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Windows 95 -98 upgrade
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Crustyoldbloke
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Because you have a Win98 install CD, and not an upgrade CD, you will have to backup your data and do a clean install of Win98.
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Phil
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Phil
Howdy:
You can do it this way as well..
1. Boot directly to MS-DOS. If running Windows 3.1x, you could also just exit to MS-DOS. Do not simply launch an MS-DOS prompt ("DOS box"
from within Windows. If you will be installing from a CD-ROM, make sure that the appropriate MS-DOS drivers are loaded.
2. Locate and rename the files WIN.COM and WINVER.EXE -- WIN.COX and WINVER.EXX are good choices. They will probably be in your \windows directory. If there are other copies of these files elsewhere on your hard drive(s), remove or rename them, too.
3. Start the Windows 9x/ME setup program. If you are loading from diskettes, it will be A:\SETUP, where "A" is the letter of your diskette drive. For the CD-ROM distribution, it is usually D:\WIN95\SETUP (or D:\WIN98\SETUP or D:\WIN9x\SETUP), where "D" is the letter of your CD-ROM drive.
Note: If you already have a \windows directory (and you probably will), setup will attempt to install Windows 9x to \windows.000. Change this directory specification to \windows (or wherever the previous version of Windows is installed).
Murray
You can do it this way as well..
1. Boot directly to MS-DOS. If running Windows 3.1x, you could also just exit to MS-DOS. Do not simply launch an MS-DOS prompt ("DOS box"
from within Windows. If you will be installing from a CD-ROM, make sure that the appropriate MS-DOS drivers are loaded. 2. Locate and rename the files WIN.COM and WINVER.EXE -- WIN.COX and WINVER.EXX are good choices. They will probably be in your \windows directory. If there are other copies of these files elsewhere on your hard drive(s), remove or rename them, too.
3. Start the Windows 9x/ME setup program. If you are loading from diskettes, it will be A:\SETUP, where "A" is the letter of your diskette drive. For the CD-ROM distribution, it is usually D:\WIN95\SETUP (or D:\WIN98\SETUP or D:\WIN9x\SETUP), where "D" is the letter of your CD-ROM drive.
Note: If you already have a \windows directory (and you probably will), setup will attempt to install Windows 9x to \windows.000. Change this directory specification to \windows (or wherever the previous version of Windows is installed).
Murray
KimberTech
MIS
This was already solved for me in a previous thread.
thread615-407238
I renamed win.com to win.con in dos....
then booted from a floppy and ran setup.
No problems.
If you want to keep your exising settings, make sure you install into the same directory that windows is currently in. Murray has given you some great detailed information in the post above.
I am assuming you own the windows 98 that you are installing to upgrade the system.
Good Luck!
Kimber
The more I learn,I realize how much more there is to know!
thread615-407238
I renamed win.com to win.con in dos....
then booted from a floppy and ran setup.
No problems.
If you want to keep your exising settings, make sure you install into the same directory that windows is currently in. Murray has given you some great detailed information in the post above.
I am assuming you own the windows 98 that you are installing to upgrade the system.
Good Luck!
Kimber
The more I learn,I realize how much more there is to know!
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