Is there a way I can install Windows 98 on a computer that has Wind XP Pro SP2? I know it sounds silly but I dont have a restore disk only a disk with Win 98 on it. Or is there way I can reinstall Win XP Pro with my Win 98 disk?

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Hi, I have a digital camera (video/stills) which uses a Hitachi 4GB microdrive for the storage. I can transfer files from it via USB to my XP laptop, as the XP automatically recognises the camera and it comes up as a 'drive letter'. Can anyone tell me how I can do this using my win98 ...

my computer crashed to a point to where I am asked for the serial number of the CD to reinstall Win98SE but that number and the Cd were lost. In order for me to even boot the computer I need the serial # asked for set-up. Does anybody have an old # used to install Win98se that was supplied with...

I have a laptop that I had Win98SE installed on. Went into hospital, and hubby mucked it up so bad I decided to just format and reinstall. Got to the product key and realized I couldn't find the original case (had the disc in one of those soft sided, multi disc holder) I've searched high and...

We had a gateway computer that came installed with win98. Recently, we found a CD labeled "Second Edition" and installed that. During the installation, it asked if we wanted to keep a "backup" which would take "up to 110 MB" and we chose yes. How do we now delete that backup so that we can use...

I am trying to install Windows 98 on a hard drive that I have wiped clean and reformatted. I'm confident that the partition and format was done properly as it brought me up to the point of entering the 11 letter label. My problem is when I type the command for setup this is what is...

I have just about come to the end of my tether. The older PC decided not to work and I thought well maybe it was timely to reformat and reinstall Win98. It is always a big job but this time I have got to this error I havent had before. I have done alot of reading. I understand the difference...

Dear Group, I want to format a thosiba laptop, Actuly i bought it as second hand and i dont have drivers for Display, Sound, Modem.(the modem is not wrking now it asks for driver) is there any method to copy the drivers / settings from the exsiting installation ? which i can use after i formate...

As far as I know there is no speaker inside the PC. There is a jackplug on the back where the speakers are plugged in and worked fine until I loaded 98SE (for networking which 98 didn't support). Notes from the manufacturer (TIme now our of business I think) say the motherboard is a MICROSTAR...

I've formatted the hard drive on my old computer to reinstall win98 but find that I've lost my product key. Has anyone any ideas on how to overcome this problem? I would very much appreciate a swift response because I'm passing on the pc to a young nephew who is anxious to get going! Many thanks in...

After horrendous problems with BSODs and other problems I decided to instal W98 Second Edition on a fresh partition so that I could get to my XP PRO system to copy it (doesn't work as W98 doesn't recognise NTFS). (I will probably get round this with Partition Magic recovery disks). However among...

I've recently aquired a used Windows 98SE computer a few months back, and I confess that I'm more familiar with Macs than Windows. The person I got it from is not computer literate, and had lost the manuals for it. Is there any way to determine how much video RAM the computer has? When I asked the...

How would one go abouts creating a Windows 98 SE installation floppy set? My laptop is without a cd-drive, so is there a way to make installation floppys?

hi i am using windows 98 & my system file's are installed on drive D: to secure my file. but there was an error message popup after i played some game's on my pc "dlhelp" error i think so my pc was hang up & i had no choice but to restart it, after the automatic scandisk my pc does not load...

I found the following thread and several others that were similar after doing a google groups search. They all referred to a scsi udma problem. We did have a scsi adapter card installed in an isa slot, which I have now removed. This didn't solve the problem. I was thinking of reinstalling windows...

I am running this old IBM i1400 steamer which I THINK had first edition loaded It continuously (40% of the time) gives me "Windows Protection Error You Need To Restart Your Computer" error messages just after the splash screen. This can only be corrected by going into safe mode and restarting...

I have about a 98 maybe a 99 systemax pc. I would like to reintall windows98 and do formatting. I can install windows98 but don't know how to format. Could someone please take the time to take me through the proccess of doing this in laymens terms as possible. It currently has windows98 installed...

I have been trying to install win 98 se as an update from just 98 and when i do after installing and rebooting when it get s to the updating configuration settings it hangs. The icon is still animated but there is no progress on the timer or the graph. It stayed in one spot for over an hour....

My system got hijacked and I can not clear my search bar from going to th.msie.cc or .tv. Two days searching newsgroups with no success - I was able to get my home page back, I want to wipe the system clean and start over but all I have is the cab files on the hard...