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by matt5968

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I had a old pentium pc with 98 crash. Bad ps and mother bd. But hard dr good. I put hard drive in a pentium 3 pc.. It starts to boot then asks for win 98 cd rom. Its looking for drivers for new pc. Does it matter if you use win 98 or win 98SE cd.. Can remenber which was installed..Should this work.. Thanks

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by thechas

Start by booting from a DOS floppy.
Check the dates of the files in the Windows folder.
If most of the system file dates are 1998, you have 98 first edition.

If the dates are 4/??/1999, then you have Second edition.

Next, can you boot into safe mode?
If so, go into device manager, and delete any hardware that was part of the old PC, but is not in the new one.

Then go ahead, and use the Windows CD to install the drivers.

I also believe (haven't tried it) that Windows will tell youif you have the wrong version CD.

Chas

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