Win98 to XP?

[Pablo]

Hi, I would like to know how to upgrade from Win98 to XP. Is it safe to do?
What are the things to look out for? A detailed step by step process would
be mostly appreciated. Thanks.

 

[Donny Broome]

If your machine doesn't have at least 512 MB of memory, don't even think
about it.


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[N. Miller]

Hi, I would like to know how to upgrade from Win98 to XP. Is it safe to do?
What are the things to look out for? A detailed step by step process would
be mostly appreciated. Thanks.

I wouldn't do it on general principles. Either I would set up the HDD for a
dual-boot system, keeping Window 98 on one boot partition, and using a
fresh install of Windows XP on another boot partition. Set up Windows XP to
use an NTFS partition.

 

[Sid Knee]

Hi, I would like to know how to upgrade from Win98 to XP. Is it safe to do?
What are the things to look out for? A detailed step by step process would
be mostly appreciated. Thanks.

Why not ask the question in an appropriate newsgroup (one of the XP
groups for instance)? Logically, you could expect a much better quality
of response.

 

[Sid Knee]

Hi, I would like to know how to upgrade from Win98 to XP. Is it safe to do?
What are the things to look out for? A detailed step by step process would
be mostly appreciated. Thanks.

Why not ask the question in an appropriate newsgroup (one of the XP
groups for instance)? Logically, you could expect a much better quality
of response.

 

[Richard in AZ]

The first thing you need to do is determine if your hardware will work with
XP.

In general, the CPU should be at least 1 GHz clock speed.
You will need a minimum of 256 Megs of RAM memory (512 Megs would be
better).
You should have a minimum of 20 Gigabytes of Hard Drive.
While the above requirements exceed the minimum listed for XP, without the
capabilities listed you will find XP much slower and poorer performing than
98 on that computer.

Next you should download and run the XP evaluation software. You may find
that your sound card, modem, and maybe even your video card all need new
driver software. You may also find that your scanner is not compatible and
I know you will need new printer driver software. You may have other
Software Programs incompatibilities. Fixing all of these may cost more
than the price of a new computer that comes with XP.

For the evaluation software go to:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/home/upgrading/advisor.mspx

 

[Rich]

The first thing you need to do is determine if your hardware will work with
XP.

In general, the CPU should be at least 1 GHz clock speed.
You will need a minimum of 256 Megs of RAM memory (512 Megs would be
better).
You should have a minimum of 20 Gigabytes of Hard Drive.
While the above requirements exceed the minimum listed for XP, without the
capabilities listed you will find XP much slower and poorer performing than
98 on that computer.

Next you should download and run the XP evaluation software. You may find
that your sound card, modem, and maybe even your video card all need new
driver software. You may also find that your scanner is not compatible and
I know you will need new printer driver software. You may have other
Software Programs incompatibilities. Fixing all of these may cost more
than the price of a new computer that comes with XP.

For the evaluation software go to:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/home/upgrading/advisor.mspx

all of the above is excellent advice. i would add that it would be
better not to upgrade the OS but to wipe the hard drive, re-format and
install XP fresh. you'll most likely end up with few to no problems
(a lot is dependent on the age of your main board and its chipset).

regardless of which way you go be sure to do a complete backup of your
hard drive before upgrading or re-installing. an image backup rather
than a file-by-file backup would be better.

good luck.

73,
rich, n9dko