Windows 98 upgrade to XP

I have win98 and can no longer log on due to a missing .dll file. After messing with it for over a week I have decided to upgrade to windows XP.

Any warnings before I begin? Will I lose whats on my hard drive to date?

Any tips would be appreciated.

 

Hi OhCandy

There are many things to consider here and the most important is how do you want to make the change over?

First, check the system requirements to see if your computer can support XP. It's possible that some of the hardware you have now, such as a printer, scanner, etc will not run with XP.

I don't think you can do a upgrade to XP without formatting first and then installing XP. (If I'm wrong I hope someone steps in to say so) If your hard drive is large enough you may be able to partition so you can install XP on it and still keep 98. Depends on how you want to do this.

Personally, I'd save whatever I wanted to save, format the hard drive, install XP and then the saved files. Again, I don't think you can install XP on top of 98.

Also if you state your problem with 98 someone here should be able to help you resolve that issue. What dll file is missing, what error messages, if any, are you recieving?

Hope this helps some.

 

First off. Which version of 98 ?

And you will not lose anything if you do it properly.

DO NOT BOOT to the HD to install XP.

Boot to the XP CD and WATCH CAREFULLY that XP does indeed go over top of 98.

And do not let it go into the NTFS format.

This can be and has been done twice by myself ( over top of a well behaved 98SE, and no problems.

You have nothing to lose by trying it this way. It can be a lot better and will save most of ( if not all ) of what is on the HD already.

BillyBob

 

I have a missing msvcrt.dll file that I cannot fix. I cannot afford a new computer so I was thinking a up-grade would fix my problem.

I'm not sure of what version of win98 I have. I bought my computer in 99 with it on there.

Thanks for you help.

 

Hey BillyBob

I didn't know you could do a install of XP over 98. I'm glad you said it could be done, and have done it, because I plan to do so soon and this will make it easier. I thought I'd have to format and install. Again, I didn't know one OS could be installed over another. Thanks.

 

www.dll-files.com/dllindex/dll-files.shtml?msvcr

You can go here and download the dll file and then place it in your Windows/System folder. Thats where mine is. I also have it in my printer and scanner folders but the system folder is where you want it.

With 98 on the way out support wise its probably a good idea to upgrade. I plan to in the near future but am going to keep 98 as well.

You can go to the control panel, double click on system and find out what version of windows you have. I have 98 first edition and its listed as 4.10.1998. Not sure what 2nd edition has.

 

.dll file

I have tried every which way to load the file. I keep getting the message that the path is null.

 

Well... hi ohcandy,

I was wondering how this problem turned out for ya'. You never did return to the old post here to report on your progress or lack of it as it appears.

Let me go check something out and I'll be back shortly.....

=-=-=Back for a bit=-=-=

I'm going to stop talking about the missing msvcrt.dll win98 forum subject here, but will continue it, if it like, in the older post. Just let me know. I only stuck the link in because I knew others may start offering suggestions for this and felt they may need to know what has already been suggested and attempted.

This is a question about installing winxp and should be continued here. If not, Admin is going to wonder what to do with this.

 

dopey

The ONLY drive I have formated before upgrading was a messed up install and operation of ME.

You just need to pay STRICT ATTENTION to the screen when starting the install.

If I remember correctly there was a choice of 8-10 different things on the screen.

One other thing that is at least good to do is to set the Video back to standard VGA 16 color settings. Then restart Windows at least once to make sure it held.

This machine that I am on right now ( or at least the HD ) started with 95 OSR2, went to 98. Then 98SP1. Then 98SE and is now on XP Pro and has not been re-formated yet. Was on a 40gig but is now on an 80gig.

But. There is at least one important requirement. The present OS MUST BE as error free as humanly possible. Especially hardware wise.

In other words do not try to overtop install to fix problems. That may not work.

And as far as I know ( and have heard and read ) there is nothing that will go over ME properly.

But even if something does go wrong, you have lost no more than if you formated in the first place. And if you have your HD partitioned you should lose nothing important anyway.

BillyBob

 

Thanks again BillyBob.


Goddez1

I read the other thread you posted. Didn't know about it until you did. Does the missing dll file thread continue here or in the 98 forum? I didn't post any more about it because you said you were going to be right back. I thought you had a possible solution for OCandy. Thats why I didn't post again about the missing file.

If the path is null where's her system folder?

 

ohcandy,
You can take something from this thread !
If it's OK to install XP on top of 98 then
it is OK to install 98 on top of 98.
Boot from your 98 CD and key in setup

Or better yet, boot from the 98 floppy and switch to the CD-ROM drive then key in setup

After reinstall , maybe have to reload IE6, but most settings will still be there !

 

It's working again

I'm up and running again. I had to find a msvcrt.dll file that was not zipped. I booted from a 98 boot disk I had made then put the disk with the missing .dll file in and copied it to my c drive as suggest from the previous post.

I know can get into windows and I will start cleaning stuff up, things are still a little shakey as I am still getting some runtime error messages but I'm pretty sure I can work through them. I want to get 98 as clean as possible before I upgrade. Thanks for everyone's help and patience.

Carolyn

 

That is not just a want to. That is a MUST do.

BillyBob