Hello to all,
I was hoping someone could give me a few pointers or suggest something for my current dilemma. I have this old Presario (5302RSH) that got all kinds of viruses on it. I tried everything, but it had some nasty trojeans and hijackers on it, so I wiped it clean.

Theres no OS on it right now. I want to stick ME on it, and I've booted up in DOS and repartitioned and formatted the drive. I have a burn copy of WIN ME (legit, I copy all my OEMs, just in case, like this example, one of my kids use it for a surfing board across the living room.) When I burned it, it didnt burn like a BOOT disc like I thought it would (my inexperience). The OS files are in a folder <winme>

So I'm trying to install WIN ME onto this Compaq. The drive is being read and I got 14 of the EXE files into C:, but i cant figure out how to path the entire setup in.

I can check the DIR and see it in C:. I've tried the E:\> copy e: c: (or something like that, I'm not at home.) But nothing. It just keeps giving me an error that the file couldnt be copied.

Am I complete zipperhead on this one? Is there hope or another way? I could try XP but I'd have to use the same type of burned disk.

Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.

Files on the disk:

Windows ME files
BASE2.CAB
CATALOG.CAB
DELTEMP.COM
DOSSETUP.BIN
DRIVER5.CAB
DRIVER6.CAB
DRIVER7.CAB
EXTRACT.EXE
FORMAT.COM
MINI.CAB
MSBATCH.INF
MSLOGO.TTF
NET3.CAB
NET4.CAB
OEMSETUP.BIN
OEMSETUP.EXE
PRECOPY1.CAB
ROBOCOPY.EXE
SAVE32.COM
SCANDISK.EXE
SCANDISK.PIF
SCANPROG.EXE
SCANREG.EXE
SETUP.EXE
SETUP.TXT
SETUP0.WAV
SMARTDRV.EXE
SUBACK.BIN
SUBACK16.BIN
SUHELPER.BIN
W9XSETUP.BIN
WB16OFF.EXE
WIN_10.CAB
WIN_11.CAB
WIN_12.CAB
WIN_13.CAB
WIN_14.CAB
WIN_15.CAB
WIN_16.CAB
WIN_17.CAB
WIN_18.CAB
WIN_19.CAB
WIN_20.CAB
WIN_21.CAB
WIN_22.CAB
WIN_8.CAB
WIN_9.CAB
WIN_OL.CAB
WIN1024.BIN
WIN640.BIN
WIN800.BIN
WINME.BAT
WINME.WMV
XMSMMGR.EXE

Thanks so much and Happy Holidays!

Erik

Why not use the original copy of Win ME instead of the copy? If memory serves me correctly ME had to be booted off a floppy as well. If you do not have the origanal bootdisk, go here and get a bootdisk and then start again...

Bootdisk.Com - Free NTFS Boot disk, Boot Disk, Windows boot disk, XP Bootdisk, DOS Bootdisk

I cant use the original disc, my little girl used it for a tea set coster or something and it chipped and cracked. I'm using a BOOT disk, and i've reformatted and all. I'm just having a heck of a time loading the entire load of files to the C: DIR. Cant figure out how to copy them over or path them through DOS. Can tfigure it out though. thanks for the suggestion though,

If your suited and booted or in other words are a legitimate owner of Millenium Edition just get on to horn to MS or is it an OEM disk?
Btw even kids need something bigger than a cd to skate on.

No I bought it long ago, I just burned a copy just incase, and in case happened. I can call MS and give them the serial #, they will send me another?

You'll have to tell them where you bought it and when you registered ME if it's a stand alone version of XP unlike an OEM version, for example from Dell or HP, then you will have to get on to the manufacturers.