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WaWAR_FA:
a special feature that nobody knew about until i discovered it.

windows os cds are designed to wear out with use!!!!!

i swear to god im going to get my fucking staple gun and mount this damn 98se cd to the wall!!!  :mad:

now i cant even d/l a decent copy of linux because i cant load an os onto my box!!!

this freaking sucks!!!

Calum:
what country do you live in?

there are a few places that will send you a new copy of linux through the post for only a few dollars/pounds/whatever.

Also, can you not get some DOS startup disk and download that way? or is that not possible? (i don't know so forgive me if i'm being naive)

Re: CDs, yes they all do that. Sopme wear out faster than others, the 'ball park' figure was supposed to be that they have a shelf life of about 20 years, so since they were invented in 1982, we may see some disappointed punters in the next 5 or 10 years.

for music, CDs are a farce. They only make sense when computers come into the equation. Compare a CD with it's 20Mhz limit on analogue frequencies and it's step rate method of storing audio information (plus its 20 year life) with a record. The record stores data in a true analogue form (no step rate), has no upper limit to the audio frequency (thus allowing for truer representation of harmonic aspects of the sound) and has an estimated lifetime of fifty years if treated well...

sorry to rant, maybe you could get linux mail order, that's all i had to say!  :D

WaWAR_FA:
hell mandrake wont boot either.

ive even gone so far as to swap out my cd drives to see if that was the problem but that didnt do anything to help.

WaWAR_FA:
this is now the 5th time ive almost completely installed XP and the 3rd time ive almost installed mandrake 8.1.

im going to try one more time then im going to shoot or see this damn box.

anybody want to buy a new box with an athlon 1800 cpu 1024meg DDR ram ati all in wonder radeon 7500 videocard and a soundblaster auidgy pro mp3+ soundcard new phillips 32x cd-rw maxor 7200rpm 20gig and maxor 7200rpm 80gig drives 2 10/100 lan cards 6 usb ports?

name your price because im fucking sick of this shit.

voidmain:
I would give you $500 (US).  You can keep the XP CD.

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