-=PCTechTalk=- Re: reinstalling windows 98
- From: Surfin_Mac <surfinmac@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 27 Jul 2002 10:44:09 -0500
When you are using an upgrade for Windows, it checks to make sure you
qualify for the upgrade. That's why you had to use the Win 95 disks. This
is perfectly normal & if you are using an upgrade version of Win 98, there
is no way around it.
Mac
http://www.keyboardpower.com
At 02:25 AM 7/27/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>I thought that someone wrote last week that a fresh install can be done
>with an upgrade disk?
>I have an older computer that I want to put in my shop to store some
>files on. I previously had win 95 and did an upgrade to win98SE. Today I
>decided that I would do a format of C and reinstall. When I got booted up
>and I used the win 98SE upgrade disk, it made me still use my win 95 disks
>first (which fortunately I still have) then it continued with the win 98SE
>install. Is this normal or is there a way around having to do a double
>install like that. I have other win 98 disks that are not upgrades but I
>am using them on other computers.
>I used a floppy win 98 setup disk to boot with, is this where I went
>wrong. I also have the Dos 6.2 setup disk that I think I used a few years
>ago when win 3.1x and 95 was still around strong.
>Clint
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