CA>That one difference apparently changes things a lot. I used the
CA>auto-run bootup from the CD.

CA>TW> I did also try the First two test by allowing the Computer
CA>TW> to BOOT from the Win98 CD I had never tried it that was
CA>TW> before and was supprised that the Routine was Different
CA>TW> slightly.

CA>TW> For Test 1: the CD boot routine detected teh Bare(Un
CA>TW> Fdiskes/Fromatted Drive) and ASKED if I wanted to prepair
CA>TW> it. When I picked YES it FDisked the drive and then called
CA>TW> for a reboot. Upon Reboot it detected that the drive was
CA>TW> unformatted and Formatted it.

CA>As I recall this the _way_ it asks if you want to 'prepare' to
CA>install is a bit misleading - or at least it mislead me.

 Well I suspect the Typical Computer would undeerstand that a little
 more then having it say FDISK.
For "Prepair" most would think Why NOT?
For "FDISK" their reaction would be "WHAT"?

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