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Install Win98SE over W95b or erase W95b?...and more!
Hi,
I have a home-built Cel 533 (O/C'd to 600) system with three 4.5GB SCSI drives. The CD also runs off the SCSI bus. At this very moment, a W98SE (full version) is winging its way to me from Winnipeg (via an eBay transaction). It is an OEM version like the original W95b (OSR2). I understand there are two choices for installing W98. Install it over the W95 or make a clean install. I believe I have read about two ways to do a clean install. 1) Reformat the C drive and then install. I assume this will require me to completely reinstall all of my applications. (Hopefully, I will have remembered to backup all the data!) 2) Install to a seperate partition/drive. Does this have any advantages if I do not plan on using W95 ever again? I would like to get the HD space back if I can. I read in another post of the possibility that W98 OEM will not install over another operating system. True? I have the Windows 95 Secrets book and have read enough of it to be thoroughly confused but if there is anything in there I should look at, let me know. I also have VCom's Drive Works Suite which includes Partition Commander, Image Commander, Copy Commander, SecurErase, and AutoSave (a supposedly automatic backup system). I also have Norton SystemWorks for W98/W95 but have found that to be less usefull than I expected. I have a setup diskette made by the vendor that sold me most of the equipment plus the W95OEM. It is labled W95 OSR/2 Setup Disk For PCI SCSI CDROM. I am guessing this will work fine for me to setup W98 or should I copy the SCSI driver to a W98 setup disk? Since I have been running with a hardware conflict since I installed something in the computer a while back, I plan on doing a sequential reinstall of my devices after installing W98. (ISA modem card, powering down - installing - powering up, then PCI sound card, etc.). Any suggestions on the best strategy? Background info in case it matters: In addition to this project, I am getting two other computers and plan on putting them all on a wireless network. Then I can port my work files from the old computer onto my new work computer and some other files to the new family computer. The old computer will then be used to run some of the older, less demanding software for everyone in the family. However, the only PCI wireless networking cards I have found say they require W98 to run so I guess I can't do the porting first. |
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Install Win98SE over W95b or erase W95b?...and more!
Bob G wrote:
Hi, I have a home-built Cel 533 (O/C'd to 600) system with three 4.5GB SCSI drives. The CD also runs off the SCSI bus. At this very moment, a W98SE (full version) is winging its way to me from Winnipeg (via an eBay transaction). It is an OEM version like the original W95b (OSR2). I understand there are two choices for installing W98. Install it over the W95 or make a clean install. I believe I have read about two ways to do a clean install. 1) Reformat the C drive and then install. I assume this will require me to completely reinstall all of my applications. (Hopefully, I will have remembered to backup all the data!) 2) Install to a seperate partition/drive. Does this have any advantages if I do not plan on using W95 ever again? I would like to get the HD space back if I can. I read in another post of the possibility that W98 OEM will not install over another operating system. True? I have the Windows 95 Secrets book and have read enough of it to be thoroughly confused but if there is anything in there I should look at, let me know. I also have VCom's Drive Works Suite which includes Partition Commander, Image Commander, Copy Commander, SecurErase, and AutoSave (a supposedly automatic backup system). I also have Norton SystemWorks for W98/W95 but have found that to be less usefull than I expected. I have a setup diskette made by the vendor that sold me most of the equipment plus the W95OEM. It is labled W95 OSR/2 Setup Disk For PCI SCSI CDROM. I am guessing this will work fine for me to setup W98 or should I copy the SCSI driver to a W98 setup disk? Since I have been running with a hardware conflict since I installed something in the computer a while back, I plan on doing a sequential reinstall of my devices after installing W98. (ISA modem card, powering down - installing - powering up, then PCI sound card, etc.). Any suggestions on the best strategy? Background info in case it matters: In addition to this project, I am getting two other computers and plan on putting them all on a wireless network. Then I can port my work files from the old computer onto my new work computer and some other files to the new family computer. The old computer will then be used to run some of the older, less demanding software for everyone in the family. However, the only PCI wireless networking cards I have found say they require W98 to run so I guess I can't do the porting first. There is a very high probablity - on the order of 99 and 44/100% - that your OEM version of Windows 98 SE will not do an upgrade install so you should be planning on and preparing for a clean install. See http://home.satx.rr.com/badour/html/upgrade.html for advice on upgrading an existing install with an OEM version. OEM versions are intended primarily for sale with new computers and they are designed so as not to install on a computer that already has an operating system in place because new computers do not have that. Good luck Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada -- Microsoft MVP On-Line Help Computer Service http://onlinehelp.bc.ca "The reason computer chips are so small is computers don't eat much." |
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Install Win98SE over W95b or erase W95b?...and more!
I've read Ron's answer to Ken G regarding the OEM issue. I wish I had
realized the OEM issue before I bought the W98SE. I hope it is not customized? Is it feasible to create a new partition, make that the boot partition, and install W98? Then I can use the directory in the partition with W95 to guide me in reinstalling the old software and copying over data files. Any wisdom on the other issues? I forgot to ask if anyone could recommend a good book on W98SE to aid in my future operating system trials. Bob G Bob G wrote: Hi, I have a home-built Cel 533 (O/C'd to 600) system with three 4.5GB SCSI drives. The CD also runs off the SCSI bus. At this very moment, a W98SE (full version) is winging its way to me from Winnipeg (via an eBay transaction). It is an OEM version like the original W95b (OSR2). I understand there are two choices for installing W98. Install it over the W95 or make a clean install. I believe I have read about two ways to do a clean install. 1) Reformat the C drive and then install. I assume this will require me to completely reinstall all of my applications. (Hopefully, I will have remembered to backup all the data!) 2) Install to a seperate partition/drive. Does this have any advantages if I do not plan on using W95 ever again? I would like to get the HD space back if I can. I read in another post of the possibility that W98 OEM will not install over another operating system. True? I have the Windows 95 Secrets book and have read enough of it to be thoroughly confused but if there is anything in there I should look at, let me know. I also have VCom's Drive Works Suite which includes Partition Commander, Image Commander, Copy Commander, SecurErase, and AutoSave (a supposedly automatic backup system). I also have Norton SystemWorks for W98/W95 but have found that to be less usefull than I expected. I have a setup diskette made by the vendor that sold me most of the equipment plus the W95OEM. It is labled W95 OSR/2 Setup Disk For PCI SCSI CDROM. I am guessing this will work fine for me to setup W98 or should I copy the SCSI driver to a W98 setup disk? Since I have been running with a hardware conflict since I installed something in the computer a while back, I plan on doing a sequential reinstall of my devices after installing W98. (ISA modem card, powering down - installing - powering up, then PCI sound card, etc.). Any suggestions on the best strategy? Background info in case it matters: In addition to this project, I am getting two other computers and plan on putting them all on a wireless network. Then I can port my work files from the old computer onto my new work computer and some other files to the new family computer. The old computer will then be used to run some of the older, less demanding software for everyone in the family. However, the only PCI wireless networking cards I have found say they require W98 to run so I guess I can't do the porting first. |
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