Reinstalling Windows 98 Upgrade

[Guest Bill]

I have a computer with a dual boot setup to windows 98 and Linex. I want to

reformat the hard drive and remove the partions that exist and install only

windows 98. My problem is that the windows 98 CD I have is an upgrade

edition. It says I need windows 3.1 or 95 installed to use the CD. Is

there someway I can reformat the hard drive and still install from the CD.

[Guest MEB]

Re: Reinstalling Windows 98 Upgrade

 

 

 

"Bill" <wjrichards@verizon.net> wrote in message

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| I have a computer with a dual boot setup to windows 98 and Linex. I want

to

| reformat the hard drive and remove the partions that exist and install

only

| windows 98. My problem is that the windows 98 CD I have is an upgrade

| edition. It says I need windows 3.1 or 95 installed to use the CD. Is

| there someway I can reformat the hard drive and still install from the CD.

|

 

IF it is the "UPGRADE" version:

If you have any older version of Windows, from 3.1. to 95 [98 if what

you're referring to is SE], on either floppy or CD, tell the installation

program to look at that when asked. Its looking for a qualifying product,

not an actual installation.

 

Of course make sure to pre-check that before wiping the drive, as the 98

"Second Edition Updates" CD qualifying product is 98 installed.

 

Somewhere I have a list of files that were looked for [not very many

actually] which could be placed on the drive in a folder to fudge a

qualifying installation, but that was too long ago and that material was

packed away. Might try searching the NET as it was standard fair on old

95/98 help and "tips and tricks" sites.

 

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MEB

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[Guest philo]

Re: Reinstalling Windows 98 Upgrade

 

 

"MEB" <meb@not here@hotmail.com> wrote in message

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>

>

> "Bill" <wjrichards@verizon.net> wrote in message

> news:%23GafmVScIHA.4476@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

> | I have a computer with a dual boot setup to windows 98 and Linex. I

want

> to

> | reformat the hard drive and remove the partions that exist and install

> only

> | windows 98. My problem is that the windows 98 CD I have is an upgrade

> | edition. It says I need windows 3.1 or 95 installed to use the CD. Is

> | there someway I can reformat the hard drive and still install from the

CD.

> |

>

> IF it is the "UPGRADE" version:

> If you have any older version of Windows, from 3.1. to 95 [98 if what

> you're referring to is SE], on either floppy or CD, tell the installation

> program to look at that when asked. Its looking for a qualifying product,

> not an actual installation.

>

> Of course make sure to pre-check that before wiping the drive, as the 98

> "Second Edition Updates" CD qualifying product is 98 installed.

>

> Somewhere I have a list of files that were looked for [not very many

> actually] which could be placed on the drive in a folder to fudge a

> qualifying installation, but that was too long ago and that material was

> packed away. Might try searching the NET as it was standard fair on old

> 95/98 help and "tips and tricks" sites.

>

 

 

 

a dummy file such as win.cnf , win.cn_ or win.com might work

[Guest Gary S. Terhune]

Re: Reinstalling Windows 98 Upgrade

 

You only need copies of the installation files from the old versions in

order to use the Upgrade version. It doesn't need to be installed. You must

have all of the media (3.11 floppies, 95 floppies, etc.)

 

Hint: You could use BootIt NG to resize, create & delete partitions in order

to allow you some flexibility for testing scenarios.

 

--

Gary S. Terhune

MS-MVP Shell/User

http://www.grystmill.com

 

"Bill" <wjrichards@verizon.net> wrote in message

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>I have a computer with a dual boot setup to windows 98 and Linex. I want

>to reformat the hard drive and remove the partions that exist and install

>only windows 98. My problem is that the windows 98 CD I have is an upgrade

>edition. It says I need windows 3.1 or 95 installed to use the CD. Is

>there someway I can reformat the hard drive and still install from the CD.

[Guest letterman@invalid.com]

Re: Reinstalling Windows 98 Upgrade

 

On Sun, 17 Feb 2008 07:30:13 -0800, "Gary S. Terhune" <none> wrote:

>You only need copies of the installation files from the old versions in

>order to use the Upgrade version. It doesn't need to be installed. You must

>have all of the media (3.11 floppies, 95 floppies, etc.)

>

>Hint: You could use BootIt NG to resize, create & delete partitions in order

>to allow you some flexibility for testing scenarios.

 

I ws thinking the same thing. Partition Magic is another program that

will remove, resize, modify, etc partitions. I use it, I love it.

It's a bit pricey, but consider how much time you will have to spend

reinstalling everything.

 

If I recall correctly, to install Win95 upgrade, all you had to do was

to install DOS (to format and all of that), then make a directory

called "Windows", and put WIN.COM from Windows 3.11 in that dir. I'm

guessing that W98 was the same. I am not positive, so dont rely on

this.

 

I do think you'd find it much easier to just use Partition Magic or

something similar (If you have anything on your drive besides just the

basic Windows).

 

So why do you want to get rid of Linux? Just curious. I tried it,

(on a spare computer) and hated it. This was quite a few years ago

though. After it was installed, I found it would not do anything

properly, most stuff did not work at all, and it seemed like I needed

a college degree to understand any of it. I finally formatted the

drive and installed OS2 Warp, which at that time was a decent OS.