how do I uninstall an OS?

RustyLeskiv · 05-11-2003, 06:34 PM

Can anybody tell me how I go about uninstalling and installing an operating system? I have Windows 95 and I want to install Windows 98.

Thanks!

toman · toman's Garage

There are two different versions of 98 that you can get; the full version or the upgrade version. If you have the upgrade, you don't need to uninstall anything, just install 98 and it will work fine. Actually, I think you can do the same thing even with the full version. I'm pretty sure that either way you don't need to uninstall anything.

rcecale · rcecale's Garage

Hi Rusty,

Try visiting this page:
http://www.waterwheel.com/Guides/tips/Win98/Upgrading/upgrading_from_windows_95_to_98.htm
for some good info on doing an upgrade.

I might add, however, if you really want an upgrade (depending on your system) you should look into upgrading to Windows 2000

Randy

BlueSkyJaunte · 05-12-2003, 07:17 PM

If he's running Win95 now, Win2k is probably not an option on his eqpt.

RustyLeskiv · 05-13-2003, 04:12 AM

Thanks for the help.
I would have upgraded to something even better than 98 but thats all I had. Anything is better than windows 95.

rcecale · rcecale's Garage

Quote:

Originally posted by BlueSkyJaunte
If he's running Win95 now, Win2k is probably not an option on his eqpt.

Not necessarily so. Minimum requirements for W2K are a Pentium 133 and 32 Mb of RAM. I've actually had this working on a laptop, it was a bit clunky, but doubling the RAM to 64 MB (Microsoft's recommended minimum) did wonders.

Randy