Re: [WinMac] And how do I upgrade to Win98?

From: William Rivet (wrivet[at]qouest.net)
Date: Tue Mar 28 2000 - 04:15:10 PST

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    If you are using an OEM CD, all you need to do is rename WIN.COM to WIN.XXX
    (or whatever - just name it something you will remember) and then run the
    Win98 install. It works - we do it all the time!

    The Win98 upgrade path you mentioned is not entirely reliable (as far as I
    have heard anyway) but I do agree that a FRESH INSTALL is the best way to
    go...

    William Rivet
    Pontiac Computers
    http://www.pontiaccomputers.com

    ----- Original Message -----
    From: "John Nurick" <jnurick@locum-destination.com>
    To: <winmac@lists.best.com>
    Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2000 6:14 AM
    Subject: RE: [WinMac] And how do I upgrade to Win98?

    > Basically it's possible; you may need a Win98 upgrade CD-ROM rather than
    the
    > "OEM" disk that comes with new machines. But I'd recommend starting from
    > scratch so as to get rid of all the crud in the registry, leftover DLLs,
    and
    > other joys of Windows.
    >
    > > -----Original Message-----
    > > From: Ron LaPedis [mailto:RonL@laserphernalia.com]
    > > Sent: 28 March 2000 00:00
    > > To: winmac@lists.best.com
    > > Subject: [WinMac] And how do I upgrade to Win98?
    > >
    > >
    > > Is there any way to upgrade a Win95 system to Win98 in place
    > > (ala Mac)? The
    > > instructions I got tell me I need to install Win98 on a
    > > virgin disk and
    > > re-install my software. Is this really true???
    > >
    > > Ron LaPedis
    > >
    > >
    > >
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