I feel that I need to moderate Richard's warning somewhat. I'm not saying
that he's wrong but I feel that his warning may be overly alarmist. The
biggest problem with using a generic version of Windows on a laptop is that
the correct drivers for the laptop will not be included and installed with
Windows. Literally always, laptops require drivers that are customized for
the specific system and the installation from the manufacturer will install
and configure all of the hardware for your system. You can almost always
download these drivers and/or updated drivers from the manufacturer of your
laptop and I suggest that you check for the latest drivers for your system
and Win98SE before the upgrade.

If you install over Win98, it's quite likely that the Win98 drivers will
work fine with Win98SE and if you're not having problems with Win98, then I
strongly suggest this method on a laptop. If you are having problems and
want to do a clean install, I recommend running the restore or recovery from
the manufacturer to do a clean install of Win98 with all correct drivers and
then install Win98SE over this.

That said, it would be wise to check the manufacturer's web site to see if
there are special considerations for upgrading. If there are any known
problems with an upgrade over the shipped version of Windows, the
manufacturer will probably have that information on their web site. I have
a fair amount of experience with this and have never heard of a laptop being
damaged by loading the wrong Windows version on it. That's not to say that
it couldn't happen, but I'm not aware of it.

PattyL






"Silver Surfer" wrote in message
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Pardon my ignorance on this subject, but I would like to know where to
acquire the SE upgrade for W98 presently installed on a laptop my daughter
gave me.

Have stumbled around all over the MS web site but came up empty. Perhaps
you can steer me in the right direction?