View Full Version : How do I format os w/win 95 to upgrade to 98
sweetashoney70
October 16th, 2003, 04:39 PM
My friend is removing a computer from their work and I need to format it to take all the work stuff off since they bought a new systemfor work and this one is going to be given away. When i do I want to upgrade the OS to win 98. It has win 95 now. Can u please help me out. I know how to format w/win 98 as the os but not 95. Thanks!
Baser-X
October 16th, 2003, 05:36 PM
Just get into DOS with the boot disk and type format C: at the prompt. It's best if you use a Win98 or ME boot disk to do this since both have CD-Rom support available (I'm not sure about 95 boot disks). Then you can just install from DOS by switching to the CD drive and typing setup.exe. Just make sure you have a fullversion of 98, or if it is an upgrade version you will need to install 95 first then upgrade it.
Note that the CD drive letter will be different in DOS than Windows. For example, if the CD drive is E: in Windows it will be F: in DOS.
sweetashoney70
October 16th, 2003, 10:23 PM
If i put win 98 will i still have win 95 or do i have to totally remove it from the system before i install the new window? Thanks for replying!
GretaP
October 17th, 2003, 12:33 AM
If i put win 98 will i still have win 95 or do i have to totally remove it from the system before i install the new window? Thanks for replying!
Hi sweetashoney70,
If you format the C drive, everything will be erased, including win95.
It's best if you use a Win98 or ME boot disk to do this since both have CD-Rom support available (I'm not sure about 95 boot disks)
The WIN95 bootdisks that you create from within the operating system do not have CDROM support. However, the d/loadable files to create a WIN95 bootdisk available from bootdisk.com (http://bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm) do contain CDROM support.