You don't HAVE to reformat. However, as Win 98 came out AFTER NTFS and FAT32,
it supports HD formats that Win 95 does not. (BTW, I am NOT a fan of Win 98,
but I can extoll its few advantages.) In some cases, it is advantagous to
reformat to take advantage of the different formatting's options. (FAT32
supports HUGE HDs while FAT16 requires you partition a large HD into smaller
"virtual" drives. If you have alot of programs that take up huge amounts of HD
space, such as compilers like Visual Studio, and therefore WANT a large C
Drive, you may want NTFS or FAT32 over FAT15, for example.) I had to "upgrade"
from Win 95 to Win 98 because Win 95 does NOT support USB and I REALLY did NOT
want to buy a serial cable / cradle to HotSynch my new Handspring Visor. (The
USB cable / cradle came with the Visor. The Serial cable / cradle is about $75
USD. Win NT does not support USB either. It is Win 98, Win 2000 or Win ME.)
Mary Blanton
Edwin Montanez wrote:
> When I upgraded from 95 to 98, I didn't have to reformat anything. I think
> this is a little drastic since you will lose all of your information in the
> folders my documents along with anything else that you have in other
> folders.
>
> you might want to go to the Microsoft website and do a search for windows 98
> or better yet, up great to windows 98. Sorry that I can't be more of a
> help, but when I did it, it was several years ago. One thing though, if you
> are blind, you might want to have someone sighted to help you.
> Good luck!
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Camper Mick
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> Subject: Re: CD Overlay
>
> If the Windows 98 'SE' is an upgrade you can. The best thing to do is
> completely remove Win 95 from your system then instal the 98 SE. The
> documentation that came with the 98 SE should be all you need. Before
> you do this however (or ever if you do the upgrade) make sure that all
> components on your system can be upgraded. I mean if you have a modem,
> sound card, printer, scanner etc. The best thing to do is go to the web
> site of your components and download the drivers for windows 98 se
> first. Naturally save these drivers to disk. If you remove windows 95
> make sure you save all the files that you want first.
>
> To take win 95 off simply get to your 'c' prompt (not from windows
> however) and type reformat c: This will completely remove everything but
> the fat file from your hard drive. Then, insert your windows 98 se disk
> and follow the instructions on the screen. As it finishes it's instal
> will tell you 'new hard ware found' and tell you what it is going to
> instal (modem, sound card, etc.). If the component you are installing
> does have windows 98 drivers on the instal disk then use the disk I
> mentioned before (go to the web and download the drivers) or let windows
> 98 find the best drivers for it on the windows 98 disk.
>
> Morey Worthington wrote:
>
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