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Asked: 2021-12-05T23:35:22+00:00 In:

Solved Install Windows ME On Old PC

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Ok,the description won’t be too long:
I have a 64mb ram pc that mounts WinXP,and I want to format it and do a clean install of Windows ME.
I have a usable floppy drive and I have installed plop boot manager,so i can boot from usb sticks.
Now,I tried mounting the iso on the stick with a couple programs,but none of them seem to support my ISO or install the boot manager correctly,cause I can’t run the installer on the pc.If there’s a way to boot from floppy and then install from usb (let floppy and usb interact) it would be great.Or anyways manage to install it.
Please,keep in mind that I’m not english,so if you can,use basic language with me.Thanks!

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      A regular dos/98/ME bootdisk won’t recognize a USB drive. That’s probably why you couldn’t find its drive letter after booting from whatever it was you booted from. You have to add certain drivers to config.sys and even then it sometimes doesn’t work out but bootdisk.com (linked to above) has some help in that area.

      But why don’t you just spend $5 or $10 and get a good used cd or dvd rom? I just picked up a couple DVD burners on ebay for around $5 each.

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