Rob
December 8th 03, 06:16 AM
Hard drive manufacturers usually include a utility for
copying Win98 from the old drive. Check their support
site if you are unsure.
WinXP is a little bit trickier to copy and requires
something like Symantec's Norton Ghost which would also
work for you, but why buy it if you don't need it for
Win98.
Good luck Dawn!
Rob
>-----Original Message-----
>I have a five year old computer. I just bought a new
hard
>drive and would like to install Windows XP. My computer
>had Windows 98 already installed when I bought it, so I
>don't have the installation disk to put Windows 98 on my
>new hard drive. Do I have to buy the full version of
>Windows XP to put on my new hard drive or can I just
>somehow copy my existing hard drive (including the
Windows
>98 operating system) to my new hard drive - then get an
>UPGRADE of Windows XP?
>.
>
copying Win98 from the old drive. Check their support
site if you are unsure.
WinXP is a little bit trickier to copy and requires
something like Symantec's Norton Ghost which would also
work for you, but why buy it if you don't need it for
Win98.
Good luck Dawn!
Rob
>-----Original Message-----
>I have a five year old computer. I just bought a new
hard
>drive and would like to install Windows XP. My computer
>had Windows 98 already installed when I bought it, so I
>don't have the installation disk to put Windows 98 on my
>new hard drive. Do I have to buy the full version of
>Windows XP to put on my new hard drive or can I just
>somehow copy my existing hard drive (including the
Windows
>98 operating system) to my new hard drive - then get an
>UPGRADE of Windows XP?
>.
>