Quick format was never enabled in DOS or Windows 98 setup, that's when I first started tinkering with how to speed up my Windows 98 SE installs, the first thing I discovered is Ghost (the tool not the person) was able to take a empty image of the HDD and apply it to any HDD in 3 to 4 seconds (instead of waiting 15 - 20 minutes for my 20GB drive to format). I knew it was time to do something about it, I didn't know what at that stage, BUT I had remembered that Windows 98 SE allowed it's setup to be semi scripted to pick the options I always pick. "I install windows every other week, I install my friends and families PC's, I spend hours updating drivers, windows and apps, I spend a whole day tweaking and getting it perfect, but still I forget some things and they contact me a few days later, there has to be a better way?", this is the thought I had before LastXP/OS existed. This is a document I had been working on to explain the existence of LastOS and the tools we have created: * As we were discussing the history of ssWPI I thought I'd post this again - this is from mid 2012 when was resurrected by the team:
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