Win95 to 98se upgrade

[plumerjr]

Hello, Recently we got an IBM Thinkpad 600 Notepad(laptop) that came pre-installed with windows95 which works just fine with what we use it for. Upon trying to hook it up to our wireless router we realized we needed Win98se to work properly. I'm sure this has been asked before, but just as a refresher. Is it possible to upgrade with the full version of Win98se without uninstalling Win 95? Just trying to decide whether I should get the full version or the upgrade version. Thanks for the input.

[HAL9000]

Yes... you can boot to DOS from the full Win98 CD... either rename or delete the C:\WINDOWS\WIN.COM file and run the setup. During the setup, you should be asked for an installation directory which will be defaulted to C:\WINDOWS.000, remember to name it back to C:\WINDOWS or else you will have a clean windows installation and not an upgrade (this is reversible).

[plumerjr]

Thanks, I went ahead and purchased a full version off Ebay. I'll make sure to take your advise when I install it. I was already leaning to the full version anyway, just needed a second opinion. I'll post again if I have any questions or problems installing.

[plumerjr]

Originally Posted by HAL9000 Yes... you can boot to DOS from the full Win98 CD... either rename or delete the C:\WINDOWS\WIN.COM file and run the setup. During the setup, you should be asked for an installation directory which will be defaulted to C:\WINDOWS.000, remember to name it back to C:\WINDOWS or else you will have a clean windows installation and not an upgrade (this is reversible).

Forgive me if these questions seem like they would be obvious. Could you explain on how to boot to DOS from the Win98 cd? Can you delete or rename C:\WINDOWS\WIN.COM file from win95 then run setup from the cd? It just seems a little unclear.Also on the second part of your answer when it asks for installation directory should I change it to C:\WINDOWS right then or is it something you do after installation is done? Thank you.

[WhatsThisBoxFor?]

You need a Win98 bootdisk to do this. You can download them from: www.bootdisk.com
Then you type cd windows
Rename win.com win.old
(I think those are the commands to rename it.)

When you install windows it will ask where you want to install to - it will say c:\windows.000, just change this to c:\windows and then you do not have to do anything later on.

[plumerjr]

Already installed and online, thanks for the tips.