Window's 98 upgrade version question.

[Bojax]

My question is.can i do a clean install with win 98 upgrade.i do have the original win 98 cd.I tried it on my other pc and was unsuccesful. What i am familiar with is making a directory in dos called cabs.then i copy win98\*.* then i just do a setup.
I tried that on my last pc and didn't work.I've only installed window's a couple of times so i'm probably missing something obvious.
Thanks

 

[DeeK]

You can do a full install install from an upgrade as long as you have the full version of an older Windows. It'll just ask you for the CD/disks to verify it.

 

[Bojax]

Thanks Deek.i'm still a novice so do i just ask it to copy win98\*.* without making a directory called cabs?

 

[LordQria]

I copy the entire win98 directory to my hd and run the setup from there. It should ask for the older version cd, verify it and continue on w/ the install. The nice thing about installing from the hd is that you wont have to find and insert the cd when another piece of hardware or software asks for it.

Beware of the windows second edition "update" cd.. I cannot do a clean install w/ this it. For some reason it seems to require win98 first edition be installed first.

 

[frover2000]

That's weird LordQria because i have no trouble at all doing a clean install with my win98 se backup cd all it does is ask for a differnent version of windows to verify, like someone said above.