Installing XP over W98se
 

That won't work, will it?

I'd hate to backup all my shit first and install everything I have running on this pc again.

yes it will. but yes, you will have to backup everything.

Yes it will work but I would highly recommend formatting your hard drive and getting a clean install.

:thumbsup Format your HD

There's a 1000 programs on that pc. I do not even wish that on my worst enemy - if I had one.

format c::thumbsup

Moving to XP would be your worst move ever.. 0_o

98SE is my fave M$ O/S...
The rest can :321GFY

I don't know how you could stand installing that over 98. A clean install is the best way to go. I try to do a format and fresh install once a year to clean all the shit out of it.

I hated XP at first too, until I changed the interface so it looked like the old style. It's worth upgrading just for NTFS alone.

Well .. if it wasn't for this
http://bbs.gofuckyourself.com/showth...hreadid=145485
I wouldn't even consider it.


Evil Dick, I have had the old interface since day one. It is just like w98, only better:)

You can install XP on a seperate partition on your hard drive and dual boot, in order to give yourself plenty of time to re-install your programs from Win98.

XP has a boot manager in it, but I would reccomend creating a seperate partition and changing the active primary for the install, this way you could wipe out Win98 without problems when you are ready. Partition Magic has a good boot manager for doing this.

It is a very bad idea to install XP over Win98, you will be plagued with problems. A clean install is the only way to go.
Good Luck.:2 cents:

I have installed xp over 98 without any problems. But that was my exgf computer which is only used for surfing, e-mail etc. But if your pc is full of programs that eat a lot of resources you better make a fresh install.

Yes it can be done.