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Windows Forum / Windows 98 / Setup / May 2005Reinstalling W98SE from upgrade disc
My old PC running W98SE is in a sorry state - I suspect "rogue" installer progams have overwritten or deleted system files and so on because several things no longer work properly (notably multimedia). System File Checker isn't showing anything obvious although, to be fair, this PC has been upgraded successively from Win3.1 -> Win95 -> Win98SE. Because I'm about to buy a new super whizzer with WinXP, I would like to re-install Win98SE on the old one from scratch, using the upgrade disc that I have. I can then use the old computer for "utility" work. I've got: DOS6 installation floppy Win3.1 setup disc set Win95 upgrade CD Win98SE upgrade CD and, of course, a Win98SE startup floppy (and even a 95 one!). What's my best plan? Should I format the drive initially with the DOS6 disk or the Win98 one? Will the Win98 upgrade CD recognise any or all of the previous setup discs when it check compliance? Many thanks if anyone can help. Regards -- John Gruffydd (Mold, Wales, UK) Format with the Win98 disk. For the compliance check, it will recognise the Win95 disc and IIRC also the Win3.1 disk. I don't think it will accept the DOS disk for compliance, but I may be wrong....going on memory here.  SignatureGlen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+ http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm > My old PC running W98SE is in a sorry state - I suspect "rogue" > installer progams have overwritten or deleted system files and so on [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > -- > John Gruffydd (Mold, Wales, UK) Similar question. I have a Win98SE machine whose hard disk has multiple partitions. I wish to remove these (to make a single large C: drive) and reinstal Win98SE. I have the Win 98 installation disk that came with the machine plus a Win 98SE upgrade disk. What is the best strategy to perform this? TIA Chris If you plan to wipe everything out (all partitions and everything on them), re-partitioning as one big C:, followed by a format and clean installation, then you can do a clean install using the Win98SE upgrade disc and show the win98 disc when asked for proof of prior Windows ownership. This assumes that the Win98 installation disc is exactly that, rather than a "restore" disc provided by some major brand computer manufacturers. If the Win98 installation disc is in fact a proprietary restore disc, you would have to install that first, then upgrade with the upgrade disc. Best strategy? Well that a matter of opinion, as there are many good reasons to keep multiple partitions, and many reasons to avoid one big C: You can re-size and/or merge partitions without data loss, using third party partitioning tools. One that I can recommend is BootIt NG: http://www.terabyteunlimited.com For more info on the uses of multiple partitions, see here: http://aumha.org/a/parts.htm and http://home.satx.rr.com/badour/html/partitions.html SignatureGlen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+ http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm > Similar question. > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > TIA > Chris Thanks to Glen and Jeff for their suggestions etc. I now need to think out my "best" stategy! I made the mistake, a few years ago, of overpartitioning the disk. It was only 10Gbyte (big in those days!) and I wanted the partitions all to be below 2GB - now I have five partitions with unusably small bits of space left on them! I intend to get a new workhorse machine with a much bigger disk and use the old one as utility machine for adds and ends - everything is networked. I have an old copy of Partition Magic that I might experiment with - but I will back up the essentials just in case! Thanks Chris > If you plan to wipe everything out (all partitions and everything on them), > re-partitioning as one big C:, followed by a format and clean installation, then you [quoted text clipped - 30 lines] > > TIA > > Chris The simplest way to do this removes everything from the hard drive. Be sure you have copied off everything of importance. If this isn't feasible, post back for an alternative procedure. To clear the partitioning, boot with a W98se boot floppy and run FDISK. Delete all existing partitions, reboot, and create a new primary DOS partition. Be sure to answer Y to the question about large hard drive support. You can get a utility to create a W98se boot floppy at www.bootdisk.com SignatureJeff Richards MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User) > Similar question. > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > TIA > Chris |
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