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Scott
Will all the files on my computer be lost? Or will i be
able to keep them?
Someone let me know please! Many thanks.
able to keep them?
Someone let me know please! Many thanks.
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DL
Winxp is fundimentally different to win98.
Having done a compatibility check you would be advised to do a clean install
ie Format - destroy everything - then install.
As allways, you should backup all critical data
Having done a compatibility check you would be advised to do a clean install
ie Format - destroy everything - then install.
As allways, you should backup all critical data
J
Jim Macklin
If all goes well, an upgrade will preserve your files. But
things do go wrong sometimes, backup your important data.
Also, remove as many devices as possible before beginning
the upgrade, no need to have printers, scanners, external
drives and other add-ons connected, that is just asking for
the install to hang while trying to find a driver for some
bit of old hardware.
Be sure to read the instructions and run the upgrade advisor
before beginning the process. The advisor is on the CD or
you can do it on-line (or download) if you don't have the CD
yet. Some W98 computer will pass and some will need
hardware/firmware upgrades before XP will work properly.
message | Will all the files on my computer be lost? Or will i be
| able to keep them?
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| Someone let me know please! Many thanks.
things do go wrong sometimes, backup your important data.
Also, remove as many devices as possible before beginning
the upgrade, no need to have printers, scanners, external
drives and other add-ons connected, that is just asking for
the install to hang while trying to find a driver for some
bit of old hardware.
Be sure to read the instructions and run the upgrade advisor
before beginning the process. The advisor is on the CD or
you can do it on-line (or download) if you don't have the CD
yet. Some W98 computer will pass and some will need
hardware/firmware upgrades before XP will work properly.
message | Will all the files on my computer be lost? Or will i be
| able to keep them?
|
| Someone let me know please! Many thanks.
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R. C. White
Hi, Scott.
"Files"? What kinds of files: Data, program, operating system???
If you reformat your drive before or during the installation of WinXP,
everything on the drive will be lost, so be sure to back it up first. But,
think about what "everything" consists of...
No need to backup your Win98 itself; that will be replaced by WinXP files
from the WinXP CD-ROM.
No need to backup your application program files, like Microsoft Office, or
Quicken, or games. These will need to be installed under WinXP so that
their own installation programs can make the proper entries in the WinXP
Registry. Even if you preserve the files, you will still need to reinstall
the programs, so don't bother to back them up; just reinstall them from the
original CDs or other media.
Yes, back up your data files! Information like your Quicken financial
information and your family photos are not available anywhere else in the
world, so be sure you save these files and can restore them later.
If you choose to use the "upgrade" procedure, your drive will not be
reformatted and WinXP Setup will attempt to "migrate" your programs to the
new platform and keep your data files intact. In this case, you SHOULD lose
nothing (except the Win98 system itself), but you still should backup your
data to guard against the proverbial "slip betwixt the cup and the lip".
RC
"Files"? What kinds of files: Data, program, operating system???
If you reformat your drive before or during the installation of WinXP,
everything on the drive will be lost, so be sure to back it up first. But,
think about what "everything" consists of...
No need to backup your Win98 itself; that will be replaced by WinXP files
from the WinXP CD-ROM.
No need to backup your application program files, like Microsoft Office, or
Quicken, or games. These will need to be installed under WinXP so that
their own installation programs can make the proper entries in the WinXP
Registry. Even if you preserve the files, you will still need to reinstall
the programs, so don't bother to back them up; just reinstall them from the
original CDs or other media.
Yes, back up your data files! Information like your Quicken financial
information and your family photos are not available anywhere else in the
world, so be sure you save these files and can restore them later.
If you choose to use the "upgrade" procedure, your drive will not be
reformatted and WinXP Setup will attempt to "migrate" your programs to the
new platform and keep your data files intact. In this case, you SHOULD lose
nothing (except the Win98 system itself), but you still should backup your
data to guard against the proverbial "slip betwixt the cup and the lip".
RC
B
Bruce Chambers
Greetings --
WinXP is designed to install and upgrade the existing operating
system while simultaneously preserving your applications and data, and
translating as many personalized settings as possible. The process is
designed to be, and normally is, quite painless. That said, things
can go wrong, in a small number of cases. If your data is at all
important to you, back it up before proceeding.
Have you made sure that your PC's hardware components are capable
of supporting WinXP? This information will be found at the PC's
manufacturer's web site, and on Microsoft's Windows Catalog:
(http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/hcl/default.mspx) Additionally, run
Microsoft WinXP Upgrade Advisor to see if you have any incompatible
hardware components or applications.
