I need a boot cd.
Nothing fancy with weird garbage that will allow me to launch the next space shuttle

Just a **** simple boot cd wich will give me a command prompt !!

Do these things not exist anymore or is this just another product of the ADHD generation and all Boot CD are now made by Sponge Bob !!!

4 hours of surfing and finding garbage like Ultimate Boot CD... And Black Disk.. etc etc etc.

NOT ONE just boots without trying to turn my computer into Darth Vader's bathroom control panel.

And the first person that offers me Linux again I'm going to call a vodoo sorcier and have them make a doll and stick pins in it. Linux doesn't do what I need my machine to do. (And I'm not going to buy a macintosh either.)

Just give me a lien for download or offer me the chance to download it from ICQ

4 hours of surfing and finding garbage like Ultimate Boot CD... And Black Disk.. etc etc etc.

What did you find wrong with the ultimate boot CD? You boot to linux and then use it to reboot to DOS. No big deal.

Of course if you are trying to boot and then read a win-xp hard drive you may have some problems.

Do you not have your CD to boot from?

how about linux? hehe

Have a Win98 setup CD handy, or able to acquire one? They're good enough for wanting to boot to a basic DOS prompt. Plus has all your basic commands, fdisk, format etc...

Originally Posted by danneh3826

Have a Win98 setup CD handy, or able to acquire one? They're good enough for wanting to boot to a basic DOS prompt. Plus has all your basic commands, fdisk, format etc...

I downloaded one from limewire. It was all I needed.

You know there is just so much garbage out there these days.
And everyone has got the next "new and improved" or "this works better than anything else"

I know what I want to do and I know how to accomplish it.
I don't want or need to play around with 6 different file mangers, etc.
Give me the basics any day.

Originally Posted by Michel Samuel

I downloaded one from limewire. It was all I needed.

You know there is just so much garbage out there these days.
And everyone has got the next "new and improved" or "this works better than anything else"

I know what I want to do and I know how to accomplish it.
I don't want or need to play around with 6 different file mangers, etc.
Give me the basics any day.

Duely seconded. *nods*

Originally Posted by Michel Samuel

I downloaded one from limewire

I don't use Limewire anymore for 2 simple reasons:

1) There is far too much junk on there (not just viruses).

2) I don't like breaking the law. That's why I decided to buy a legal edition of Windows XP after this guy sold me an illegal edition. It's not that I want MS to continue getting richer, it's just the morality of stealing that I have trouble with

I disagree. But that's just me. I don't agree with the whole paying-for-software issue, especially when M$ have the god given rights to price a piece of circular plastic so high.
But enough about that. What's wrong with downloading a copy of Windows 98 these days? Not like you can buy it anymore anyway. Microsoft have stopped supporting it, but the CD's boot feature is really handy, even in today's IT engineer world. I was an IT engineer a while back. A Windows 98 boot CD was one of my main tools for recovering broken PC's. Swore by it!

..That would be also why I use Linux as my OS. It's free. Hassle free. No big money-hungry conglomerate organization behind it, wanting to activate it every time you re-install. And CD keys. None of that. Updates actually work. They fix things, not breaking them. There's no virus that I know of currently running on Linux. Therefore no need for expensive antivirus software. And, let's face it, over the last 12 months/2 years, Linux has gotten more user friendly. KDE is so pretty now!

Originally Posted by danneh3826

What's wrong with downloading a copy of Windows 98 these days? Not like you can buy it anymore anyway

That's not actually true. Some companies are still selling MS98 - search Google for it. I wouldn't have believed this myself but I was informed about it in a PC magazine a while back

Oh wow. I never would have thought that people could still sell this! Google products has someone selling it for nearly £160!
See if this URL works for you. If it does, just laugh out really loud at the people who attempt to sell this at that price!!
http://www.google.co.uk/products?oe=...&sa=N&start=20

Granted..the link doesn't work, but still. Google products isn't that old either (well, I still like to think of it as Froogle. Such a better name!)

I admit, I'm a little ashamed, but I use torrents for everything. I havn't bought software ever. Everything from my firewall nod32 to my Adobe Photoshop cs3 extended was downloaded through the concept of "sharing." I wont even try to support this with some sort of morality but I think the harm of stealing as it applies to taking something from someone is lessened online, unless you download free music..

A Windows 98 boot CD was one of my main tools for recovering broken PC's.

And no need to copy the whole cd for that...
You grab a windows98 floppy image on www.bootdisk.com, you burn a cd with this image as a boot image, and you have a windows 98se boot cd on hand...
Put in it all the tools you would like to have, and you don't even break the law.

Or you take any micro linux distro (like RIP [ Recovery Is Possible ] ) and you have everything you need to partition, format, copy , backup and restore anything you want.
I even salvaged a German macOs9 hard disk with it.

