Windows 98SE OEM Upgrade Trial

Hello Everyone,

I have Windows 98 on my system. My question is; If I take an Full OEM
Windows 98SE CD and TRY to Upgrade my system to Win 98SE and the Upgrade
does not work, what will happen ? Will it just inform me that the Upgrade
is now possible and allow me to bow out gracefully, or would it likely ruin
the functioning OS I have now ?

Any thoughts and advice are Greatly Appreciated,

Wayne R. Russ

What do you mean by an OEM Upgrade Trial?
An OEM CD normally needs to be installed clean and is not an upgrade.

See if this sheds any light on what CDs are used:
(With thanks to Ron)

RETAIL FULL INSTALL: This CD will either upgrade W95/98 to SE or you
can install it to a blank hard drive.

RETAIL UPGRADE INSTALL: This CD will either upgrade W95/98 to SE or
you can install it to a blank hard drive; however, when installing to
a blank drive, install will ask to see the qualifying system (i.e.,
W95) disk(s).

OEM FULL INSTALL. This SE CD is designed to be installed to a blank
hard drive; however, there is a possibility that you can trick it into
upgrading. For info, go to:
http://home.satx.rr.com/badour/html/upgrade.html Be aware that if you
buy an OEM disk, it might be customized for installation on a
particular computer; however, this will probably be primarily with a
used disk.

UPDATE CD: This CD will only update a functioning copy of W98 to
W98SE. When MS sold them, they were $20 and came with a ProductKey.
Some venders were selling them and advising customers to use the W98
ProductKey which may or may not work--don't get stung.

RECOVERY CD: Some companies will brand an OEM CD and call it a
recovery CD. You should avoid these unless it is the exact recovery CD
you are looking for. Many recovery CDs will only install on the
equipment they were intended for.

....Alan

--
Alan Edwards, MS MVP W95/98 Systems
http://dts-l.org/index.html


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wrote:

Hello Everyone,

I have Windows 98 on my system. My question is; If I take an Full OEM
Windows 98SE CD and TRY to Upgrade my system to Win 98SE and the Upgrade
does not work, what will happen ? Will it just inform me that the Upgrade
is now possible and allow me to bow out gracefully, or would it likely ruin
the functioning OS I have now ?

Any thoughts and advice are Greatly Appreciated,

Wayne R. Russ

It could clobber the system just like a regular upgrade CD can clobber the
system; however, both are generally safe. I'm told some OEMs CDs will not
perform an upgrade and if that is the case, you rename the file names you
changed and you should be back where you started.

--
Regards

Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98
Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour
Knowledge Base Info:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo

"Wayne R. Russ" wrote in message
...
Hello Everyone,

I have Windows 98 on my system. My question is; If I take an Full OEM
Windows 98SE CD and TRY to Upgrade my system to Win 98SE and the Upgrade
does not work, what will happen ? Will it just inform me that the Upgrade
is now possible and allow me to bow out gracefully, or would it likely
ruin
the functioning OS I have now ?

Any thoughts and advice are Greatly Appreciated,

Wayne R. Russ