You can install Stomp's Backup my PC on Windows XP and it will recognize the windows 98 .qic backup files. Use the read from media choice. If you go from Stomps Backup my PC in the Windows XP computer to the Windows 89 computer, the long file names will have a tilde(~) in them. So use the Stomp program on the Windows 98 computer if you need to move files/programs back to the 98 computer. I use the 98 backup program a lot with great success and it even works to Windows XP with Stomps Backup my PC installed. Both backup programs are almost identical. Good Luck!
Rich