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re: Upgrading to 98se from W95, my way
Saturday, January 7, 2006 at 12:28 pm
Windows 95 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by John
(3 messages posted)
I now know why you don't recommend it.. I booted my pc into dos, and from the c:\prompt
, I made a new directory to store dos files typing md dostemp then I copied
dos files to new temp directory by typing cd dos , then I typed copy *.* c:\dostemp.
I changed to windows directory from c:\prompt, I typed cd windows and pressed .
I put the OEM CD windows 98 and it prompted me to close all programs except set up
and I did but to no avail. Any who, when I finally gave up, and rebooted the pc ,
it prompted me that win.com could not be found and for that reason I could not boot
up to windows. Well after several attempts I back tracked all my movements and finally
I got it back to the way it was. But , I'm telling you.. it wasn't easy. Anyway,
I'm going to get quite a few different windows upgrade cd's , since I have quite
a few Pc's and Laptops that are in need of an upgrade. Also, I will be waiting for
the new Microsoft OS "Windows Vista". Well, thanks a lot for your input and talk
to you all later. Thanks! John
On Saturday, January 7, 2006 at 3:51 am, Kiwi wrote:
>I have done it. I don't reccommend it, however. The bit of code in W98 (OEM) that
>looks for a prior install simply checks for the existence of "Win.Com". You can
>boot to a command prompt (DOS 7), and rename that file, then an OEM CD will happily
>perform an upgrade.
>
>If you will look upward in this thread; I have already said that you can get by
without
>a floppy drive, if that is how the laptop is set up (either / or Floppy vs. CD-ROM
>drive). My way almost always includes creating a folder for the primary Win98 (or
>whatever Windows version) CD folder on the target system's hard drive (source named
>Win98 on all versions of the Win98 CD's I've seen), copying the contents across,
>and running the install from the hard drive.
>
>I will perform the W9X equivalent of a WinNT "Repair Install" on a Win98se setup
>in between my clean reinstalls, every two years or so, but over time, I have seen
>too many problems coming up after performing an in place Upgrade (and you do realize,
>so don't shoot me for saying it, since these threads are read by folks who don't,
>that you can use the Upgrade CD on a clean install, simply by having your prerequisite
>CD on hand to let the install look at).
>
>
> .
>
>Kiwi
>
>**
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