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Anonymous   08-12-2004 at 03:49:03 PM

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I have an old computer that is a friend's trying to upgrade it and clean it
up etc. I got a win 98se upgrade disk off ebay which says it will upgrade
win 3.1 or 95 to 98se. When I try to use it it says I have the wrong disk
and need to get win 98 upgrade. Does anyone know anyway to get around this?
Also, could I start it in msdos and try to run it? If so, how? I'm not
familiar with dos. Thanks for any suggestions.
--
Ruth

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Anonymous   08-12-2004 at 06:48:23 PM
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Sounds like you got a Win98SE OEM disk and not a Win98SE Upgrade disk. Or
Possibly a Win98SE update disk which requires a prior version of Win98 to be
installed.

"rubeckf" <rubeckf@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:4A46C401-FD05-4075-9F6D-46EF454A9AD5@microsoft.com...
> I have an old computer that is a friend's trying to upgrade it and clean
it
> up etc. I got a win 98se upgrade disk off ebay which says it will upgrade
> win 3.1 or 95 to 98se. When I try to use it it says I have the wrong disk
> and need to get win 98 upgrade. Does anyone know anyway to get around
this?
> Also, could I start it in msdos and try to run it? If so, how? I'm not
> familiar with dos. Thanks for any suggestions.
> --
> Ruth

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Philo   08-12-2004 at 09:31:04 PM
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"rubeckf" <rubeckf@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:4A46C401-FD05-4075-9F6D-46EF454A9AD5@microsoft.com...
> I have an old computer that is a friend's trying to upgrade it and clean
it
> up etc. I got a win 98se upgrade disk off ebay which says it will upgrade
> win 3.1 or 95 to 98se. When I try to use it it says I have the wrong disk
> and need to get win 98 upgrade. Does anyone know anyway to get around
this?
> Also, could I start it in msdos and try to run it? If so, how? I'm not
> familiar with dos. Thanks for any suggestions.
> --
> Ruth


rename win.com in your windows folder
then install back in the original windows folder
usually C:\windows
(do not go with the default of C:\windows.000)

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Anonymous   08-12-2004 at 09:31:05 PM
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"philo" wrote:

>
> "rubeckf" <rubeckf@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:4A46C401-FD05-4075-9F6D-46EF454A9AD5@microsoft.com...
> > I have an old computer that is a friend's trying to upgrade it and clean
> it
> > up etc. I got a win 98se upgrade disk off ebay which says it will upgrade
> > win 3.1 or 95 to 98se. When I try to use it it says I have the wrong disk
> > and need to get win 98 upgrade. Does anyone know anyway to get around
> this?
> > Also, could I start it in msdos and try to run it? If so, how? I'm not
> > familiar with dos. Thanks for any suggestions.
> > --
> > Ruth
>
>
> rename win.com in your windows folder
> then install back in the original windows folder
> usually C:\windows
> (do not go with the default of C:\windows.000)
>
> thanks, I'll try that. This is an upgrade disk which says it's for 3.1 or 95 upgrade.
>

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Anonymous   08-18-2004 at 08:55:04 AM
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"rubeckf" wrote:

>
>
> "philo" wrote:
>
> >
> > "rubeckf" <rubeckf@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:4A46C401-FD05-4075-9F6D-46EF454A9AD5@microsoft.com...
> > > I have an old computer that is a friend's trying to upgrade it and clean
> > it
> > > up etc. I got a win 98se upgrade disk off ebay which says it will upgrade
> > > win 3.1 or 95 to 98se. When I try to use it it says I have the wrong disk
> > > and need to get win 98 upgrade. Does anyone know anyway to get around
> > this?
> > > Also, could I start it in msdos and try to run it? If so, how? I'm not
> > > familiar with dos. Thanks for any suggestions.
> > > --
> > > Ruth
> >
> >
> > rename win.com in your windows folder
> > then install back in the original windows folder
> > usually C:\windows
> > (do not go with the default of C:\windows.000)
> >
> > thanks, I'll try that. This is an upgrade disk which says it's for 3.1 or 95 upgrade.
> >
If it doesn't work, format your PC or try deleting C:\windows\*.* and
C:\windows\system\*.* and other files.

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