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My thanks to all who responded to my previous query about how to juggle a
parallel-port cd drive & a floppy on the single special port on the left
side of the 701. Several kind folks suggested that I connect the cd thru
the parallel port on the Port Replicator gizmo.... And HEY! It works!! I've
learned TWO big lessons:
(1) The port replicator has a parallel port
(2) I should read my manuals...... (- Like I said in original
post, I recently inherited this machine)
But for all that, I again attempted to load the Win95 Upgrade on the 701
last night, via the cd drive connected thru the parallel port on the Port
Replicator....
2 problems occurred:
(1) the 95 existing hardware scan wouldn't complete (But everything
runs fine under 3.11 - even the Sound Drivers, and the external port cd
works fine under Win311), so I re-started the upgrade process with the /IS
on the Setup command to skip the scan process;
(2) At the final step of the upgrade process the the little machine
froze up - Zip, Nada. After half an hour I re-booted, which took me into
that crippled Win95 mode - "Safe" - ?? somesuch.
I never could comlpete the Win95 upgrade cycle. Best I ever could do was the
Safe mode.
I'm wondering now if anyone out there has words of advice????
One possible shortcoming in present system: It only has 8 megs of memory;
But there are 400 megs of free space on the hard drive so it should have
plenty of space to swap & thrash, etc. And Like I said, everything works
fine under Win311.
HELP! BobM, Penn State Harrisburg
about doing a ScanDrive.