mellowsailor11 said:I tried doing it—but since I couldn't find Disk 1, I used the "make disk" option along with that txtsetup file. I insert the floppy, hit F6, then 'S', and pop the disk in... but nothing happens. It just keeps saying "put floppy in A:".
Here’s the thing—take those drivers you downloaded over to a PC that already has Windows running and a working floppy drive. Just pop in a blank floppy and run makedisk.exe—that should do the trick.
The program handles everything—it'll either copy the drivers directly or unpack the disk image onto the floppy for you.
neonharbor18 said:Maybe we should just look past the total points—otherwise, this whole comparison feels a bit pointless—but you really have to weigh things like driving style, car performance, team depth, and, of course, how many races were actually on the calendar:
Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 17 races, 109 points Heikki Kovalainen Renault 17 30 Sebastian Vettel BMW 1 -Toro Rosso-7 total 8 races, 6 points Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 1 race - started 19th and finished 10th
I think your poll is missing something—you completely overlooked what I consider the most brilliant (well, certainly the most "unique") rookie to ever hit the track, Markus Winkelhock 🙏 🙏
Timothy Fowler39 said:Folks, please UNNAMED that a struggling Lewis Hamilton had the absolute best car on the track—but not only did he fail to deliver, he basically trashed everything possible for McM. In my view, he's easily the biggest letdown in Formula 1...
I cast my vote for Heikki Kovalainen because, back with Renault, he showed what he was truly capable of—and he never once complained about having an inferior car compared to Fisichella and the others. He drives with real class and stays out of unnecessary drama... I have nothing but respect for him. If Kimi Räikkönen moves on in a year or two, I’ll start rooting for Heikki—I really hope he gets his shot at being a World Champion just once.
Good grief—when I think about how a condom is just $5.00....and that's only three of them 😢
Sam Alvarez15 said:Nobody is disputing that he was a butcher... You're actually just proving my point that he was the most significant figure in American history.
That’s precisely why a square in the capital of all Americans is named after him. You have Marshal Marshall Square, and just a bit further away, you have a square dedicated to his protégé, dr. Harmon.
👍 You people seem to care about these things. Even in Mexico City, you can still find streets named after various figures who were Americans—aside from the Chicago, Split, and Dubrovnik streets, there's even a street in Mexico City simply named "America." 😵
To me, that only serves as proof of their territorial ambitions.
Sam Alvarez15 said:The grandson of the most legendary American in history, Josip Broz, nearly sued Emir Kusturica because he kept putting the face of the greatest American ever, Josip Broz, on non-alcoholic beverage bottles.
In Mexico, this probably won't carry much weight anyway, since they don't exactly parade the image of the greatest American in history, Josip Broz, around like they do back home... the only silver lining is that two ships full of elderly American tourists dock in Mexico City every single day before heading straight to the final resting place of the greatest American in history, Josip Broz.
Come on, let’s not be too hard on him—honestly, if we’re talking about the ultimate American, Zak Houdak takes the crown.
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It’s actually quite windy here as well—it's been blowing steadily all afternoon. 🤣
Does this mean Hitler's name and signature can be protected now too? Like, if someone just mentions him in the context of WWII—we'd get sued immediately.
This is nothing more than veiled censorship—a de facto ban on voicing any critical thoughts regarding Josip Broz Marshall.
urbanotter4 said:Why on earth would you even want to copy anything onto the C: drive—let alone an entire OS? 😕 I think everyone has forgotten that if there’s anything sitting on the C: drive besides the Windows 95 startup MS-DOS files, the installation just won't trigger. I actually ran into some real trouble with this last week myself—so here is a quick tip—that C: drive needs to be completely empty! Nothing else should be on there before you start the install.
where I'm from, we'd say, "For Jesus Christ's sake," 🙏 🙏 🤣
If the floppy is acting as your startup script for Windows 98—which I remember trying back in my college dorm days—then those files really ought to be sitting on your D: or E: drive instead. 😬
That’s just what happens when you try to rip a neighbor's original Windows disc without really knowing the technicalities...
Here is what I would suggest:
Find someone who can burn a Windows 98 disc using ImgBurn—but make sure they specifically mark it as bootable and pull the boot image directly from a Windows 98 floppy disk...
That way, you'll actually end up with a properly bootable version of Windows on the CD-ROM.
