Windows 98 Second Edition Upgrade

[Dave]

I have windows 98 first edition on a IBM 300PL computer
and purchased an disk with windows 98 second edition to
upgrade my computer to windows 98 second edition. I am
getting different answers to whether or not installing
the windows 98 second edition upgrade will wipe out my
hard drive and I will lose all my information on the
computer. Some say I will not loose my data and some say
I will. Can anyone help me? Thank you.

[Jeff Richards]

It depends on the W98SE CD that you have. Some OEM versions wipe the disk
and install a factory fresh version of the software. Some will simply
upgrade or repair an exiting system.

If your W98 SE CD is a Microsoft retail full or retail upgrade version then
it will preserve your existing system. If it's an OEM version then the
behaviour depends on who prepared it.
--
Jeff Richards
MS MVP (DTS)
"Dave" > wrote in message
...
>I have windows 98 first edition on a IBM 300PL computer
> and purchased an disk with windows 98 second edition to
> upgrade my computer to windows 98 second edition. I am
> getting different answers to whether or not installing
> the windows 98 second edition upgrade will wipe out my
> hard drive and I will lose all my information on the
> computer. Some say I will not loose my data and some say
> I will. Can anyone help me? Thank you.

[Ron Badour]

And as an added note to Jeff's post, regardless of which disk you have, back
up your valuable data as things can go wrong during a system installation.

--
Regards

Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98
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Knowledge Base Info:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo

"Jeff Richards" > wrote in message
...
> It depends on the W98SE CD that you have. Some OEM versions wipe the disk
> and install a factory fresh version of the software. Some will simply
> upgrade or repair an exiting system.
>
> If your W98 SE CD is a Microsoft retail full or retail upgrade version
then
> it will preserve your existing system. If it's an OEM version then the
> behaviour depends on who prepared it.
> --
> Jeff Richards
> MS MVP (DTS)
> "Dave" > wrote in message
> ...
> >I have windows 98 first edition on a IBM 300PL computer
> > and purchased an disk with windows 98 second edition to
> > upgrade my computer to windows 98 second edition. I am
> > getting different answers to whether or not installing
> > the windows 98 second edition upgrade will wipe out my
> > hard drive and I will lose all my information on the
> > computer. Some say I will not loose my data and some say
> > I will. Can anyone help me? Thank you.
>
>