[vox-tech] How slim can Win98 go?

[Mark K. Kim]

You could also get a laptop HD from someone.  Or an old laptop.  Just use
the HD, then switch it back when you're done.  You don't even need to buy
it, just borrow it, if you can find someone with an old laptop laying
around.

Also, many BIOS configuration utilities work under DOS, so you don't
necessarily need Windows, but just the DOS (fits on a floppy...)  That
depends on the utility, though, I suppose.

-Mark

On Thu, 28 Feb 2002, Ryan wrote:

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> hrm, oh, idea!
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> IDE => laptop drive adaptor + old HD
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> Anyone know how much the adaptors cost? Better yet, anyone got one I can
> borrow?
>
> My laptop HD is only a 6 gigger, so I'm a bit cramped to waste 400 MB on a
> bios configuration utility.
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> On Thursday, February 28 2002 07:33 pm, Mark K. Kim wrote:
> > I've installed a pretty comfortably bare Windows95 that took up about
> > 350MB.  Looking at my current Windows98 partition (another comfortably
> > bare installation), it looks like just the Windows part is taking up about
> > 500MB; but this partition's been around for several months so I'm sure
> > there's lots of junk in c:\windows and the registry.
> >
> > -Mark
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> > On Thu, 28 Feb 2002, Ryan wrote:
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> > > I was poking around the net looking for a way to set my laptop's
> > > contrast, and I found
> > > http://www.informatik.uni-kiel.de/~fst/linux_armada_e500.html . It says
> > > that power saving hotkey works in linux, so I could set my cpu to 250 and
> > > run for nearly 3 hours.
> > >
> > > However --- these options need to be set in windows, the bios doesn't
> > > have the options in it's menu. :(
> > >
> > > Anyway, does anyone know what the bare minimum install for windows 98 is?
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