Upgrading from Win98FE to SE?

[jacatone]

Was there two versions of Win98SE? One to simply upgrade from FE and another to do a clean install? I have a Win98SE disk with serial but I'm not sure how to use it. Does anyone know of a link providing step by step instructions. Thanks.

[RayH]

There was a $20 Windows 98 SE UpDATE which was to update Wndows 98 FE to SE. It had a bug in the shutdown.

There was a clean install Windows 98SE full version or Upgrade. The Upgrade would upgrade Windows 3.1 , 95, or 98.

Step One: Get a copy of Norton Ghost and backup what you got first!

[GaryRouth]

If there's nothing wrong with your 98 1st edition, you won't notice much difference between the two, except that it's becoming more common with recent software to require 2nd Edition as the minimum OS requirement. A few system and network utilities were improved in the 2nd Edition, too [It added a dial-up version of Internet Connection sharing, which works, but I wouldn't recommend it].

Ray's suggestion for the backup first is probably the best advice you're going to get - no matter which course you take.

If you want to go up to 2nd Edition for compatibility with a program, and over-the-top upgrade might do this nicely. You won't have to start from scratch and reinstall everything. Make sure to scan everything for spyware and viruses before you try the reinstall. Here's the guide: http://forum.pcmech.com/showthread.p...threadid=70846

You can do the over-the-top with any edition of Win98se = Upgrade, OEM, or Full version - with the exception of the $20 disk that Ray mentions [if you had one of those, you'd just let it run, and then visit Windows Update for the patches].

The over-the-top usually takes about 45 minutes.
. . . Gary