Windows 98 Second Edition Upgrade

I have windows 98 first edition on my IBM 300PL computer
and purchased a windows 98 second edition upgrade disk.
I am getting different answers to whether or not I will
loose all my data and whether or not it will wipe out the
info on the hard drive when upgrading to windows 98
second edition. Does anyone know if I will lose my data
and will it wipe out my hard drive when I upgrade to
windows 98 second edition. I have a lot of programs,
data etc that I do not want to lose. Thank you.

As far as I know you should be fine. I have used the
Windows 98 Second Edition upgrade CD on my computer and
didn't lose any data. The only thing it upgrades is
system files and other stuff that was included on the
Windows 98 first edition install (Internet Explorer,
Outlook Express, etc.), but not anything that you
installed off other CDs/Floppies/downloads.

Alex

PS: Windows 98 SE is much better then First Edition in my
opinion.

-----Original Message-----
I have windows 98 first edition on my IBM 300PL computer
and purchased a windows 98 second edition upgrade disk.
I am getting different answers to whether or not I will
loose all my data and whether or not it will wipe out the
info on the hard drive when upgrading to windows 98
second edition. Does anyone know if I will lose my data
and will it wipe out my hard drive when I upgrade to
windows 98 second edition. I have a lot of programs,
data etc that I do not want to lose. Thank you.


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98SE is required in some programs as a bare minimum. Also, USB 2.0 needs at
least 98SE.

"dave" wrote in message
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I have windows 98 first edition on my IBM 300PL computer
and purchased a windows 98 second edition upgrade disk.
I am getting different answers to whether or not I will
loose all my data and whether or not it will wipe out the
info on the hard drive when upgrading to windows 98
second edition. Does anyone know if I will lose my data
and will it wipe out my hard drive when I upgrade to
windows 98 second edition. I have a lot of programs,
data etc that I do not want to lose. Thank you.

If installed as an upgrade, your old programs and data will be retained.
However, as with any OS install, do a backup first because there is always
the possibility of an error.

"dave" wrote in message
...
I have windows 98 first edition on my IBM 300PL computer
and purchased a windows 98 second edition upgrade disk.
I am getting different answers to whether or not I will
loose all my data and whether or not it will wipe out the
info on the hard drive when upgrading to windows 98
second edition. Does anyone know if I will lose my data
and will it wipe out my hard drive when I upgrade to
windows 98 second edition. I have a lot of programs,
data etc that I do not want to lose. Thank you.