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re: upgrading to windows 98 error
Monday, January 1, 2007 at 7:44 pm
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Posted by dhm (966 messages posted)

Reboot in DOS. Go into C:\WINDOWS. Delete WIN.COM. Or if you are afraid to burn your bridges, rename WIN.COM to WIN.CO. That way you can go back if you change your mind.

On Thursday, December 28, 2006 at 5:42 pm, carthinain wrote:
>I'm trying to upgrade to 98 but when i use the setup program i get a message before
>the setup begins gathering system information.
>the message says disk can not upgrade. use windows 98 upgrade disk 1
>
>and i can not start windows because i moved the files from the folder windows to
>a dummy folder. i was trying to fool the disk into thinking it was an empty hard
>drive. it didn't work (it worked on a different computer :{).
>
>i need help on ether one.

Written in response to:: upgrading to windows 98 error (carthinain: Thursday, December 28, 2006 at 5:42 pm)

Responses to this message:
re: upgrading to windows 98 error (dhm: Monday, January 1, 2007 at 7:51 pm)

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upgrading to windows 98 error (carthinain: Thu, Dec 28, 2006, 5:42 pm)

re: upgrading to windows 98 error (Jerry: Thu, Dec 28, 2006, 8:57 pm)

re: upgrading to windows 98 error (Jacob6601: Fri, Dec 29, 2006, 2:29 am)

re: upgrading to windows 98 error (carthinain: Fri, Dec 29, 2006, 11:33 am)

re: upgrading to windows 98 error (Jerry: Fri, Dec 29, 2006, 7:24 pm)

re: upgrading to windows 98 error (carthinain: Fri, Dec 29, 2006, 8:17 pm)

re: upgrading to windows 98 error (carthinain: Fri, Dec 29, 2006, 8:26 pm)

re: upgrading to windows 98 error (Jerry: Fri, Dec 29, 2006, 9:02 pm)

Go to 2nd thred (carthinain: Sat, Dec 30, 2006, 3:50 pm)

re: upgrading to windows 98 error (Jacob6601: Sat, Dec 30, 2006, 1:39 am)

message wrong, one problem solved another arises. (carthinain: Sat, Dec 30, 2006, 3:42 pm)

re: message wrong, one problem solved another arises. (Jerry: Sat, Dec 30, 2006, 8:31 pm)

re: message wrong, one problem solved another arises. (Keith Stanier: Sun, Dec 31, 2006, 8:19 pm)

re: message wrong, one problem solved another arises. (Jerry: Sun, Dec 31, 2006, 11:29 pm)

re: message wrong, one problem solved another arises. (carthinain: Sun, Mar 11, 2007, 11:08 am)

re: message wrong, one problem solved another arises. (Jerry: Sun, Mar 11, 2007, 10:10 pm)

re: message wrong, one problem solved another arises. (carthinain: Mon, Mar 12, 2007, 2:45 pm)

re: message wrong, one problem solved another arises. (Jerry: Mon, Mar 12, 2007, 10:49 pm)

re: message wrong, one problem solved another arises. (carthinain: Wed, Jan 17, 2007, 3:22 pm)

re: message wrong, one problem solved another arises. (Jerry: Wed, Jan 17, 2007, 5:41 pm)

re: upgrading to windows 98 error (dhm: Mon, Jan 1, 2007, 7:44 pm)

re: upgrading to windows 98 error (dhm: Mon, Jan 1, 2007, 7:51 pm)

re: upgrading to windows 98 error (carthinain: Tue, Jan 9, 2007, 5:52 pm)

re: upgrading to windows 98 error (Jim O'Calaghan: Thu, Jan 11, 2007, 6:31 pm)

re: upgrading to windows 98 error (dhm: Mon, Jan 15, 2007, 3:18 pm)

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