Do remember that with the upgrade, as opposed to the full version install,
one need not reinstall all the exisiting programs and restore all the
existing data.  That is a significant time saver.

We purchased several Win98 upgrade CD-ROM's just last December from CompUSA
over their web-site.  They were full price, but they were available.

-----Original Message-----
From: PCBUILD - Personal Computer Hardware discussion List
[mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Bob Wright
Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2002 8:20 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] Upgrade W95 to W98


At 08:27 PM 9/23/2002, you wrote:
>I want to upgrade a W95 PC to W98. I can not find a W98SE upgrade for sale.
>Can I use a full version of W98 or W98SE as an upgrade without formatting
etc?
>What is the proper procedure? Thanks, Bob Lendrim


All you need to do is rename your WIN.COM file found in the
C:\Windows  directory.  Typically, when I would do this, I would
rename the file to Win.bob and then start my install of Windows98.

You can do this in Windows, then shutdown and boot from a floppy
disk with CD support...  then just run setup on the Win98 CD.

     Bob Wright
The NoSpin Group

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