 2003, 11:48, archived)
# true
but very few usb products support windows 95 OSR's anyway, like my printer, scanner, keyboard, palm, zip drive and key drive. the only thing that works is my MS optical mouse, and the intellimouse software that came with it is 98 and above only.
(I helped save b3ta! lazygamer VS tittybiscuits, Sat 13 Sep 2003, 11:52, archived)
# maybe even nt4
if you want a bit of stability (and let's face it, you don't need directx 9)
(I helped save b3ta! spacefish bong!, Sat 13 Sep 2003, 11:39, archived)
# Scratch all this advice
put OS2 on it
(I helped save b3ta! LP, Sat 13 Sep 2003, 11:41, archived)
# now this
i wholeheartedly agree with
(I helped save b3ta! spacefish bong!, Sat 13 Sep 2003, 11:51, archived)
# Especially
as it's for someone he works with...
(I helped save b3ta! LP, Sat 13 Sep 2003, 11:55, archived)
# i genuinely like os2
it comes with a virtual kitten
(I helped save b3ta! spacefish bong!, Sat 13 Sep 2003, 12:01, archived)
# I tried NT4
on a home system once, and it died as soon as I tried using anything that wasn't made for an office environment...
(I helped save b3ta! JustHere4Coffee remembers when all o' this were car parks, Sat 13 Sep 2003, 11:49, archived)
# you see
it's very sad, but i don't use anything that wasn't made for an office environment (except trillian perhaps, and that's tiny)
(I helped save b3ta! spacefish bong!, Sat 13 Sep 2003, 11:52, archived)