Re: Upgrade question

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From: Robin Faichney
Date: Tue, 02 May 2000 00:00

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Richard Tibbetts <richard@primepeace.ltd.uk> wrote:
> I'm about to fit a new motherboard and replacement disk to one of my
> machines.  What do I need to put onto floppy before I start, bearing
> in mind that the OS CDs I have are a "to be supplied with a new PC
> only" W95 CD and a W98 upgrade CD?

Oh boy, one I can answer!

Make a Win98 startup disk, even though you'll be installing Win95 first,
because the Win98 variety includes CD support and the Win95 doesn't.
That's all you need.  Ignore the "new PC only" bit.

-- 
Robin Faichney

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