upgrading mobo, processor etc

[blade2]

im going ot be upgrading my P2 350Mhz running Win 98 to an Athlon system; new mobo, processor, ram etc - my question is that will i need to reformat my hard drive or reinstall windows since i remember reading somewhere that a mojor upgrade like the one i will be carrying out can cause problems..

also, does anyone know any good sites on upgrading, tips/techinques, common mistakes made?

thanks for your help in advance

 

[mechBgon]

I'd recommend a full reinstallation of Windows98. Here's one easy way to do it:

• Go into the BIOS and set the first boot device to CDROM
• Put the Win98 CD-ROM into the drive and reboot
• When the system boots from the CD, tell it to Start computer with CD-ROM support and wait for the A:\ prompt
• Now type d: and then cd win98
• Type format c: /s and wait for the hard drive to finish formatting
• Type c: and then md win98 to create a win98 directory on c:
• Type d: and you should be at d:\win98
• Type copy *.* c:\win98 to copy all the Win98 setup files from d:\win98 to c:\win98
• Type c: and then cd win98
• Type setup and Windows98 will begin Setup from the hard drive.

This puts all the setup files in c:\win98, which is handy because you never have to find your Win98 CD when you're adjusting networking settings or installing drivers.

I hope you have a good-quality power supply in your plans, since the PSU that comes with a typical P2 350 system is going to be skimpy for an Athlon system. I'd shoot for a PSU with a 3.3V + 5V rating of around 220W, which is most companies' 300W-350W units, so you've got some surplus power and the PSU doesn't have to strain itself.

 

[blade2]

hey thanks for the great advice mechBgon, ive decided that i'll get a new harddisk aswell and yeah im getting a new 350W power supply!

will take note of your installatio process, thanks again!