You should, before proceeding, take a few minutes to ensure that
there are WinXP device drivers available for all of the machine's
components. There may not be, if the PC was specifically designed for
Win98/Me. Also bear in mind that PCs designed for, sold and run fine
with Win9x/Me very often do not meet WinXP's much more stringent
hardware quality requirements. This is particularly true of many
models in Compaq's consumer-class Presario product line or HP's
consumer-class Pavilion product line. WinXP, like WinNT and Win2K
before it, is quite sensitive to borderline defective or substandard
hardware (particularly motherboards, RAM and hard drives) that will
still support Win9x.
HOW TO Prepare to Upgrade Win98 or WinMe
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q316639
Upgrading to Windows XP
http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpupgrad.htm
Bruce Chambers
--
Help us help you:
You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on
having both at once. -- RAH
WinXP is designed to install and upgrade the existing operating
system while simultaneously preserving your applications and data, and
translating as many personalized settings as possible. The process is
designed to be, and normally is, quite painless. That said, things
can go wrong, in a small number of cases. If your data is at all
important to you, back it up before proceeding.
Have you made sure that your PC's hardware components are capable
of supporting WinXP? This information will be found at the PC's
manufacturer's web site, and on Microsoft's Windows Catalog:
(http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/hcl/default.mspx) Additionally, run
Microsoft WinXP Upgrade Advisor to see if you have any incompatible
hardware components or applications.
You should, before proceeding, take a few minutes to ensure that
there are WinXP device drivers available for all of the machine's
components. There may not be, if the PC was specifically designed for
Win98/Me. Also bear in mind that PCs designed for, sold and run fine
with Win9x/Me very often do not meet WinXP's much more stringent
hardware quality requirements. This is particularly true of many
models in Compaq's consumer-class Presario product line or HP's
consumer-class Pavilion product line. WinXP, like WinNT and Win2K
before it, is quite sensitive to borderline defective or substandard
hardware (particularly motherboards, RAM and hard drives) that will
still support Win9x.
HOW TO Prepare to Upgrade Win98 or WinMe
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q316639
Upgrading to Windows XP
http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpupgrad.htm
Bruce Chambers
--
Help us help you:
You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on
having both at once. -- RAH
R
Ron Martell
DL said:Winxp is fundimentally different to win98.
Having done a compatibility check you would be advised to do a clean install
ie Format - destroy everything - then install.
Balderdash Hogwash Malarkey.
As allways, you should backup all critical data
Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca
"The reason computer chips are so small is computers don't eat much."
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Ron Martell
Scott said:Will all the files on my computer be lost? Or will i be
able to keep them?
Someone let me know please! Many thanks.
If you use the upgrade version of Windows XP then it will do just
that, upgrade your Windows 98 to Windows XP preserving all repeat all
of your installed applications and user data files.
However Murphy's Law provides that "if anything can go wrong, it will"
and the general consensus is that Murphy was an optimist.
So be prepared for possible problems by ensuring that you have the
means to install all of your important application programs and that
you have a current backup of all of your user data files.
One way of backing up your data files etc. is to use the "Files and
Settings Transfer Wizard" from the Windows XP CDROM to save your user
data files and program configuration settings to another hard drive
partition, a network drive or a removable backup device such as a CDRW
or tape drive.
An upgrade install of Windows XP can work out very well, and a vast
number of people have done so and are very satisfied with the results.
However upgrade installs have gone badly for some and therefore it is
advisable to have a "Plan B" ready and waiting just in case. In this
case Plan B would be a reformat and reinstall and the data file
created by the FASTW would be the ideal resource for restoring
information after the clean install of Windows XP and the reinstall of
the application programs.
During the beta testing of Windows XP I installed every new beta
version as an upgrade and never encountered a problem that was
attributable to having done an upgrade rather than a clean install.
On a number of occasions I also did a clean install of the same beta
version and the only substantive difference I ever found between a
clean install and an upgrade was that a clean install was an absolute
p.i.t.a. because of the work involved in reinstalling all of the
application programs.
Here are a couple of web pages that you should read for more
information and advice about this subject:
Former MVP Gary Woodruff's article on upgrading to XP:
http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpupgrad.htm
Files and Settings Transfer Wizard also by Gary Woodruff:
http://www.aumha.org/win5/a/fast.htm
Good luck
Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca
"The reason computer chips are so small is computers don't eat much."