ok I've tried a couple times and copying the drive doesn't seem to work. the computer simply will not boot the same os if it on another drive besides the original. In that case , will the xp cd allow me to install xp on a different drive other than c if i use the original drive?

that also just moves the prompt down and seems to do nothing , I'm surprised it's this difficult to get this thing working 🤣

Boot log did the same thing. and what do you mean by run win?

ok that doesn't work , it starts to boot 98 and shows the spash screen for half a second and goes to the command prompt and just stops and sits at the prompt

it's not that the content on the drive is valuable , it's simply the fact that the drive has a working os for the machine , but I'm trying it now to see what i get

I was using easeus drive copy SO If i put the new drive in as drive D. load windows and bring up the dos prompt and just type "format d:/s". then just drag all the files from C to D that would work?

Well the real thing is , the q6600 was a quad and the e8400 was a dual. Back in the day there were debates that neither one was faster due to different aps supporting quad core cpus , but that was 9 years ago. Today , most "GOOD" games and apps support quads so the lower clocked q6600 is usually …

Also , it it possible if i start the xp setup from within 98 , that it will give me the option of installing it on a different drive , or will it automatically overwrite the windows 98 installation? Becuase if it gives me that option I could simply attach both drives , boot into 98 and install xp on …

I have a packard bell multimedia L190 here's my issue I've been trying to install windows 2000/xp and it's a nightmare with this board for some reason. (YES I know the machines specs is suited for 9x) The xp/2000 disks give me a "cannot boot from cd code 4" error when it tried to boot from them. …

damn looks like they made LPX boards with socket 370's which would be 10 times better. But nobody sells them and if they do , they don't have the riser board

It has a heat sink and fan. As for the board I have no idea. It's one of those weird packard bell boards with a daughter board for the expansion cards. Oddly enough it uses dimms instead of simms. I haven't come across this form factor of board that ever used dimms. The board has tons of sticker …

does it do it in every game? those are artifacts and usually caused by bad vram. But if it only does it in that games could just be software issue

So I have one of those 90's packard bell multimedia (m415) machines and I'm basically just seeing how much I can get it to do. I attempted to install a k62 in place of it 166mhz pentium mmx , however no matter which way I changed the many jumpers (with the help of the jumper diagram inside the case) …