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Win98 Upgrade On Win95/NT 4.0 Dual Boot System
Greetings,
Could I upgrade the Win95 Version A FAT 16 partition of my dual boot system with the Win98 Final - Retail Full Setup ? What is the difference between this retail version and the final release version ? Will the upgrade has any adverse effect on my NT 4.0 WS NTFS partition ?
I would appreciate it if any can substantiate the answers with any online documents from Microsoft.
TIA
Could I upgrade the Win95 Version A FAT 16 partition of my dual boot system with the Win98 Final - Retail Full Setup ? What is the difference between this retail version and the final release version ? Will the upgrade has any adverse effect on my NT 4.0 WS NTFS partition ?
I would appreciate it if any can substantiate the answers with any online documents from Microsoft.
TIA
The Retail version of Windows 98 *is* the final release version.
ASKER
Thanks. Anyone able to answer my the other questions ?
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Thanks dankh for the detailed info. So what I need to do is I boot to my FAT16 Win95 Rev A partition and run the Win98 setup. This will upgrade my Win95 partition to Win98. Then when I restart my PC, I will be able to see a dual boot system; Win98 and NT 4.0 WS. Right ?
BTW, have you tried the above before ? Or is it documented by Microsoft ?
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BTW, have you tried the above before ? Or is it documented by Microsoft ?
TIA
Hi,
Yes, follow the details i have given above and everything should work out fine. Yes, this is documented by Microsoft. I wouldn't give anyone bogus advice! :)
Yes, follow the details i have given above and everything should work out fine. Yes, this is documented by Microsoft. I wouldn't give anyone bogus advice! :)
ASKER
I reckon you have a dual boot system; Win98 and WS 4.0. I would like to hear your personal comments on Win98 compared to Win95, and do you usually work on the WS 4.0 partition now that you have Win98 installed ? If the document is on the Web Site, do let me know the URL that point to it that addresses my issues.
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HI,
Here is the URL for the information found above :
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q179/7/56.asp
This is the Article ID: Q179756
I currently have a dual boot system (95 and NT 4.0). I most likely wont' upgrade to Win98 because i believe anything under NT is a second rate operation system (even 98). The only reason i have 95 is to play games. I hope NT 5.0 will offer more gaming capabilities so i can do away with the dreaded 9x operating system.
Here is the URL for the information found above :
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q179/7/56.asp
This is the Article ID: Q179756
I currently have a dual boot system (95 and NT 4.0). I most likely wont' upgrade to Win98 because i believe anything under NT is a second rate operation system (even 98). The only reason i have 95 is to play games. I hope NT 5.0 will offer more gaming capabilities so i can do away with the dreaded 9x operating system.
ASKER
Thanks once again for the detailed info. The article would be of much help if I am ready to upgrade to Win98. But right now, I am happy with my WS 4.0 and resisted the temptation to upgrade my Win95 partition to Win98 until I have the time to explore its features.