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RE: New Install Program

• Posted by Larry Mears <LarryMears at hotmail.com> Feb 24, 2002
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Judith wrote:
> Ok I've a new twist on Installer. It installed fine on Win98 directly 
> from my download folder. In order to transfer to my other machine, an 
> XP, I copied the install exe to a floppy.  But I can't read the install 
> exe, copy it, delete it or even reformat my floppy. I get an Window's 
> Explorer error. I try another floppy, thinking this one was bad, with 
> the same result. I return to the Win98 and try to read the floppy. Same 
> problem. It tells me a little more than XP did: there is a read 
> violation which takes down Window's explorer and erases my Window's 
> Desktop.
> 
> Interesting? But 2 floppies in the trash and I don't know if the 
> Installer will work on XP.
> 
> Judith
> 
> 

Make sure you don't have a boot sector virus.  I got one a couple of 
years ago and I couldn't format a floppy, NTB virus. You'd think 
MicroSoft would keep floppy compatibility, but I don't know for sure... 
I only have Win 95 and Win 98 on my computers.



Larry Mears