Lost Disk

[Guest]

I lost my windows 98 SE disk and would like to upgrade to Windows XP. Do I need to have the 98 disk to upgrade?

 

[Chris Lanier]

Hi, No. Not if Windows 98 is currently installed on the PC.

I lost my windows 98 SE disk and would like to upgrade to Windows XP. Do I

need to have the 98 disk to upgrade?

 

[Ken Blake]

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I lost my windows 98 SE disk and would like to upgrade to Windows XP.
Do I need to have the 98 disk to upgrade?

If 98 is currently installed, no. You need the 98 CD as proof of
ownership only if it's not installed and you are doing a clean
installation with an Upgrade version.

So you can install without it if if 98 is installed, However, if
you have an upgrade version, you will never be able to do a clean
reinstallation, should you ever need to, without a previous
qualifying version's CD.

 

[Guest]

Thanks.

----- Chris Lanier wrote: -----

Hi, No. Not if Windows 98 is currently installed on the PC.

I lost my windows 98 SE disk and would like to upgrade to Windows XP. Do I

need to have the 98 disk to upgrade?

 

[Guest]

Thanks

 

[CS]

I lost my windows 98 SE disk and would like to upgrade to Windows XP. Do I need to have the 98 disk to upgrade?

No. You can use Win95, however, Win95 will only work for a clean
install. (Which is probably better anyway.)

 

[Gary Tait]

No. You can use Win95, however, Win95 will only work for a clean
install. (Which is probably better anyway.)

You cannot with 95. 95 is ineligible for upgrade.

 

[Tim Slattery]

You cannot with 95. 95 is ineligible for upgrade.

Win95 is a qualifying product for the WinXP Upgrade disk. That disk
will not upgrade an existing Win95 system, though. You have to delete
the Win95 system and install WinXP clean. When the install process
asks for proof of a qualifying product you put the Win95 CD into the
drive. That will satisfy the installer, and the installation will
continue.

 

[Ken Blake]

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You cannot with 95. 95 is ineligible for upgrade.

Sorry, this isn't correct. ALthough you can't upgrade over the
top of a Windows 95 installation, a Windows 95 CD *does* work as
proof of a previous qualifying version when doing a clean
installation with an upgrade version of XP.