General Discussion - What's the best option?

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What's the best option?

lillian40

2003-01-28, 8:23 am

Hello everyone, I haven't post in awhile, but I have been visiting off and on...found another past-time...PIANO LESSONS!

But I do have a couple of questions for you guys...If your PC was running Windows 98Se, and reality, you were not really having any problems with the OS, but wanted to do some upgrading. If you had to choose between Windows ME and Windows 2000 (these being the only 2 choices you would have) which one...and why? Also what is the purpose of the QuickRestore CD that comes with my Compaq Presario 7360. If I wanted to wipe this drive clean of everything...is there a way to do this without using this CD. Right now it has a D: drive which has the system-sav info and a c: drive and of course the e:. All this stuff in the d: drive, compaq stuff is it of any importance. What I would like to do is wipe it clean of everything, repartitioned it the same way, but without the extra stuff in d: drive...Any information will be appreciated. Thanks

Mr. Linux Guy

2003-01-28, 8:25 am

No contest . . . Windows 2000. Win98 is a POS. Win2K is the best OS that M$ have ever put out. It is more stable and flexible than Win98.

JoniF

2003-01-28, 8:51 am

Since it is a Compaq, you need that one partition. The small partition is a diagnostics partition. Since Compaq are proprietary, you have that restore disk. The restore disk has the OEM version of your operating system plus all of your drivers. You would be better off with Windows 2000 but make sure you have all the drivers for all of your hardware. If you get all of the drivers first, burn them on a CD so you have them. Don't get rid of the small partition because if you have to revert back to the way computer was when you got it , it won't read your restore disk. You always want to make sure you can restore it to the way it was just in case something goes wrong. I have three Compaqs in my lab and they work the same way. I have left the diagnostics partition on them. Two are windows machines and one runs Linux Red Hat 7.3.

A better choice would be to get of the Compaq , LOL

If I could get this company to get me real computers I would get rid of the ones in my lab. LOL

winterwolf

2003-01-28, 9:26 am

I agree with the others, 2000 hands down. I have dealt with both and ME is a real pain. (at least IMHO) Also agree that you make sure and have all the drivers for your hardware BEFORE redoing your system. Compaq's site should be able to help you there. Compaq's are very picky systems. I've never owned one, but have worked on way to many.

MartyMcFly

2003-01-28, 9:33 am

General consensus throughout this forum and on many others is that ME is a dead duck.

The only problem with 2000 is it's ability to play games, especially the old ones.

If you don't play games go with 2000, if you play games, is the HD big enough to accomodate both 98 and 2000 comfortably?

I have compaq's and usually get rid of their damn partition and build it like any other PC from scratch, although that might not be the way for everyone.

good luck with whatever you decide.

WildNorthMan

2003-01-28, 10:52 am

I gotta say I've never had a problem with ME, ( it even solved a few problems I had with drivers on 98SE ).

though Id have to agree with the rest of the opinions here.

2lazybutsmart

2003-01-28, 11:05 am

problems with ME really depend on whether the user is lackadaisical or not. the rest is just a plain scuttlebutt

MartyMcFly

2003-01-28, 11:07 am

scuttlebutt
noun [U]
INFORMAL
information that may or may not be true; rumor
Scuttlebutt around the office has it that he's been fired.

jonhiker

2003-01-28, 6:33 pm

I would choose W2K. The first thing is to make sure that your hardware is on the Hardware Compatability List nad that W2K drivers are available for them. I have personally run into this.
What is the reason for the upgrade? That will help answer some questions. WinME was an incremental change from 98, mostly added some multimedia support and instructions. W2K is built on NT platform, not a GUI over DOS. If your main purpose is to learn. What I did, and has been suggested, is to create a 2Gig partition, install W2K, and make a dual boot machine. As ;long as your W2K partition is FAT32, you'll be able to read anythng on the drives.

gr33nd4yg1rl

2003-01-28, 11:28 pm

lillian, as some of the others have said, i would install win 2000 as it seems to be more stable than win me.

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