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June 28th, 2002, 03:57 PM
#1
Help!!!
Hi!
My friend asked me to install win98 on his loptop. Now he has win95. I will have to fdisk and format hd. Can I use my win98 boot disk to do this. I newer Instaled OS on loptop. Is this the same as installing on desktop PC??? Any advise????
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June 28th, 2002, 04:11 PM
#2
Yes you can use your Win98 startup disk, it is
preferred. That said, you are in for a long
process of finding drivers. The major difference
in the Win98 startup disk over Win95 is cdrom
support.
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June 28th, 2002, 04:13 PM
#3
Driver Terrier
The only thing with laptops, especially older ones, is that they have a hidden partition on which they keep the bios and restore systems. Make sure you don't overwrite that.
You should also make a note of the hardware listed in the device manager before formatting and should look on the laptop company website to make sure you can get 98 drivers for it.
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June 28th, 2002, 04:30 PM
#4
Thank you for your help. How I can avoid overwriting hiden partition?????
Cap883
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June 28th, 2002, 06:02 PM
#5
Senior Member
Firstly, don't delete any partitions, for a simple OS upgrade, I really can't see the point.
Just boot up and format, and install the O/S, but as posted above, make sure you can get the drivers for the laptop first.
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June 28th, 2002, 06:17 PM
#6
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quote: Originally posted by cap883:
Thank you for your help. How I can avoid overwriting hiden partition?????
Cap883
it's hiding for a reason The hidden partions don't cary a drive letter, so no worries there. just use the standard format.
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