XP Home Upgrade:

Website · Thu Mar 08, 2007 9:14 am

Mike, anything I should know before I upgrade my OS from 98SE to XP Home?

Thu Mar 08, 2007 10:45 am

Did you run the Windows XP Upgrade Advisor?

Thu Mar 08, 2007 10:49 am

I'd advise either starting with a new computer, or wiping your hard drive (after backing-up) first.

Prepare for plenty of things to be broken. Run every service pack you can before moving anything from your back-up.

Good luck man.

Website · Thu Mar 08, 2007 1:32 pm

Houston I have a problem!
I have an HP 9300 Series CD Writer on this here Dell of mine.
It make wonderful CD's of my music files, and to be honest I never back anything up.
Now I go try to do an HP Simple Backup and the sucker freezes.
Ctrl-Alt-Del Program not responding.

So now I get the disk out and reinstall the software all over again.
Complete!

Go back to HP Simple Backup
Frozen again!

WTF???

Thu Mar 08, 2007 1:59 pm

You might be better off slaving an additional hard drive to do the backup (they're very cheap). I don't think 98 has native USB support, but you may be able to use a USB PCI card to connect an external - which you can always use.

Website · Thu Mar 08, 2007 2:04 pm

I have two USB ports in the back of my PC...?

Thu Mar 08, 2007 2:46 pm

It's been a long time since I've seen a 98 system - I thought W98 didn't support USB. If they work - I would buy an external hard drive. They are the best opotions for backup now. I use mine all the time. I'm waiting for the prices to come down on the network attached storage drives (NAS). That would be the best alternative in a wireless environment.