XP to 98 and back again????

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Pat

When I was running Win 98, (2 years ago) I burned several CDs using WinOnCD
compressed packet writing. (Yes, I know better now!!)
Now running XP, the Plextor drive is working faultlessly but the software
will not install and there is no upgrade that I can find.
My solution:
1) Buy another hard drive (I need one anyway)
2) Remove the present (XP, NTFS format) HD
3) Install Win 98 on the new HD (from original recovery CD)
4) Install WinOnCD etc., read the CDs to the hard drive
5) Burn the files (.jpg and .psd) to new CDs using proper ISO burning only
6) Reinstall old (XP) HD to get back to today's set-up
7) Install new HD as a slave and reformat it to NTFS
8) Have a computer with additional, new, hard drive on which to store files
that I can now read from the new CDs.
9) Feel excessively pleased with myself, if also very pissed with the agro
that Roxio / CeQuadrat have inflicted on me!

What else do I need to know?? There MUST be a trap here, waiting for the
unwary.
Will I have upset any BIOS settings in this process, that will come back to
haunt me?

Your advice, or a pointer to necessary information, will be very much
appreciated.
I'm just off out to buy the new HD!!

Pat
 
Sounds like that process would work fine in theory. Only thing I can think
of that might be quicker would be to find a friend still on 98 and start the
process there.
 
Hi Joseph,
It's the 'Theory' bit that worries me!
I've bought the hard drive this morning, sorted out the bits that I think
that I'll need,
and am about to do the deed.
Thanks for your comment, and wish me luck!

Pat
 
Hi Joseph,
It's the 'Theory' bit that worries me!
I've bought the hard drive this morning, sorted out the bits that I think
that I'll need,
and am about to do the deed.
Thanks for your comment, and wish me luck!

Pat
Click to expand...

...and with these words did Ulysses bid adieu to friends and
family...not to return for...?

Homer
 
It all worked!
Amazingly, no hitches.
Recovered all CDs. Tedious process.
Now over and back on XP with a new HD for file storage only.
Thanks for comments
Pat
 
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