Bryan,
In the early days of 95 upgrades, people learned quickly that the upgrade
was simply looking for any file called C:\WINDOWS\WIN.COM. I believe that
MS realized that too many dishonest people were faking the file to load the
upgrade and I think that MS has now made the authentication process more
secure and complex.
Since the 98 upgrade will not accept a 95 upgrade as proof of ownership,
the easiest thing to do is just feed it your original Win3.x CD (or diskette
1.)
Jim Meagher
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----- Original Message -----
From: Bryan Tyson <>
> From: [log in to unmask] (Bryan S. Tyson)
> Subject: Using Win98 Upgrade CD as Full Version
>
> I recently tried to do a clean install of Win98 from my upgrade CD without
my
> actual previous version (Win95). I tried the following two tips, and they
did
> not work. Does anyone know why? Has anyone had success using either method
> with the Win98 upgrade?
>
> 1. Boot your system from a boot diskette (Windows 95/98 startup
> disk, or DOS bootable Diskette). Create a file in the root
> directory of c: drive named "ntldr" (no quotes). The file can't
> be a zero-byte file, so edit it and put rem on a single line with
> no spaces in front of it. This should bypass the check for
> previous version of Windows by fooling the system into thinking
> that NT is installed.
>
> Win98 setup did not accept this.
>
> 2. If you're installing Win95 on a system without a previous version of
> Windows installed, Win95 asks you to prove you have installed a previous
> version of DOS or Windows. If you don't have your old diskettes handy,
here's
> how to get around the dialog:
>
> Open Notepad and save a document as WIN.CN_ Put your new WIN.CN_ file on
a
> diskette - your boot diskette or Win95 startup disk will do. When you
reach
> the point in the installation where Win95 asks you to show it a previous
> version, put in the diskette with the WIN.CN_ file on it. The installation
> program will accept it as proof of a previous version.
>
> Win98 setup did not accept this.
>
> I have used these tips successfully with the Win95 upgrade CD in the past,
> but for me they did not work with the Win98 upgrade CD. Comments, anyone?
>
> Bryan S. Tyson
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