upgrading from win 98 to win 98 2nd edition

[afcgirl]

trying to upgrade to win 98 2nd edition from win 98 but it wont let me. do i have to clear the hard drive of everything to be able to install it, thankyou

[Joleen]

What do you mean 'it won't let me'?  Does it say "I'm sorry Dave, I can't let you do that."?  Formatting is one option but you'll lose all your info which may be undesireable.  If you don't care about the info, then formatting is good to do anyway.

[loki]

lol.. ok ok.. kinda harsh werent you?

i sorta forgot... but i think that win98 has a difficult time
upgrading to win98 se..
but thats just me...

check hardware compatibility... will your 98 devices work
for 98se???

also good to make backup of your important files and
then format and reinstall 98se...

[answer_seeker]

My friend got this old desktop computer Dimension XPS P200s that was using Win98. Suddenly he wants to upgrade it to Win98SE to install it  for more convinience. So, he was using the Win98SE CD and upgrade it without have to format his hard drive. It took a while, but at last it was finished and now he's using Win98SE witout losing his old file. So, probably you can try to upgrade it instead of formatting it.

[Raptor]

lol.. ok ok.. kinda harsh werent you?

Only in a world where hairdressers would be the dominant species.


If you are going to Install Windows 98 Second Edition (Which I doubt will have a noticeable difference) you should first format and then install. This is not necessary, but it will give better performance.

Unless, ofcourse, there is an Upgrade option. In which case I would use that.