Brandon Dorman wrote:
> ... am going to get WinXP at a "heavily
> discounted" price. It uses NTFS doesn't it?
NTFS v5, which is not only compatible with NT with service pack 4 or later.
IE, you won't ever be able to install NT on it. Win2k is fine.
> What could happen if I
> install winxp over the existing 98 installation, assuming the MS
> installation goes ok?
You'll have a flakier version of XP than if you reinstalled. My preference
is always to reinstall, after making an offline copy of my data files. Then
you really know which version of the OS to blame.
> Who has done this? Thanks.
Not on top of 98. I've been lucky enough to almost completely avoid it.
Alan
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