Posts by urbanotter4

It’s hard to pin down, honestly. My earliest memory is just a blur of watching FC Barcelona, if I even saw them at all. The first one I actually sat through from start to finish was Atlanta. I haven't caught many, but out of the ones I have seen, Sidney definitely stands out. 🙏 🙏 🙏 That was something special, truly beautiful, though I have a feeling Beijing might actually top it.

Regarding drivers, try this approach. First, figure out the exact manufacturer and model of your laptop. Then, just google it to dig up some specs. It doesn't matter how old the machine is; if I managed to track down info for a Digital HiNote from a century ago, you can definitely find yours.

Once you find the details, you'll likely see which graphics chip is inside, which makes hunting down drivers a lot easier. I'd bet anything you'll find everything you need on the same page.

Just like every other animated flick coming out lately. But hey, there’s always going to be some random theater somewhere playing it with the original audio track.

I finally upgraded my setup, so now I just keep MS-DOS 6.22 on a CD. Call me a high roller if you want. 😬

Besides, modern floppies are absolute garbage! 😠 I picked up a pack of 20 about two years ago and half of them are already dead. Meanwhile, I’ve still got some old ones from back in my 386 days that actually work. 🙏

Can't boot from a floppy? That’s weird. And honestly, a massive pain in the ass.

Your last real shot is booting via floppy to get onto the C: drive, then enabling the CD-ROM from there, but it could be a headache. Here is what you need to do, but first, grab this stuff:

1) A Windows 95 installation CD. Duh.

2) Two floppies: a) A Windows 95 boot disk b) One floppy with custom config.sys and autoexec.bat files.

3) A formatted C: drive.

Get those floppies ready on a different computer first. If you don't have a Windows 95 boot disk, just download one from a link and make a Windows 95 boot disk. That disk MUST have CD-ROM support built in for when you boot.

Once that disk is ready, find these specific files and copy them onto your hard drive:

AUTOEXEC.BAT
CD1.SYS
CD2.SYS
CD3.SYS
CD4.SYS {Not sure why there are four when you only need one, but whatever, just take them.}
CONFIG.SYS
Microsoft
MSCDEX.EXE

Copy all those files onto that second floppy—let's call it "BAT & SYS"—and set it aside.

Now, head over to the PC where you actually want to install Windows 95.

1) Boot using the Windows 95 diskette.

It should load the system and leave you sitting at the A: drive, or maybe some virtual drive it created. Most likely, it's just A:.

2) Switch over to the C: drive and type DIR.

Just to check if the drive is empty and ready for the OS.

3) Go back to the A: drive and type "sys a: c:".

That should move the system files from the floppy to the hard drive. If it says "system transferred," you're golden. If not, don't even bother reading the rest of this because I have no clue what went wrong. 😬

Assuming it worked, pull the floppy out and reboot the machine to see if it can boot straight from the hard drive. (If everything above went fine, it should.)

Once it boots up, pop in that other "B&S" floppy and type COPY A: C:.

That moves everything you need to get the CD-ROM running during boot.

Shut down, plug in the CD-ROM, and power up. When it starts from the C: drive, it should read those lines in CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT and kick off the system with the CD-ROM active.

I can't guarantee this works in practice—I dealt with similar crap recently on an old junker PC—but theoretically, this is the way.

You might think it's funny, but I wasn't laughing when my PC rejected a Windows 95 install ten times just because it spotted another OS on the C drive. On top of that, my CD-ROM was acting up, so I had to deal with the nightmare of using floppies—messing with the C drive, then the boot sequence, then this, then that.

In the end, the fix was exactly what I said. Clean C drive, boot from the media, and a direct installation from the CD-ROM. No floppies, no messing with an existing system on the C drive, nothing.

What on earth are you even trying to copy to the C: drive, let alone an entire OS? 😕 Did everyone just collectively forget that if there’s anything sitting on the C: drive besides the Windows 95 startup script and MS-DOS, the installation won't even trigger? I dealt with this exact headache just last week. Quick tip: the C: drive needs to be DEAD EMPTY. Nothing on there before you start the install.

@urbangardener

Grab a Windows 95 CD that's actually bootable, or just burn your own Windows 95 boot CD. (The link is up there).

1) Boot from the CD (you don't need a floppy or anything else, just that CD)

2) Format the C: drive

3) Navigate to the CD-ROM (if there's only one partition on the drive, the CD-ROM will show up as D: )

4) Run Setup.exe

If the drive doesn't have any partitions yet, you'll create them during the first boot from the CD using FDISK. (That tool has to be on the CD). Once you're done with FDISK, you'll have to reboot the rig. Boot back into MS-DOS and check if the C: drive shows up as an existing drive. If it does, run FORMAT C:

Once the formatting finishes, just pick up where you left off at steps 3) and 4)

I honestly don't get why everyone's making such a massive deal out of floppy disks when we have bootable CD-ROMs right at our fingertips. 🤔

If you just want to drop into MS-DOS and mess around with a CD, take a look at Bootable USB drives.

These are the files you need for a bootable drive. Basically, just burn them to a disc using ImgBurn, or whatever else you have lying around, and you're good to go.

