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Hp Pavilion 6746C

I didn't know where to put this question, cause it has to do with the operating system, and the computer, but oh well, I guess someone will still read it. Anyway, I was wondering if I can upgrade the operating system on a HP Pavilion 6746C, from the original OS, to Windows 98 SE. I know in the past when I tried to do the same thing with a Compaq Presario, it wouldn't let me put Windows 98 SE on there, I had to reinstall with the original Quick Restore disks that came with the computer. So I'm just wondering if I will have the same problem with the HP if I reformats, and tries to install from my Windows 98 SE disk.

Any help would be greatly appreciated

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gonzal13

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BillDL

The HP website gives the following specifications for a USA Pavilion 6746C:

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?product=57589&lang=en&lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&docname=bph06042

Intel (R) Celeron (R) 733 MHz processor (socket 370)
Intel 810 Motherboard Chipset
Cheetah V.90 K56 Fax/Data Modem
Intel 810 on-board PCI Graphics chip using 11 MB shared system memory
HP 10/100 BaseT LAN adapter (Ethernet)
Crystal AMC97 3-D stereo PCI 16-bit on-board Sound Chip
4 x CD-RW (Easy CD Creator preinstalled and on Recovery CD?)
Microsoft Windows Me Pre-Installed and with Recovery CD
Microsoft Works 2000 (on recovery CD?)

Assuming that you have:

- A retail Windows 98 or 98SE CD with a valid license key
- Either MS Office or MS Works on another installation CD with a valid key
- An installation CD for a compatible CD-Burning software package

Then there is no reason why you couldn't format the hard drive and install Windows 98 on that computer.

Of course, as mentioned above, you will need Windows 98 Drivers for the:

- Modem
- Network Card
- Crystal Audio Chip
- On board Graphics

The CD-RW doesn't need a driver.

You will also need the Chipset Driver files for the Intel 810 Motherboard. When sourced online, the download may or may not contain drivers for the Crystal Audio chip and Graphics chip.

I will look for some download links and you could then tell us if you think this is viable.

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silver_wolf

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thanks guys, there was quite a bit of information there. I am doing this for a friend, and after I read these posts I was going to do it, when she called me up and told me to just leave Windows ME on it. So if thats what she wants done, then thats what i'm going to do, so i'm sorry about you writing all that out (apparently for nothing), but everyone's help is greatly appreciated, and I will make a note of the above information for future reference. now I just have one more question, how do I go about assigning points to people?

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BillDL

Thank you, silver_wolf