Whoops -

I forgot that there two releases of Win98SE, one full and the other a short
upgrade for those who already had Win98.

Jack

----- Original Message -----
From: joseph marty <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2002 7:38 PM
Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] Upgrade OS


> I have to disagree about Win 98 SE not being a complete OS. I have
installed a full Win 98 SE at least 4 times from a full install Win 98 SE
CD.  As for why my friend couldn't install Win Me from an upgrade disk using
a Win 98.1 upgrade disk as proof of the prior OS, I can't say.  I only know
it wouldn't let him do it.  I wasn't there to observe, I only heard about it
after the fact.
>
> >Joseph
> >
> >I won't try to assertain what your friends problem was with WinME but you
> >can make a clean install with an upgrade disk using an older OS upgrade
disk
> >for verification.  I have done this with W95, W98, 98SE and WinXP all of
> >which were upgrades.  Just a note: Win98SE is itself not a complete OS
but
> >in the true sense is just an upgrade to Win98 and must be installed from
> >within Win98.
> >
> >Jack
> >
> >
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