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does the restore cd that came with an Emachine 366c contain a full version of windows 98? can it be installed on any computer? if not where can i download win9.x
I'm sure that emachines are like Compaq and many other packaged computers on the market. Typically, they will give you a quick restore CD that will have all of the software on it that came pre-installed on your machine from the factory. booting up to the CD will reformat your HD and restore it to the same state as when you got it new. So, yes it does have a ful version of Windows but you usually can't do just a native install of it. Don't bother calling the vendor and asking for an OS CD, they won't give you one and no you can't legally download win9.x.
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Emachines have all the windows files except for setup.exe and possibly a few others in the windows/options/cabs directory. If you can find anyone with a cd, you can copy the missing files to your hard drive.
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It exists in cab files which takes the emachine to decompress. I think you could use it on another computer if you were an MIT student or a wiz. It was not meant to be used on another computer and they have done their best to keep what you would like to do from happening.
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yes it does sort of heres how in windows/options/cabs delte some files SETUPNM.BAT and i think somekinda .inf file i have done it before you see ounce you del them files you are left with strait 98 i am not exactly for sure i think you should delete the files that have setup.whatever do not delete setup.exe or any other file i am running a upgrade me right now so am only going by memory
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Emachine is junk. Don't buy it. It is free I wonder why. Because u have a junk computer. And emachine support want $ 20 even to tell u where to get driver from.
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I have an eMachine 300id. I lost my restore cd and it contains all the drivers I need. Is there anywhere else I can find the drivers I need?
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it is possible to do what to do. What u need to do is to open up a file called cabs.img using winzip which is on the disk. All u need to do is to extract those files ro your hard disk.
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If you want to feel bad, check this. I bought two 366c machines and they are totally unusable. No wonder they blew em out on ubid. Thank goodness I only paid $249 &$269 which was about $300 too much each.
http://www.epinions.com/cmhd-Desktops-All-Emachines_Etower_366c/show_~allop
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I lost part of my programs as the time ran out or something happened to it, but onthe bottom of the screen, I lost my (SEARCH), canyou tell me what happened and what I can do about it. Can I purchase a c/d to restore this program? This was one of the best parts of this machine (computer) This is a 500ix emachine (etower/500ix)/
pickwick
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Okay, Kiddies! No one seems to have answered the original question from over a year ago. You all just want to post your bitches about how terrible eMachines is. I suggest that, if you want to bitch, you go to emachinessucks.com.
CJ, if you are still listening, I have the solution you were looking for. My roommate, AcydByrn, and I have figured out how to do a fresh (non-proprietary) install of Win98 onto ANY computer from the files on the eMachines restore CD.
If anyone (that doesn't bitch too much about something they are unwilling to take any action to rectify) would like more information about this, you have my permission to contact me, off post, to request info.
And remember, kiddies, hacking is not a crime...it's a survival trait!
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I have restored my 333 emachine with the restore disk and now when i start adding software and modem to the machine it locks up when it is prompter to restart to update the files. It never comes back up. It can be booted with the cd but its like the system files are gone
Help please?
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