Allrighty, thanks for the replies. I'm not sure either what the diff is b/t a full and an upgrade version of a Windoze OS...I would assume that someone out there knows and has figured it out by now, though!
I do know this for a fact: The Win98SE upgrade (from Win95) CD isn't a bootable CDR. It will ask you for the Win95 CD. If you don't have it, Win98OS load won't continue. I got lucky in that my Dell DID come with a FULL version CD of Win 98 SE. The CD Key is stamped right on it

rock on, dude! My Dell is now a table for a small lamp, but that's another story entirely.
I've installed Win98SE from the CDR about...oh wait a minute..um...NO!:frown:I've never done an unlicensed installation from that CD....uh, yeah Mike, whatever! I'd rather spend $100 more for a full version that I can load on any computer that I own (only one running copy at a time of course.....) than be stuck with an update CD that is basically useless on it's own. Unless of course, you guys know something I don't? That's ususally the case though; which is why I love you, man! Talk to me.