Do I need a recovery disk to upgrade from 98?

[Guest]

Currently i'm running Win 98 SE on a HP Pavillion 8660c. I would like to
upgrade to XP Home Edition. If the upgrade version askes for a Win 98 CD,
will the recovery cd provided by HP work? Also, if the install fails and i
want to return to Win 98, will my recovery cd work? Anything suggested would
be helpful.

 

[Shenan Stanley]

Currently i'm running Win 98 SE on a HP Pavillion 8660c. I would
like to upgrade to XP Home Edition. If the upgrade version askes
for a Win 98 CD, will the recovery cd provided by HP work? Also, if
the install fails and i want to return to Win 98, will my recovery
cd work? Anything suggested would be helpful.

First - with what seems to be a 256MB limit on memory and lack of support
for hardware in Windows XP - I would rethink actually upgrading. Your
reasoning would have to be pretty compelling.

HP Pavilion Desktop PCs - Can I Upgrade My Pavilion with Windows 9X to XP?
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/genericDocument?lc=en&docname=bph06784&lang=en&cc=us

Notice the number of XP drivers when you select that OS..
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareCategory?lc=en&cc=us&lang=en&product=59337&dlc=en

Notice the maximum memory and the supported operating system..
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/...lang=en&product=59337&dlc=en&docname=bph05319

As for your direct question - no idea if the recovery CD will work.. If it
is a true "recovery CD" and not a Windows 98 installation CD - no - it will
not.

As for recovering back to Windows 98 - that's what it was made to do - will
it work for sure - no one can say in your particular case. heh