upgrade to Win XP from Win98

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My P.C is running Win98 and it has gone corrupt. It is telling me I have to
reinstall Win98 but I don't have the CD. I want to upgrade to Win XP. Can I
upgrade even if my P.C hangs when I start in Win98.

Thank-You in advance

Tim.
 
My P.C is running Win98 and it has gone corrupt. It is telling me I have to
reinstall Win98 but I don't have the CD. I want to upgrade to Win XP. Can I
upgrade even if my P.C hangs when I start in Win98.

Thank-You in advance

Tim.
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Personally I would not upgrade over a corrupted OS....than there are
other things to consider.

1. Is your PC XP compatible.
2. Where is your data? On 1 drive where the OS was? Can you save it?
3. Try to consider never upgrading an OS, buy the full install. To much
compatibility crap to check and if considering other format like NTFS
will some progs continue to run under it......

In all of my computer life I've never upgraded over an existing OS, so,
I'm no *REAL* expert on it soooooooo..........

All is just my opinion.........
 
Yes you can upgrade. But where are you getting the XP disk from? Is it a
retail version? Has the XP disk been used on another PC? If it has, you can
use it on only one PC. Best do a clean install, which means all your data,
personal files, photos, documents will be lost.
 
You can't upgrade without the qualifying program CD.
Harry Ohrn said:
You should not upgrade over a corrupt and unstable system. Do a clean
install or repair 98 before the upgrade.
Clean install info here http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/clean_install.htm
Upgrading info here http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/upgrade_tips.htm

--

Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [Shell/User]
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp


Gauthier said:
My P.C is running Win98 and it has gone corrupt. It is telling me I have to
reinstall Win98 but I don't have the CD. I want to upgrade to Win XP. Can I
upgrade even if my P.C hangs when I start in Win98.

Thank-You in advance

Tim.
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Hi,

The existing installation, even though corrupt, will be sufficient as a
qualifier. Personally, I would still do an upgrade as the core system files
are going to be replaced anyways. You can always go back and do a clean
install if it doesn't work.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

Chuck Davis said:
You can't upgrade without the qualifying program CD.
Harry Ohrn said:
You should not upgrade over a corrupt and unstable system. Do a clean
install or repair 98 before the upgrade.
Clean install info here http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/clean_install.htm
Upgrading info here http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/upgrade_tips.htm

--

Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [Shell/User]
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp


Gauthier said:
My P.C is running Win98 and it has gone corrupt. It is telling me I have to
reinstall Win98 but I don't have the CD. I want to upgrade to Win XP.
Can I
upgrade even if my P.C hangs when I start in Win98.

Thank-You in advance

Tim.
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Gauthier said:
My P.C is running Win98 and it has gone corrupt. It is telling me I
have to reinstall Win98 but I don't have the CD. I want to upgrade to
Win XP. Can I upgrade even if my P.C hangs when I start in Win98.

Thank-You in advance

Tim.
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Upgrading a 98 system usually requires much more than purchasing XP. Without
a 98 CD, you would need to get the full version, at least 256 meg of ram,
at least 10 gig of hard drive space, XP software upgrades and the result
will be an obsolete 98 system running XP. For close to the same cash, you
can get a much more powerful entry level system with XP.
Check eBay for Window98, you can pick one up very cheap.
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Michael Stevens MS-MVP XP
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