At 12:02 PM 12/14/98 +0100, you wrote:
>On 13 Dec 98, at 19:39, Kathy E. Gill wrote:
[snip]
>
>> am thinking of installing NT 4.0 -- can i do this 'over' Win98 w/out having
>> to wipe the HD (since i also don't have install disks for Office97 and
>> other programs)? good idea? bad idea?
>
>
>mha... file system is different... while it should be possible (not
>advicable) to convert a W95 into a NT I think w98->nt could result
>in a real mess... and since you don't have possibilities to go
>back... and the learning curve is a step... I thik that if you'll try you
>will lose your Office... maybe at the third try... you'll be a super
>installer geek... but at the first try you'll lose your Office
>
>> any suggestions appreciated [other than linux, i'm already talking to him
>> about that].
>
>Find on the net some soft for windows for sending faxes... or the
>driver/support programs for your modem...
Yes. If the Drive is formatted FAT32, then you are S.O.L. getting
NT to install without formatting the drive with a FAT16 disk (Dos
6.x or Win95 Original version). I found this out the hard way
when upgrading (or is it downgrading) from Win95 to NT
Workstation at my 8-5 job.
Matt Soffen
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