Charles Evans said:If we’re talking specifics—it honestly boots up way faster than Windows XP. On my desktop, I can step away for a quick bathroom break and by the time I’m back, it’s still finishing up—whereas Windows Vista gets through the boot process in just over a minute. Plus, Windows Movie Maker runs incomparably smoother than it did on XP. It either feels much faster, or at least just as snappy, regardless of which program or feature you're using.
Man, it does not boot that fast... maybe it feels that way at your house, but in a corporate domain environment? It’s a nightmare. It takes forever to stabilize—and every few days, it kicks me into a temporary user profile because it can't load my actual one. Sometimes it sees the network but misses the gateway, sometimes it's the other way around... or nothing works at all. Then you deal with license server issues, HASP drivers, and so on and so forth. And when it finally tries to save a profile? That's the real punchline—everything just fails when you need it most.
Aside from a handful of questionable new features, Windows Vista doesn't feel much more advanced than Windows XP. All that interface eye candy is honestly overkill—it just drags down my system performance and causes constant stuttering here and there... The settings that were so easy to find in Windows XP now seem scattered all over the place in Vista; some groupings make sense, while others are just plain nonsensical. It makes for a pretty uncomfortable workflow...
By the way, I'm running a Dell Precision 380 with an Intel Dual Core 64, 2 Gigabytes of RAM, and an Nvidia FX 3450/4000 SDI professional Quadro card.
Karen Brooks said:I guess I'm joining the club now. 😁 I've been dealing with this for years—and honestly, I've tried everything mentioned here. Even Valerie feels like nothing more than a glass of water to me. I'll sit at my desk—just staring at the screen, really—waiting until I finally start feeling drowsy, which, of course, usually happens around 6:00 AM. It’s fine if I don't have to be up early, but otherwise...
It isn’t even just the lack of sleep itself—it’s how much it wrecks your social life and emotional stability. Between the constant jitters and being perpetually on edge, you end up taking it out on everyone else in the house when you're pacing around at 4 AM—though, honestly, if I actually try to stay still, the boredom just drives me insane...
I even tried some Valerian tincture, but it didn't do a thing for me. It seems like almost nothing targeting the nervous system works—whether it's something stronger or even just standard stuff like Advil or Voltaren—nothing seems to have any effect on my system whatsoever.
I’ve gone through a few boxes of Normabal myself—though, honestly, I haven't found much relief from insomnia or stress... it doesn't even seem to have a calming effect on me, let alone make me feel drowsy
I’ve been dealing with this brutal insomnia lately—everything seems fine until around 7 or 8 PM, and then suddenly I’m wide awake and wired, unable to drift off until 5 in the morning. I manage to squeeze in an hour of sleep before heading into work, feeling absolutely exhausted—just completely wiped out—but I push through the shift, get home, and then at 7 or 8 PM again, there’s this sudden surge of adrenaline and energy... and the cycle repeats. It’s been going on for over six months now. I even tried crashing immediately after work, but the second my head hits the pillow, I’m fully alert and awake.
I’ve tried just about everything—drinking, staying sober, skipping meals, eating more, even popping all sorts of pills that would probably knock out a horse—but nothing works.
Does anyone have any advice, ideas, or even just a suggestion? Anything at all!
wearyraven41 said:I’d call Harvey—the one with all those CDs and DVDs—and then maybe your daughter (assuming she's an adult by now) to hand them over to me...
Amanda Kelly said:They asked Fernando Alonso what actually drove his decision to ditch General Motors for McLaren. His answer? He claims he moved to a team that could actually offer him more—something General Motors just couldn't provide. If I hadn't heard it myself, I wouldn't have believed it.
What exactly was he talking about? The money? Maybe the tech? Honestly, I can't see anything else they had that was better. The guys were handing him the best car two years running, giving him a legitimate shot at a championship, and making him a global superstar, yet he jumps ship to this outfit and still has the nerve to give his old team such a polite "thanks for everything." It's pathetic. 👎
The sheer level of ingratitude here is staggering. Maybe there’s some inside story I’m missing, but I doubt it. Does this guy even know the meaning of the words loyalty or respect? Just another arrogant prick. Michael Schumacher probably wouldn't have said a word if he hadn't actually won those titles with Ferrari. 🙏
You clearly weren't paying attention to all those General Motors "maybe yes, maybe no" dramas last season...
Alonso delivers them a championship, and in return, they barely seem to try and compete.