Upgrade from Restore CD

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Jack - 23 Mar 2004 00:30 GMT

I have an HP Pavilion 8280 computer running Windows 95
that I want to upgrade to Windows 98. I have a Windows 98
Upgrade CD, but I want to do a clean installation. So,
basically I'm wondering if I can use my HP restore CD in
place of a Windows 95 CD when Windows 98 Setup asks me for
my previous of Windows?

I'd really like to know if I can do this so I don't wipe
my computer and then find out I can't do a clean
installation of Windows 98. By the way, I'm NEVER getting
an HP computer again!

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Ron Martell - 23 Mar 2004 06:26 GMT

>I have an HP Pavilion 8280 computer running Windows 95
>that I want to upgrade to Windows 98. I have a Windows 98
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>installation of Windows 98. By the way, I'm NEVER getting
>an HP computer again!

Probably not. The Windows 95 on the HP Restore CD is probably a
"disk image" of the installed end result. The individual source
files, which is what the upgrade version looks for to validate
eligibility, are almost certainly not there. At least not in the file
names and format that the upgrade disk will be looking for.

Your best choice, unless you can come up with another Windows 95 CD
that you can use to prove eligibility, would be to:
1. Wipe out your hard drive
2. Install a clean copy of Windows 95 with the restore CD.
3. Immediately upgrade the Windows 95 install to Windows 98.

That will also help to ensure that you have the proper drivers for the
proprietary hardware that many HP systems contain and which are often
not included on the retail upgrade CDs.

Good luck

Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada

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