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Offline Maverick

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« on: October 10, 2000, 01:20:00 PM »
Hi there again,

I am gonna ask a new question cuz I are colored stupid about puters.

My system is running on Win95C. So far fairly stable. I have a P3 500MHZ system and 2 newly discovered USB ports. To use them I assume I need Win 98.

If I convert to 98 what should I look out for or do to make it work reliably and particularly with AH?

Again, please type slowly and use small words.  

Thanks in advance,

Mav
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« Reply #1 on: October 10, 2000, 02:11:00 PM »
I think all you need is Windoze 98se to upgrade(only $89.00).  Maybe the Windoze ME thingie is ok too, don't know anything about the ME.

I know you can get by with the $89.00 SE  

BTW, if it is easy it isn't any fun

Dive right in and see how the water is hehee..

If ya gotta USB stick you will like SE

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« Reply #2 on: October 10, 2000, 03:19:00 PM »
Yes. WIN 98 SE you'll need unless you have Win95B (with USR support) which should work fine too. Win95 "A" won't.

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« Reply #3 on: October 10, 2000, 11:56:00 PM »
WinME sucks dont use it yet wait till debugged.

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« Reply #4 on: October 11, 2000, 02:07:00 AM »
2 things to consider:

1) Do NOT get the upgrade, or upgrade your current version of Windoze to 98 SE. The upgrade isn't the greatest, and for some reason it has problems upgrading. Go for a full installation.

2) The upgrade, so I'm told, will actually do a full install of Windoze. Re-format your hard drive and keep the Windoze 95 start-up disk. When the upgrade disk asks you if you own any registered MS product, stick your floppy in the drive and hit ENTER. It should do a full install of Windoze 98 SE.

Personally I'm about to upgrade from 95 to 98, but I'm using a full install. Yeah, it means re-formattng my hard drive but at least I won't suffer from any latent 95 glitches.




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« Reply #5 on: October 11, 2000, 07:20:00 AM »
Not sure about a start-up disk but I keep my old 3.1 floppies - works like a charm (asking for 3-4 floppies every install to "verify").

The only difference between "version upgrade" and "full" versions is the price (the latter is ~twice as expensive) and that the "upgrade" is asking for previous version (easily overcome)... I figure Mr Gates is rich enough...

p.s. BTW - the same trick works for all MS products as far as I know - MS Office'97 "swallowed" 1 floppy from Access 2.0 as a qualifying thing and installed with no problems saving ~£200 in the process...

p.p.s. I will deny everything in court...
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« Reply #6 on: October 11, 2000, 02:52:00 PM »
The upgrade software itself is ok. The problem occurs when Win95 has errors that are not apparent to you craps out the Win98 upgrade. These errors you may never see but believe me, the Win98 upgrade will! I suggest a full reformat and full install of Win98. I'm in da biz. We have to do it all the time  

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« Reply #7 on: October 11, 2000, 02:56:00 PM »
 
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Originally posted by flakbait:
2 things to consider:

1) Do NOT get the upgrade, or upgrade your current version of Windoze to 98 SE. The upgrade isn't the greatest, and for some reason it has problems upgrading. Go for a full installation.

2) The upgrade, so I'm told, will actually do a full install of Windoze. Re-format your hard drive and keep the Windoze 95 start-up disk. When the upgrade disk asks you if you own any registered MS product, stick your floppy in the drive and hit ENTER. It should do a full install of Windoze 98 SE.

Personally I'm about to upgrade from 95 to 98, but I'm using a full install. Yeah, it means re-formattng my hard drive but at least I won't suffer from any latent 95 glitches.


My sister can attest to this post, best to start from scratch than upgrade current OS.

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« Reply #8 on: October 11, 2000, 03:26:00 PM »
You haven't upgraded yet have you!!!!

Win 95C HAS USB support.  I used it with a USB Precision PRO with no problems.  Any Windows 95 version above B has USB support with the USB patch.  (I think C included it.)  Win 98 has native USB support, Win ME is a waste of money.  

Try it first before you "upgrade".  You computer will be 15% slower with Win 98 and even slower (less stable too) with Win ME.

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Offline Maverick

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« Reply #9 on: October 11, 2000, 07:30:00 PM »
Hi there,

Nope no upgrade yet. I was hoping for the info to trickle in like it did. I figured I would try to benefit from the experiance of others. I was reluctant to upgrade at all as it seems to work good now. The USB was the only real kicker for upgrade if 95C couldn't handle it.

Thanks again all!    

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« Reply #10 on: October 12, 2000, 08:08:00 PM »
Moot point now if you've decided to stay with your current OS, But, A couple suggestions if/when you ever do upgrade in the future.

1. Always Always buy the Full version of the O.S. Most of the time "upgrades" don't cut it if you have a system crash that requires re-formatting.

2. As a general maintenance rule: Format your hard drive every 6 months or so. After time, if you do a lot of downloading installing/uninstalling your registry is going to get cluttered. I use a ZIP drive to save the most up-to date versions of my software (things Like AH, soundpack, etc.) Always works well for me anyway.

Good luck ,

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« Reply #11 on: October 13, 2000, 04:36:00 AM »
 
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1. Always Always buy the Full version of the O.S. Most of the time "upgrades" don't cut it if you have a system crash that requires re-formatting.

Never never buy the Full version as the only differnce between the Full version and a version Upgrade (apart from the price!) is that the latter is looking for something to upgrade (easily overcome, see above) and the former isn't.

That's it - after "the Upgrade" has been "satisfied" that it can "upgrade" it'll happily install/re-install/whatever on a freshly formatted hard disk with no problems at all as many times as you want and as often as you want.

 
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2. As a general maintenance rule: Format your hard drive every 6 months or so.


Massive "cc!" to this one - it's incredible how much junk can accumulate on you hard disk in a very short period of time uninstall programs be damned...

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