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| 38927 | 2002-03-12 23:17:00 | I want to instal Win 98 on our second computer that's running Win 95. The Win 98 program I have supports a foreign language (for my wife's benefit). Can I just go ahead and instal the 98 over the 95. Some people have told me no problem, and others say I have to start by removing 95 which I have no idea how to do.?? Richard. |
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| 38928 | 2002-03-12 23:28:00 | why go to win98? if its going fine then leave it be. what hardware do you have. you will need the drivers for it but also will it be fast enough to handle win 98. on a slow machine win95 will be faster than win98. |
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| 38929 | 2002-03-12 23:36:00 | Hi Rich, Normally I'd recommend a clean install to 98, however you can install 98 over 95. The main reason why people (such as myself) prefer a clean OS install is it cleans out the old OS leaving any residual problems behind or conflicts with drivers etc.. But again it's your choice and I remember when I first upgraded from 95 to 98 and had no real problems. Best of luck, Daniel |
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| 38930 | 2002-03-12 23:39:00 | Thanks Tweake, The only reason I want to change my program is so that when I download emails from my wife's family on that computer, we can read them in her language.I'm pretty sure I have the oomf to run 98 both harddrive and RAM etc. | Guest (0) | ||
| 38931 | 2002-03-13 02:46:00 | Go with the clean install, especially if your win95 install is quite old (or never been reinstalled). If you install over 95 it will eventually end up causing you problems that seem unrelated. The other advantage is you will probably reclaim quite a bit of disk space making the 98 install less painfull. |
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| 38932 | 2002-03-13 08:25:00 | Hi. Win 98 upgrade can easily be installed over Win 95 - either as an upgrade by simply doing the install over your old o/s, or by formatting, re-installing Win 95 then doing the upgrade. If you upgrade over the exsting Win 95 all your files and folders will be saved, although you may need to reinstall drivers and change settings so that everything looks as it was before. Generally upgrades over a formatted hard drive and cleanly installed previous op/sys (win 95 for eg) work best, but not always. |
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| 38933 | 2002-03-13 09:04:00 | Thanks all, and it's really good to know there are so many people out there to help out when it's needed.I'm probably going to take the cowards way out and wait for my two friends to get here for easter then we'll try and acomplish it between fishing trips. | Guest (0) | ||
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