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Disadvantages of an OS "Upgrade" vs Full Install?

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Caveman

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Win 98 to Win 2K...

I'm peice parting a rig together for my dad... He's got a Win2K (upgrade from Win98) upgrade disk.

I assume one always has to install Win98 prior to Win 2K? Not only is this time consuming, it would appear to leave behind a bunch of "crap" as the "patch" is applied to Win98 to make it Win 2K. Yuck.

Is it always adviseable to use a "Full install"? Is there any validity to the points above? Why or why not?
 
No, you don't have to do that. Even though the Windows 2000 disc is an upgrade disc, it will permit a full installation. It will just ask you to insert the previous full retail version of Windows disc (in your case 98) during the installation.
 
So... Win 2K on an Upgrade disk is IDENTICAL to Win2K on a Full Install disk, except for a quick check Win 98 retail disk...??? Does this quick check leave anything behind?

Also, you hinted that the type of Win 98 disk is critical... Assumption is that a Win98 OEM disk wont work?

 
Windows 98 OEM disks will works just fine. An upgrade route is useful if do not have the chipset drivers for mb etc, otherwise a fresh install is always preferable. Even an upgrade may not be fully functional- in one case it did not pickup the network drivers - had to put in a pci nic to get around that. If there are components not fully working - an upgrade can add to your problems.
 
Originally posted by: Slowlearner
Windows 98 OEM disks will works just fine. An upgrade route is useful if do not have the chipset drivers for mb etc, otherwise a fresh install is always preferable. Even an upgrade may not be fully functional- in one case it did not pickup the network drivers - had to put in a pci nic to get around that. If there are components not fully working - an upgrade can add to your problems.
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Seems to go against what scottws was saying... It appears that Full and Upgrade are identical and can be used on a "blank machine"...

Can anyone confirm/deny the Upgrade/Full question...

 
What he said doesn't go up against what I was saying. He's saying a full installation is always preferrable except in certain cases. Generally, unless you want to keep settings and files, you should always do a full installation.

Again, the upgrade disc does not lock you into simply upgrading from an earlier version of Windows. It simply means that you must possess a full retail (or OEM) disc of an earlier version of Windows. There does not need to be a single thing on the hard drive to begin installing Windows 2000 with the upgrade disc.

Again, that link I provided may be of assistance as well.
 
I don't believe an OEM 98 would be a problem. An upgrade 98 would be.

You can't upgrade off an upgrade. That's the only real downer about them I guess. He won't be able to upgrade XP to Vista for instance (not sure how Vista would run on Win98 hardware anyway).
 
Upgrde disk has the capability of doing a full installation. Just wipe the disk,insert the upgrade disk and it will ask you to put in a previous version to verify ownership.


Ausm
 
Just to touch bases on the unanswered portion of the question......

Upgrades are cheaper because you already own an older version that someone "paid" for. Basically the upgrade is discounted software.
 
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