From: Bruce Markowitz (scosgt_at_worldnet.att.net)
Date: Thu Dec 27 2001 - 13:08:32 EST
Power DVD won't work on a 770ED, it needs to use the software that runs the
DVD board, it is not fast enough to play DVD in software. If SoftDVD won't
work in 2K, he really needs to stick with 98
----- Original Message -----
From: "J. Williams" <williams_at_u.washington.edu>
To: "Ryan Lizza" <rlizza_at_tnr.com>
Cc: <THINKPAD_at_cs.utk.edu>
Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2001 12:14 AM
Subject: Re: 770ED questions
>
> Hi,
>
> I can't recall the exact reasons for two partitions; but C is fat16 and D
> is fat32. Might be something to do with the recovery disk which I never
> have used.
>
> Go with Win2k; most stable plus don't have to worry about finding and
> installing Win98 drivers. If need to watch DVD movies use PowerDVD. Never
> could get my Wheel Mouse to work under 95 but under Win2k works well
> connected to serial port.
>
> Or, do what I did. Get a second hard drive. Leave the 8 gig for backup and
> new one for Win2k. Also helps to get the 2nd Hard disk adapter (not sure
> how available they are at this point).
>
> John
>
>
> On Wed, 26 Dec 2001, Ryan Lizza wrote:
>
> > I am new to this list and I thought I would dive right in with some
> > burning TP questions I have had for some time. They all concern a
> > 770ED (PII-266, 288 MB RAM) running Windows 95.
> >
> > 1. I have never understood why my 8 gig hard drive came set up as two
> > separate drives: a 6 gig drive (C) and a 2 gig drive (D). Is there any
> > way to set the drive up as one 8 gig drive? Are there drawbacks to
> > this?
> >
> > 2. I recently bought a CD-RW drive that finally requires me to upgrade
> > from Windows 95. Does anyone have any advice about upgrading a 770ed?
> > I was planning on upgrading to Windows 2K pro or ME or maybe just 98.
> > Was wondering if anyone had any suggestions or knew what OS is the
> > most stable and hassle-free on a 770ED. I imagine this upgrade
> > question has been talked about endlessly on this list so if anyone can
> > point me to the relevant discussions in the archives I would
> > appreciate it.
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> > Ryan Lizza
> >
>
>
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