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| 129629 | 2003-03-20 04:39:00 | I want to do an upgrade. Is there some way of doing it so that I don't lose all my files etc that are on the computer. My Dad doesn't want to do a complete format yet so, can Windows 98 upgrade the windows stuff without damaging anything else? |
PoWa (203) | ||
| 129630 | 2003-03-20 05:58:00 | Yes, Windows 98 should back up the previous version of Windows (which will allow you to revert to Windows 95 if you wish). This option will take up more hard drive space than installing Windows 98 from scratch of course. | Rod J (451) | ||
| 129631 | 2003-03-20 07:15:00 | W98 will overwrite W95 without affecting your data, but it would pay to do backups of everything you want to keep because a failed installation may leave you without an OS, requiring reformatting and clean install. Another point, a W95 computer may have a very small HDD (less than 1GB) so there may not be room to do the full install and save the old W95 install as well. Cheers Billy 8-{) |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 129632 | 2003-03-21 02:29:00 | Although, if you plan on keeping 98 for a while, it may be a good idea to simply do the upgrade, and if it all works, you can then delete the backup files, and I'd highly reccommend converting your HDD to FAT32, which will likely free up some HDD space. All your programs should still work, although some older compression utilities (HDD compression, such as doublespace.... Not winzip :-)) may not work with FAT32, so it would all depend on if your HDD is compressed :-) |
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