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Newgrange Huntress - 17 Dec 2004 12:45 GMT

I have a very simple and very stupid question. Can I upgrade Windows 98 to
Windows ME without losing any data? Or at least supposedly without losing
data?

I want to do it because then when our network LAN connection resets itself,
98 won't have to keep being manually released and renewed before allowing
access to the internet again.

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Mike M - 17 Dec 2004 12:58 GMT

Installing Win Me as an upgrade should retain all of your existing
programs and data although I would suggest that you check for program
compatibility before doing so. Nevertheless it is always advisable to
backup essential data and passwords, etc. before any update "just in
case".

More important though is that some of your hardware would probably benefit
from installing Win Me compatible drivers, some of which are essential for
your hardware to work correctly with Win Me. Note that Win Me does not
support Real Mode so some older hardware including some scanners that
connect via the parallel port will not always work with Win Me.

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> I have a very simple and very stupid question. Can I upgrade Windows
> 98 to Windows ME without losing any data? Or at least supposedly
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> itself, 98 won't have to keep being manually released and renewed
> before allowing access to the internet again.

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cquirke (MVP Win9x) - 18 Dec 2004 12:13 GMT

On Fri, 17 Dec 2004 04:45:03 -0800, Newgrange Huntress

>I have a very simple and very stupid question. Can I upgrade Windows 98 to
>Windows ME without losing any data? Or supposedly without losing data?

"Yes". I'd avoid OS upgrades, though...

http://cquirke.mvps.org/reinst.htm

>I want to do it because then when our network LAN connection resets itself,

Why does it reset itself? Troubleshoot that, rather.

>98 won't have to keep being manually released and renewed before allowing
>access to the internet again.

I don't know of any beneficial changes in WinME vs. Win98xx networking
that would help here, but then again, I'm not a LAN guru.

I know of one detrimental change, though! Whereas Win95xx and Win98xx
support up to 10 incoming LAN connects. WinME supports only 5.

So if you have a 11+seat LAN and PCs lose the ability to connect into
this PC because the limit is exceeded, going WinME will make this
CONSIDERABLY worse. Of you are 5-10 seat, you can expect WinME to add
new headaches even if it fixes old ones.

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