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I would like to know if I can make a boot up CD off of a newer

e-machine computer and use it to boot up a older model e-machine
the newer model don’t have a 3- 1/2 floppy

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kineticz0 offline Verified User (2 years, 9 months) Long Term User Shouts: 2 #
An Unknown Location | 2 years, 9 months ago (2 minutes after post)

Absolutely not. Those boot cd’s “restore” have drivers in them specific to the model of pc they were designed for. Dont waste your time. Your better off d/l’ing the drivers on a friends machine, and burning them to disk. If you need help, email me at (email removed)

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Apollo, PA, US | 2 years, 9 months ago (5 minutes after post)

Don’t have your email but I do have questions for you

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kineticz0 offline Verified User (2 years, 9 months) Long Term User Shouts: 2 #
An Unknown Location | 2 years, 9 months ago (17 minutes after post)

ok.. my email is jmichaud (at) capcomp (dot) com. I welcome any of your questions!

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