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A friend asked me how can i format my computer with

windows 98 installed and wants to put windows xp on instead, would xp write over 98 or just add to it as only has a 40 gig hard drive.
Any help would be appreciated, Thanks

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fractal.scatter offline Verified User (10 months, 1 week) Long Term User Shouts: 339 #
An Unknown Location | 7 months, 3 weeks ago (4 minutes after post)

40GB would be enough hard drive space but how it would operate depends more on the CPU and RAM speed. It is possible though, and you would need to unistall 98 I beleive before installing XP

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Luck of the Irish offline Verified User (1 year, 5 months) Long Term User Shouts: 30 #
An Undisclosed Location | 7 months, 3 weeks ago (8 minutes after post)

no you just click on the option that reformats it, and you have XP and not 98

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Behrooz offline Verified User (10 months, 3 weeks) Long Term User Shouts: 0 #
An Unknown Location | 7 months, 3 weeks ago (13 minutes after post)

you can put the xp cd in drive and follow the setup . in setup there is an option that you can choose to upgrade your win 98 to xp or choose to do a fresh install

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littlegian offline Verified User (7 months, 3 weeks) Long Term User Shouts: 0 #
An Unknown Location | 7 months, 3 weeks ago (29 minutes after post)

Thanks for the replies but if the upgrade is chosen will this completely wipe the 98 and all its contents from the hard drive?
A full format is needed for a new xp install and other programs as has a 40 gig hard drive.
Thanks

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Behrooz offline Verified User (10 months, 3 weeks) Long Term User Shouts: 0 #
An Unknown Location | 7 months, 3 weeks ago (32 minutes after post)

if you choose upgrade you will lose your win 98 and your installed programs and my documents

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littlegian offline Verified User (7 months, 3 weeks) Long Term User Shouts: 0 #
An Unknown Location | 7 months, 3 weeks ago (36 minutes after post)

Thank you Behrooz That is all i wanted to know and will pass on this message to my friend.
Thanks

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Behrooz offline Verified User (10 months, 3 weeks) Long Term User Shouts: 0 #
An Unknown Location | 7 months, 3 weeks ago (37 minutes after post)

anytime my friend ;)

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