First off, go ahead and grab a utility to run a diagnostic on that hard drive. My vote is SeaTools. It’s a tiny little thing you can pull from a boot CD to check the drive's health. It's small enough that you could probably download it on a dial-up connection if you had to. If the drive comes back clean, just stick with Windows 95; it should run perfectly fine on that setup. Honestly, forget about Windows 98—just don't bother, for the exact reasons Benjamin King2 laid out.

As far as 95 goes, you can find a "final" version on any torrent site that includes the boot CD and the product key. You won't even need a floppy disk or any other junk. Just get it running and go.

Good grief, I honestly can’t remember the last time I read something this incredibly stupid. 😂

Matthew Sanchez said:Give me a break. I honestly think any movie based on a game is basically trash. Look, AMC is pure garbage, and we still don't know if there will even be a third one. 😲

By the way, C. Lambert is great in Highlander, but he’s terrible in Endgame. He looks like some exhausted old man... and he was only 43 at the time.

The third part has actually existed for years, with Kung Lao as the main protagonist. 😬 But unlike AMC, which is just trash, this one is simply a bad movie.

Now, this will be the fourth installment coming out.

cool

Richard Howard2 said:- basically, this theory came from a controversial professor at my university, Mikić, who specializes in film production and photography.

What's your major?

Matthew Sanchez said:It wasn't even filmed yet, just announced for 2008. But the real question is—why?!! The last one was straight-up garbage.

And what were those first two supposed to be, Bergmanov dramas? 🤔 😂

Personally, though—especially when I was a kid—I never thought the first one was bad. It was fun, and honestly, it still is. Turning a game into a movie when the game barely has a plot and just some pathetic character backstories is actually an art form, even if the movie looks like Mortal Kombat. 👍

So, when did they film the new Mortal Kombat? I really need to go check that out. 😬

One of the absolute best pieces of anime and animation ever put to screen. 🙏

My only gripe is that they're making a Hollywood remake, which is just going to butcher the whole thing.

Zachary Wilson7 said:So here's the deal, I actually read on this forum that it’s better not to go under the knife while you're young because there's a chance they just come back after surgery. So, I should probably try to fix this with some ointment... that's my plan. I'm 23 and I'm pretty sure they popped up because I've been pushing myself too hard at the gym.

Where exactly are you planning to go for surgery anyway? 😬 Look, I’m no doctor, but I’ve dealt with enough medical professionals in my life to know that surgery is always the absolute last resort. I know plenty of people who have cleared up hemorrhoids without ever seeing a surgeon, even with much tougher cases than yours.

In your situation, just switch up your diet, make sure you get out for a walk for at least an hour every day, stop sitting around for hours on end, and use some kind of hemorrhoid cream (just ask at the local pharmacy what they recommend). And obviously, go see a doctor once. I’m sure you won't have to wait more than a day to see Dr. Smud. 😉 Then, if he thinks it's necessary, he might send you to a proctologist. But honestly, I doubt even that will happen; he'll likely tell you the exact same thing most people here have said.

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Reading through this thread, I’m honestly baffled by how some people here are just waiting to pass out from pain or bleeding before they actually call a doctor. That goes for you too, Zachary Wilson7. If you suspect something isn't right, go see a physician and get a referral for a specialist. I don't get why anyone would feel ashamed about this. Besides, it might not even be hemorrhoids; better to find out early.

And yeah, stop slathering on Nivea or any of those other creams. Just use clean water, maybe a little mild soap, and a specific ointment designed for this. Stay away from cosmetic products. There's definitely a chance it clears up on its own, obviously.

I’m looking for an answer to a question someone posted here a while back that never actually got answered. Here’s the quote:

Paul Jackson11 said:2. Someone mentioned that milk doesn't really help when it comes to diet. 😕
But then what am I supposed to eat my muesli or chocolate cereal with if not milk?...
I assume cornmeal and rice are fine? So, is the main thing just avoiding processed deli meats?
And I know coffee and pepper are killers...

What’s the deal with milk? Should I stay away from it or is it okay? Because I’m basically addicted. BTW, what kind of muesli do you guys recommend? I usually just grab the cheap Viola brands that come $6.75/lb. It's got a few types of grains, maybe some chocolate shavings (not much), or hazelnuts and raisins or dried fruit. Usually, I mix it with chocolate cereal or fruit yogurt—actually, I use the fruit Culturelle yogurt. Chocolate cereal tastes better, though.

When people say "spicy" or "seasoned," do they mean all spices or just the hot stuff like chili peppers and black pepper? What about things like putting Lawry's or oregano in food?

To brag a little, I was diagnosed with internal hemorrhoids about two or two and a half months ago. There was a bit of blood in my stool, so my doctor immediately gave me a referral to a proctologist. I went to see Dr. Smud at the Mayo Clinic, and the bleeding stopped by the second day. I used Faktu suppositories and ointment for about a month and a half. Now I have to use the ointment at least once a day, otherwise, I feel the pressure, and if my stool is even slightly hard, it starts stinging.

I also have a question about physical activity. I've fallen into this habit where I do one set of sit-ups and push-ups every single morning when I wake up, and a few more times throughout the day. I read on here that straining isn't good, so if anyone has experience or smart advice, let me know. Should I be avoiding abdominal strain?

An even bigger issue is cycling, which I absolutely love. Spring is here, the weather is great, and if I have to give up my solo rides, I think I’ll lose my mind.

The doctor told me it should all be fine, but I like hearing about other people's experiences.