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[Guest]

A friend sent me a copy of XP which I installed over
Win98 SE. XP is unstable (lots of error and shutdowns).
Recently, I purchased XP upgrade (didn't look at box) but
I can't upgrade over XP. Can someone tell me how to
uninstall XP w/o losing files; revert back to original
Win 98 then use the update i purchased? Then I'll be
able to register it and get support tickets. Thanks for
any suggestions. Is this the best way to proceed?

 

[Guest]

boot off the newupgrade cd and do a reinstall into the windows dir. We lose general setting.

 

[Michael Stevens]

A friend sent me a copy of XP which I installed over
Win98 SE. XP is unstable (lots of error and shutdowns).
Recently, I purchased XP upgrade (didn't look at box) but
I can't upgrade over XP. Can someone tell me how to
uninstall XP w/o losing files; revert back to original
Win 98 then use the update i purchased? Then I'll be
able to register it and get support tickets. Thanks for
any suggestions. Is this the best way to proceed?

Click on or copy and paste the link below into your web browser address box.
Remove XP and install 98/Me
http://michaelstevenstech.com/xpfaq.html#how5
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[NoNoBadDog!]

If you have the win98 disc, you can boot from the WinXp disc, delete and
recreate a partition, format, and when it asks you proof of previous OS,
just temporarily put in the WIn98 disc. This will only work if the disc is
a true win98 disc and not a restore disc.

Bobby