ive installed windows xp lots of times! but i always had a fresh copy of windows 98! now i dont have a source of upgrading from 98. and im screwed! arent i? is there a way to install, rather than upgrad windows xp on a newly formatted harddrive. maybe some kind of extra MSdos files i could use to some how support the program?
2006-11-21 02:09:19 · 6 answers · asked by ADHD 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Add-ons
The answer is yes and its the preferred way.
Windows XP disks (all releases) supports "boot to cd" which loads a standard embedded installer engine.
You can even use an upgrade disk to perform a clean install.
At a point in the installation the machine will inform you that a previous version of windows was not found and to enter the path, simply insert your Windows 98 disk and allow the system to verify. When its finished remove and re-insert the windows XP disk for the install to continue.
see the link below for more detailed instructions
2006-11-21 10:19:58 · answer #1 · answered by Xzelian 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
pop the disc in and follow the prompts although at some time you may need the 98 disc also
2006-11-21 10:12:13 · answer #2 · answered by bsmith13421 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Set bios to boot from CDROM, pop the cd in and go from there. Boot files are on the disk
2006-11-21 10:11:35 · answer #3 · answered by watchher01 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Here you have the instructions:
http://askcomputerexpert.ws43.com/software/install.htm
2006-11-21 10:16:30 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
try bootable CD that's it.
2006-11-21 10:14:53 · answer #5 · answered by krutarth2951987 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