installing win98

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Name: velveeta
Date: July 13, 2004 at 14:40:07 Pacific
Subject: installing win98
OS: NT4.0 sp6
CPU/Ram: pentium II/128 Mb

Comment:

My laptop has two partitions, with NT and most applications on C: and most of my docs & data on D: . I would like to switch to Win 98, which I own from a previous computer which croaked. What is the best way to do this? Can I install 98 on C: and preserve all that data on the other partition (which I of course will back up anyway)? Or can I install 98 on the D: partition and somehow choose OS when I start up? Is there a good reference source on doing something like this?

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Response Number 1

Name: wanderer
Date: July 13, 2004 at 17:02:10 Pacific
Subject: installing win98

Reply: (edit)

You can install 98 if you have the following:
1. don't mind losing all access to NT until you to a repair/reinstall [1st phase only] since 98 will overwrite the nt boot modifications to the mbr.
2. C: is fat not ntfs
3. D: is fat not ntfs
4. you have sufficent room on both

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Response Number 2

Name: 4004
Date: July 14, 2004 at 00:15:21 Pacific
Subject: installing win98

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http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;155034

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Response Number 3

Name: Kurt S
Date: July 14, 2004 at 15:17:32 Pacific
Subject: installing win98

Reply: (edit)

And if the C or D drive is FAT16, verify the partition size. Windows NT was able to use a FAT16 partition of 4 gigs in size. This was the only Windows OS that could do so. Win98 won't work on it, it can only be 2 gigs max.

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Response Number 4

Name: Steve Dunn
Date: July 17, 2004 at 12:09:39 Pacific
Subject: installing win98

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Have you got 98 drivers for your laptop? (drivers can be a problem with laptops when you change o/s).
If you really want to switch, I'd just make sure everything backed up (on d:?), wipe C: and install 98 - but remember its not as stable as NT (I moved from using 98 to NT in 1999 & would never go the other way!)

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Response Number 5

Name: velveeta
Date: July 19, 2004 at 14:50:18 Pacific
Subject: installing win98

Reply: (edit)

Thanks all for the advice.
I realize that Win98 is less stable, but it offers other advantages such as USB support and compatability with some software packages that won't work on NT.
Both my C: and D: are NTFS, so I assume I would have to reformat D: to FAT16 after backing up the data and install 98 there. How do I determine which drivers I will need for my laptop in Win 98?
Would an upgrade to Win 2000 be more worth the trouble? I am not allergic to spending money if it will mean a smoother transition.
Thanks!

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Response Number 6

Name: BlueSun
Date: July 19, 2004 at 21:13:04 Pacific
Subject: installing win98

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yes please upgrade to 2000 it'll be worth it

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Response Number 7

Name: wanderer
Date: July 21, 2004 at 08:12:25 Pacific
Subject: installing win98

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No you would have to format c: NOT d:. 98 needs to park boot files on c: and it can't because it doesn't understand ntfs.
I doubt you can find 98 drivers for your laptop but you certainly can look at the laptops web site.
XP would be a better choice then 2000 but 128meg ram is minimum for both.

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