Hi Ian, what are the specs on this HP Pavilion 6701?  Win98SE does sound
like a good choice but you probably won't find any win98 drivers for modems
and other specific hardware since this was a WinME pc. I have found that
Compaq & HP desktops & laptops that came with ME preinstalled will run great
with Win98 but you won't get the original conexant modems running because
the only drivers provided are winme, win2k & winxp signed drivers.  As soon
as you try to use the winme driver under win98, the installation will halt.
Also, if the specs support it I would go with Win2k or WinXP if not, go
ahead and install Win98SE - the pc will probably run great but you might not
get all of the hardware functioning.  If she can run WinXP on her pc without
too much of a performance hit, go with WinXP and run in classic mode that
way all the settings are a little more familiar to the end user without too
much if any training needed to get her running. Just my 0.02 cents cdn.
Thx....rob,wpg

Original Email >>>>>>>>>>>>>
Date:    Tue, 31 Dec 2002 17:36:25 +1300
From:    Ian <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Installing Win98 onto an HP Pavilion 6701
A customer has blown up her WinME setup and wants to install Win98SE instead
(with which I wholeheartedly agree). Neither does she want XP. Naturally,
her Recovery disk set will only reinstate the doggy ME. I note that the HP
6701 site has drivers for the computer but I'm picking that these will only
be applicable to ME. Can anyone comment on this please? Ian Porter

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