Can I install a wireless card to an old IBM Thinkpad 380ED Laptop running Windows 95?

Question

I would also like to know how to clean it's hard drive since it has a lot of software and documents that I don't need. In fact, I don't need any of them, so I would like to wipe it clean and start from cero data if possible. Also, I would like to know if this computer would support an upgrade to Windows 98, considering the fact that I have another laptop that broke, and I want to use the Windows 98 disk from that broken computer to install it on the Thinkpad. Can that be done even if the computers are of different brand? (Non of them is Mac, both are PCs) I also figure that it's legal since the Windows 98 disk is mine, original, was legally purchased, and will not be used on two computers simultaneously since one is now broken and will never be used again.

Answer 1

good luck in trying to get anything to work with windows 95.



upgrade to 98 first and then try it. most manaufacturers don't even release drivers for 95 anymore.



yes the disk will work. just pop it in the cd-rom and you can upgrade the 95 to 98 without too much hassle of trying to find device drivers etc.



i wouldn't recommend a format of a hard disk it is too much hassle building laptops from scratch unless you are realy bored.



if you are that bored try the site listed below. download the windows 98 boot disk and from the command prompt you can do a format of your c: drive. good luck

Answer 2

so a techniques, we've positioned XP on each and every of the ibm's we've had here. My better half Pam became tech help for Intel on the spot, and that all of them had ibm's. examine around and notice if there's a license available to apply. Vista does not artwork properly on many of the older ibm's because of the video card.

Answer 3

format the pc & reset uo winddows 98 but befor you do make sure you have the laptops drivers for the sound card & Graphics card if you dont have your pc drivers do now format the pc just go to control panel and click on add/ remove and just remove software but not anything that says drivers



you can try the wireless card on windows 95 but i dont think it will go move the pc laptop is verry old





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click on start /all programs

in the list go to pc help & tool

then click on

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noW click on

creat the recovery tools cd

use a cd(r) disk ...to creater the pc tools cd

then click next

and wait for it to creat a

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do not stop it at all

when the system tools

cd is created your have

a system recovery tools

cd- this cd will reinstall

all the software that came with the pc and

now coz we have reset the software it will

restall the software that is on the pc and

reinstall windows xp home and set it back up

windows xp will be reinstalled and set back up



the

hp-pc-tools cd

this just reinstall's the software that was on the

the hard drive at the time you buy the pc it will also

install windows xp. os .with out asking for the windows xp cd

creat multiple partitioins









hp-pc-dvd revovery creater cd

click on start /all programs

in the list go to pc help & tool

then click on

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what.hp-creater cd's do

hp-pc-dvd revovery creater cd

use a dvd(r) disk

to create the revovery creater cd

you will have 2 options

options 1: to just install the windows xp & the software that was on

the hard drive from day 1 without for mating the hard drive

options2: will format the hard drive

and reinstall windows xp with out asking for the windows xp cd

& install the software that was on the pc from day1









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your windows product key

can be fond on the side of the pc or on the top

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and keep it in a safe place



and put that windows product key in to a notepad

and copy the notepad

to a back up cd put the

product key cd. in a safe place with windows xp & the hp-pc-recovery cds

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with hp-pc-recovery cd you can use windows burner or sonic my dvd

to make a back up copy of that cd

then make them as the cds for what they are but make as back copy cd's

then your not get any of them mixed up then put them all in a safe place/with

windows xp cd so no one can damage them