zipp51 Posted January 5, 2003 Share Posted January 5, 2003 I've got a G6-350 Gateway that I'm upgrading for someone.Has anyone ever puchased an operating system upgrade from Gateway?Customer wanted to know the price and before I call them I thought I'd put it out on the forum...........Thanks. Oh yeah going from win 98 to win 2000. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSNwar Posted January 6, 2003 Share Posted January 6, 2003 Yes. If the owner is registered. Around $100.00 Depends on if it is available. Some of the models come with a customized system restore CD. You might want to ask about it because it is better in the long run. I make system restore CDs for my customers at $100.00 per CD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zipp51 Posted January 6, 2003 Author Share Posted January 6, 2003 Yes. If the owner is registered. Around $100.00 Depends on if it is available. Some of the models come with a customized system restore CD. You might want to ask about it because it is better in the long run. I make system restore CDs for my customers at $100.00 per CD.1. Yes the owner is registered thanks MSNwar for the info.2. How can I make system restore cd's for my customers? I'm not very proficient at the various cd-rw formats.I use Drive Image for my own recovery cd's but 13 gig took 2.5 hrs. and 14 cd's. Does your recovery cd just return the system back to a basic out of the box state? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSNwar Posted January 6, 2003 Share Posted January 6, 2003 2. How can I make system restore cd's for my customers? I'm not very proficient at the various cd-rw formats.I use Drive Image for my own recovery cd's but 13 gig took 2.5 hrs. and 14 cd's. Does your recovery cd just return the system back to a basic out of the box state?Three ways zipp.1) The easiest is to buy it from ebay. Really! I posted an ad in the wanted section two years ago for IBM CDs and found a reliable source out of Florida. $15 - $20 per CD-R. If I can find the seller's email/web site tonight I will send it to you. I have not been in touch with him for more than a year.2) Next easiest way is here SoftThinks.com, http://www.softthinks.com/us/pc-angel-lite-edition.htm, PC Angel Lite Edition. Microsoft OEM System Builders, OEM Mfrs and OEM Resellers only. I mentioned this in our reseller thread. Click Here3) Make your own. This is of course the hard way. You need the customer's original software (Win 2000) and all the hardware drivers in the PC. Make a bootable CD-R, see my guide in the MSFN Guide Section, How To Create Bootable CDs. Basicly, copy the win2k to your hard drive. Copy the drivers to a folder in the same directory. Burn it and make it bootable. During installation the user will be asked if there are third party drivers to install, the user navigates to the driver folder etc. Thats it in a nut shell. Left out a lot of details, but you would find it easy to figure out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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