Win98 Retail vs. Upgrade

[propellerhead]

How do you upgrade Win95 to Win98 when all you have is the full retail version CD of Win98? It tells me I need the Upgrade version of Win98. I remember seeing a URL to a website that had this info before but I can't find it.

Anyone?

 

[Horsepower]

Have you tried Knowledge Base Q225252? "When you try to upgrade your Microsoft Windows 95-based computer to Windows 98, you may receive the following error message: Warning SU0168 Your computer already has an operating system installed, which cannot be upgraded by this version of Setup. Please obtain the Windows 98 Upgrade.
This issue can also occur if you try to upgrade with a full version. Before troubleshooting, ensure CD-ROM installation is Upgrade version."

 

[propellerhead]

Horse: You are exactly and absolutely right. Thank you so much.

So has anyone seen a way around it?

 

[68GTX]

Search for this text "You need to obtain the Windows98 Upgrade" on Googe Groups and you will find many threads on this subject.
Many people were able to rename all instances win.com to win.old or whatever you want to call it and run setup from Dos. If setup failed to execute properly you can rename win.old back to win.com from Dos. AS ALWAYS you will want to back up any critical files before attempting this.

 

[Superwormy]

Can't you just format and install clean copy?

Or boot from CD-ROM and install over Win95?