Originally Posted by danneh3826

I disagree. But that's just me. I don't agree with the whole paying-for-software issue, especially when M$ have the god given rights to price a piece of circular plastic so high.
But enough about that. What's wrong with downloading a copy of Windows 98 these days? Not like you can buy it anymore anyway. Microsoft have stopped supporting it, but the CD's boot feature is really handy, even in today's IT engineer world. I was an IT engineer a while back. A Windows 98 boot CD was one of my main tools for recovering broken PC's. Swore by it!

..That would be also why I use Linux as my OS. It's free. Hassle free. No big money-hungry conglomerate organization behind it, wanting to activate it every time you re-install. And CD keys. None of that. Updates actually work. They fix things, not breaking them. There's no virus that I know of currently running on Linux. Therefore no need for expensive antivirus software. And, let's face it, over the last 12 months/2 years, Linux has gotten more user friendly. KDE is so pretty now!

But you have every right to resell server space for profit? If you use linux your even profiting off of the hard work of others.

http://www.redhat.com
http://www.novel.com

Funny, I would have thought that the point of these companies was to make a profit; thanks for setting me straight .

Why is it that everyone seems to think it's alright to steel from someone if you don't like them or if you deem them to have too much money. Would it be alright for me to steal my neighbors vintage vehicle since he is the biggest jurk I've ever met? Would it be alright for me to steal a tube of toothpaste from the store because it's too expensive by my standards and besides, the store makes plenty of money to cover losses like that.

You know what I have 2 problems.

1) I complained to microsoft about the issue of hijacking my new laptop with
windows vista by playing the the MBR so bad that it almost insured buying a new drive.
All they did was make canned responses and try and sell me service support to
fix a problem I was capable of doing. Then later try to sell me yet another copy of XP

And my second problem

2) After I buy a copy of an operating system where do they get the idea that
they can tell me how many people can or can't use it ?
I bought it, I paid for it and I'll do what I want with it !!
If I want to install it on 500 machines in my office that's my business and not
theirs.

Not unlike a music CD... If I want to duplicate it 600 times and play it on 600
sterios in my home at the same time... Or crank 1 copy up so loud as to become
a concert hall for 600 people.... that's my right and my business.

Even if I did steal the boot cd....

I don't feel in the least bit guilty ! Must be the jewish instict of mine.
Eye for an eye and tooth for a tooth.
Hijack my laptop and I get to ilegally download your product to fix it.

Originally Posted by Republikin

Why is it that everyone seems to think it's alright to steel from someone if you don't like them or if you deem them to have too much money. Would it be alright for me to steal my neighbors vintage vehicle since he is the biggest jurk I've ever met? Would it be alright for me to steal a tube of toothpaste from the store because it's too expensive by my standards and besides, the store makes plenty of money to cover losses like that.

No you get to be the same jerk back to him.
And if you had no money and that particular brand of toothpaste would somehow save your teeth or childs, etc.
Then as sacred bread becomes common bread you are justified.

(Sorry I really went jewish in this posting. I apologize for offending anyone. The MS issue just gets my anger going)

I think the only difference is that you would be causing him a direct loss. Torrents are already widely shared and yes every time you download one you are adding to the problem. But your not directly harming anyone.. Otherwise i cannot justify it, I just don't care.

If you have ever read the Windows EULA you would know that it is not your right to reproduce it however you see fit. You don't actually buy the software, you lease it from Microsoft. If you don't like that then by all means, don't use their software, there are plenty of alternatives.

By your reasoning anything can be justified if you feel slighted.

Originally Posted by Republikin

Why is it that everyone seems to think it's alright to steel from someone if you don't like them or if you deem them to have too much money. Would it be alright for me to steal my neighbors vintage vehicle since he is the biggest jurk I've ever met? Would it be alright for me to steal a tube of toothpaste from the store because it's too expensive by my standards and besides, the store makes plenty of money to cover losses like that.

I agree with you. And it's the same argument on these newer released DVD's, when you start it up, you get that weird anti-piracy message/video at the start.
What I don't agree with, is people the likes of Microsoft able to charge such a high price for what is effectively an intangible product. You can't *touch* the software (not that you'd want to!). All you get in return for your £300 of hard earned money is a plastic circular thing that has "Windows Vista Ultimate" written on it. I really don't agree with it. But I'm not here to start a piracy debate, and going waaaay off topic

Hijack my laptop and I get to ilegally download your product to fix it.

And this I also agree with. Break something of mine, I get to take whatever I want off you to make it work again. Whether I keep it at the end of it all or not is another thing. And MS have the cheek to charge you £150/call to their support lines to fix something that a) they broke in the first place, and b) you can fix yourself, but they just won't tell you how. Gah I can't tell you how much I hate their business practices! Lol