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Can I upgrade to win98 from win 3.11
Name: Thomas Date: April 18, 2000 at 10:09:15 Pacific
Comment:
Is it possible to upgrade to win98 instead of win95 from my 3.1 OS?
Name: Owen Date: April 18, 2000 at 11:49:47 Pacific
Reply:
I'm not sure, but I think you can, that is, if you have the minimum system requirements(excerpt from Windows 98 Guide): 486/DX MHz or higher processor 24 MB of RAM up to 245 mb of disk space CDROM VGA or higher resolution monitor Mouse
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Response Number 2
Name: kevin Date: April 18, 2000 at 21:39:56 Pacific
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thomas--assuming you have the cpu/ram requirements, upgrade installations never seem to go as well as a full fdisk/format and new install. I would wipe the drive and start clean.
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Response Number 3
Name: john westerman Date: April 19, 2000 at 04:28:23 Pacific
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not easy to upgrade to win98 reason: The format that the hard disk is in.
Win3.11 formats that hard disk in a format called FAT16. The 16 bit format requires hard drives of less than 2Gb. Windows98 formats to FAT32 and although it can read FAT16, it may not want to install to it. Go with what Kevin (above) says and fdisk/format/install. It's easier.
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Response Number 4
Name: Kev Date: April 20, 2000 at 12:07:03 Pacific
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Wrong. The Default format of Windows 98 is still FAT16. You have to go into FDISK and select 'Large Disk Support' to get FAT32 - Windows will not do this for you.
I do however go with Kevin. Reformat your Hatrd Drive with FORMAT /U - No need to run FDisk unless you wish to enable FAT32 or change drive partions.
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Response Number 5
Name: ... Date: April 22, 2000 at 18:38:16 Pacific
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Go ahead and upgrade... provided your hardware meets the sys reqs! It's best to have a Pentium, 32 megs, and a 500-600 meg hard drive.
I upgraded Win 3.1 to Win95 and then later to 98 on one of my machines and it did not touch the file system. However, if your drive is big enough, you can convert FAT16 partitions to the new FAT32 partitions (but it's irreversible unless you reformat).
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Response Number 6
Name: space Date: April 27, 2000 at 14:54:11 Pacific
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If you run it on a minimum spec machinne it will be very slow. 95 OSR2 is a better choice for non-Pentium machines.
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