I am about to upgrade the mobo,ram and processor on this old box of silicon(Gateway/Intel 440lx/PII). I'll be installing a Soyo MB with an Intel 815-B stepping chipset, 512 Mb Pc133 RAM and a Tualatin Celeron. A friend of mine told me that I will have to reformat my HD(wipe the drive and start clean) and reinstall my O/S W98SE before it will function again. Is this true? He told me that I'll have to reformat the drive, install the full OEM version of Win95 that came with the computer and then install Win98se because I have the upgrade version of Win98se and not the full version. Another guy told me that all I have to do if I want a "clean install" is to create a floppy boot disc, reformat the drive and then do the W98se install from the boot disc.
I'd like to start with a "fresh" O/S install after the upgrade as I have been told that a major hardware upgrade causes major headaches with the O/S, apps, drivers, etc.
Need Help!! Any good advice and/or links to tutorial web sites would be greatly appreciated.
TIA
I'd like to start with a "fresh" O/S install after the upgrade as I have been told that a major hardware upgrade causes major headaches with the O/S, apps, drivers, etc.
Need Help!! Any good advice and/or links to tutorial web sites would be greatly appreciated.
TIA