Change over from Win 98SE to XP ~ Good move or Baaaad ?

Hi guys, I wish to change over from Win 98 SE to XP would it be necessary or adviseable to re-format hard drive, currently all that comes up is that win 98 does not support XP.
Thank's

 

Thanks for that Halo I will give it a go. Are there any advantages or disadvantages of running XP ?
Cheers.

 

p.s I am currently running a 56K connection but considering going over to BB

 

p.s. I am currently running a 56K connection and have a sneaky feeling that it may be a problem running content advisor, could you tell me if I am right please.

 

Thanks Halo, as always your genius shines thro', you really are a mine of info' fella.
Thanks again, off now fully armed to do the business :major

 

Be warned about half the world's CD drives were found to be incompatible with xP when it was first issued. If you half an older one be prepared to change it.

Look at

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314062

Studio T

 

I urge you to take another look at the software you've used with 98 and ask yourself if there is anything you can't do without, can't replace, or can't afford to replace.

I wish I had kept a Windows '98 machine to run older software. Instead, I upgraded to find some software I depended on would not run under XP. Worse, I had even thrown my original '98 disc away.

When upgrading your operating system, consider upgrading to a new computer and keeping the old one around for a while, at least until you're absolutely sure you have no need for any of the older software.

 

Hi Studiot, thanks for that, all advice is welcome, may be worth a re-think.

Thanks for your reply AnotherGrumpyComputerGuy, these are extremely valid points, I have another PC running XP that I have just bought but not have had much of a chance to use yet so I recon' you are right, I will keep this one on 98SE and leave the other on XP then I have the best of both worlds.
I am just about to list my old Win 98 disc on e*ay, if you are interested let me know and I can give you the link.
I really appreciate your help here and will take your advice, thanks again.

 

Hope you find a buyer, I have plenty of windows disks of most flavours thanks.

Studio T

 

I recently obtained an Dell XP OS. My wife uses it. In the meantime I was still using WIN98SE. I had been having trouble with it and would usually have to reformat and reinstall the 98 OS every three or four months because it would quit operating properly or quit all together. After MS stopped the support with the upgrades (I never understood that procedure) and I could get no answers what upgrades were valid and not valid up to the time the support stopped, I decided to just to reinstall the 98 without any upgrades. Instead of Internet explorer I downloaded Firefox browser and used web mail instead of Outlook Express. Since support of 98 was stopped until today I have not had any problems with the WIN98SE OS. The XP computer runs so slow that my wife now uses the 98 computer half the time. I don't understand why it works so great, so fast, and without any problems when the only change I made was to use Firefox instead of IE. Perhaps someone could explain that. It is like the greatest selling point for a newer OS was troubles caused by the older versions. So I would try this before upgrading. Like the guy said; if it meets your need and all you need is reliable operation this could be a better solution. I would still like to see the newer software that could operate on the older versions. They might even sell more of it.

 

You could of course go for a dual boot system and get the best of both worlds (which is what I did). If you then decide you like XP more than 98 (I still use 98 the most) you can switch over to that permanently.