fuddyduddy Posted September 10, 2006 Share Posted September 10, 2006 My friend has the win98 basic system so she can't use USB ports .If put my win98S.E. disc in would it simply upgrade to this or would I have to format the hard drive and do a clean installation of win98s.e. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meaks Posted September 10, 2006 Share Posted September 10, 2006 Nope, sorry. Why don't they upgrade to a current OS instead? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sccsux Posted September 10, 2006 Share Posted September 10, 2006 Nope, sorry. Why don't they upgrade to a current OS instead? Yes it will... I've done this loads of time. None have required a HD reformat:confused: Though you do need a valid M$ key. I simply booted from a floppy, navigated to the CD and ran the set up program in the root dir, which then offered an "Install" or "Update" option. I've also done this with a 98-2k update. No re-format required. All programs installed were available too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meaks Posted September 10, 2006 Share Posted September 10, 2006 Yes it will... I've done this loads of time. None have required a HD reformat:confused: Though you do need a valid M$ key. I simply booted from a floppy, navigated to the CD and ran the set up program in the root dir, which then offered an "Install" or "Update" option. I've also done this with a 98-2k update. No re-format required. All programs installed were available too. Well I guess I can stand corrected. Although its true there is no official upgrade path. Still no excuse for running obsolete and unsupported software though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
esme Posted September 10, 2006 Share Posted September 10, 2006 ...Though you do need a valid M$ key... thats a win98se key that you'll need, you might find one on ebay from a scrapped system that will do the job ..not sure about how legal that is but it sounds fairly legal, as long as it's only in use on one system I can't see M$ objecting. the win98 key thats being used on the current system won't work though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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