Installing Win 98

[titilucky]

Win XP

I want to uninstall Win XP from my PC and install Win 98, what are the steps in order to do so?  Thanks.  

[pcwizard]

Back up all of your important data first.

Remove all peripherals apart from the mouse, keyboard and monitor.

Insert your Win98 cd and floppy if it requies one then reboot your system. It should start the installation process automatically.

Was your XP system using the NTFS file system? If so it'll need formatting to FAT32.

[patio]

Is there a reason for going back to 98  from XP ? ?

patio.

[GX1_Man]

Did this computer ever have Win98 on it? Do you have drivers for the components under Win98? If not make sure you can get them (or even that they are available) if this is a relatively new machine.

[titilucky]

Thanks so much for your response.

Answers to questions:

I don't know if XP system was using NTFS file system.  How can I find out?

Going back to Win 98 - there are certain programs that won't work with XP but do with 98 and there's one I need to use.

I don't think this PC ever had Win 98.  I do have drivers for components under Win98.


I may add that I've another PC with Win XP which is the one I use most of the times.

[patio]

Here is how i would proceed.

Keep in mind this is AFTER you have located all the drivers you will need and have backed upeverything important on that drive...

Travel to bootdisk and DLoad a Win98SE bootdisk.
Extract it to a clean floppy.
Boot with the floppy in and choose "Start with CDRom support" (#2 i believe)
At the A: prompt type format C: /s /u and hit Enter. This will erase all your data are you sure? ?  choose Y and hit enter.
Re-boot the same way. Watch the boot screen it will tell you which drive is your CDRom. Put the Win98 CD in and again at the A: prompt type in your CDRom drive letter (E: or whatever) and hit Enter.
At the E: prompt type setup and hit Enter...
Grab a beer, this will take awhile.
Enjoy !

patio.