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Rich - 29 Dec 2003 19:32 GMT

I have an older computer that has become very "buggy"
after years of use. Now that I have a new computer I want
to reformat the hard drive on the old machine. It's a
Pentium II which came with Win 95 installed. I upgraded
to Win 98 (upgrade version).

I found on-line information for how to reformat a hard
drive. I'm assuming I'll have to re-load Win 95 then do
the Win 98 upgrade. Is this correct? Any other advice
before I attempt this?

Thanks!

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Jon_Hildrum - 29 Dec 2003 19:38 GMT

No, you do not have to install win95 and then upgrade.

You can install the win98 upgrade directly as a clean install. Actually,
this would be the recommended approach in most cases. (there are
exceptions). During the early part of the win98 installation the setup
program will look for a qualifying product to update. It will not find one
on the harddrive. You will at this point insert the win95 CD. Then setup
will be happy and continue on.

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> I have an older computer that has become very "buggy"
> after years of use. Now that I have a new computer I want
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> Thanks!

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