My old Compaq Presario was upgraded by a professional shop, to Home XP. Now it wont load my camera software, or printer, or scanner that it has been running in win 98se, for years.\nI had it upgraded due to a hacker, and the fact that it crashed all the time. (As often as 10 times a day.)\nWhen I try to load the old software, it says that "it" is incompatible with XP.\nI'm not good with computers so what ever needs to be done is going to have to be very explicit, and understandable by a "child". Yes! I'm getting old too.
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Go to the company web sites of your printer, camera and scanner.  search for and download winxp version of the hardware drivers of the said hardwares. and install them.\n\nor, \ngo back to the shop and ask the people there to install for you.
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Read the system requirements very carefully.  You'll need way more RAM and Video and probably more hard drive space too than most machines that shipped with 98 have.  For XP, you should have at least 256MB of RAM and 40GB of Harddrive space ... It won't take near that much, but the stuff you run with it will.  Make sure your Video card will handle it too.  PC's are easy to upgrade and you can do this yourself, but PLEASE read the box before you buy.  If you're not sure what you have, in almost any Windows office program like Word, Powerpoint, Excel, you can go to the Help bar and click on SYSTEM INFORMATION.  It will tell you all of this stuff.  Good luck !  P.S.  Consider hitting a pawn shop for a decent 512+RAM used PC for $250 ... hey, it's just hardware, not underwear !   ;-)
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If you upgrade with files in the recycling bin then they will be over written.\n\nTake them out of the trash and move them to the root (C:/ ) directory. Install XP over top of 98SE. But make sure you DON'T choose the option to format your C: Drive and they will still be there.\n\nOnly problem I see is if your old computer had 98 on it then it's prolly too old to run XP. Look for something a lil newer.
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get a new card - many old ones aren't supported on XP - they are dirt cheap so just pick one up and all will be well.  I had to get a new one with XP.
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It may be that the printer is not compatible with your new computer. \nIt is best to buy a new complete XP computer system.. Including Printer, keyboard, monitor, external drives etc.. Do not add any old hardware to XP.... Windows XP does like OLD hardware and nor does it like some of the older software.  And you may ruin your computer.  This has happened to me before, so i learned the hard way. \nE
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As the other post mentioned OEM is your best option. This is the company I use for all my purchases (personal and for customers) if ordering over the internet. Since you mentioned $200 I'm guessing you're talking about Windows XP Pro. \nhttp://www.directron.com/oemxpro2v1pk.html\n\nAlso you can buy OEM through Fry's Online (a.k.a. Outpost)\nhttp://shop3.outpost.com/%7BBHZpe6ahv2pl2U7QoYVZOw**.node1%7D/product/4582367;jsessionid=BHZpe6ahv2pl2U7QoYVZOw**.node1?site=sr:SEARCH:MAIN_RSLT_PG\n\nAlso, remember that if you have the media you don't need to buy another version, you can reinstall it and just a hard drive change won't be a problem.
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In other to save your date on D and also run the upgrade without loosing your 98 in case it is not sucessful, Create a folder on C and copy the i386 files from your CD. If that is successful, you can then run a new installation of the XP. (In the i386 folder, type winnt to begin installation).\n\nYou can then delete the win98 OS after the XP installation. 1 GB space for XP is OK, the most important should be that you have a preferably fas machine with about 256RAM. good luck\n\n** I have no idea about TrueImage, not heard it before will check.
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The card probably just needs drivers that aren't included with XP.  Just run the CD which came with the card, or download the driver installation files from the manufacturer and run that...
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i just bought an eMachines T 6410 four months ago.  The firewall never worked right.  I keep it disabled so that I  can run my email.\nAfter using my computer for about a month, a little star appeared in the botton right of my computer (right next to the time).The star would produce a little pop up to tell me that my version of windows xp is not genuine and that I can purchase a Genuine windows licence.  I've been ignoring it because I have all the paperwork for the xp and the genuine sticker is on the back of my computer.  It is a pain though.
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Most people forget about this with XP but the best and eaisest thing to do is do a system restore to a point before you messed with it. It will work and you wont lose anything.
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It would be cheaper to buy a new PC that to upgrade your current hardware specs to run XP (any version).\n\nIf you can't afford brand new, have a look in your local trader - you'll find an abundance of good quality PC's at the moment as people start preparing for Vista - if you are going the way of 2nd hand, you couldn't ask for a better pick than what's around at the moment.
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you didn' specify wether you have Windows XP Pro or Home. aniways get your laptop to the nearest Compaq retailer or service center
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Detech All the USB devices and Run the Installation CD of WindowsXP, but don;t do a fresh Installation instead opt for Upgrading the operating system.. This way you need not to install al the other software again..\n  And believe me with windows this is the best option,will take only 50 Mins,and you need not to have tension in your mind..\n  (Iassume your hardware is working fine)
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I helped a longtime occasional client with the setup of an XPS 600 within the last month - she'd been on Windows 98 about 2 years longer than she should have been, so it was ripe for her to upgrade.  \n\nPhysically, the machine is pretty imposing - it's slightly taller than the standard Optiplex or Dimension tower, and taller than the minitowers you find in most stores (CompUSA, Best Buy, Circuit City, etc.) but the extra size does provide a lot of space for internal devices, many of which you can have preinstalled and configured by Dell.  It's also pretty wide - wider than her old tower by 2-3 inches.  \n\nBecause my client wanted several measures of reliability and backup, we had the system preconfigured with a mirrored RAID array (2x250GB HDs), a DVD+/-RW drive for ad hoc backups, and an external harddrive for scheduled backups that can backup the entire drive.  Since she also wanted to be able to do graphics editing in the future, we got the machine with a GeForce 6800 graphics card (leaving open the option to add a second card in SLI configuration at a later date, if needed, though if they'd offered the option earlier, I would have recommended the 7800 GTX) and got a good 5.1 sound card installed as well (hooked up to old speakers, but WTF - it's her money) and 2GB RAM, with room to go up to 4GB if needed.\n\nFor external expansion, it comes with 8 USB 2.0 ports, and 3(?) firewire ports.  6 of the USB ports are in the back, with 2 firewire, while 3 are in front, behind a small panel.  We actually used most of the USB ports while setting up most of her peripherals, but you can always add a USB 2.0 high speed hub if you have that many additional devices.    If you have older keyboards and/or mice you're fond of that are PS/2, the machine does have ports for those as well.   (My client is still using a 10-year old keyboard from her old 486 PC that ran Windows 95.  I think it's Dorian Grey's keyboard, and has a printout of itself aging in a closet somewhere.)  If you have an old parallel printer though, it does NOT have a parallel port, so you'll need a parallel to USB cable or you'll need to order a parallel port card.\n\nFrom a software standpoint, the machine is very nice to use - everything runs very smoothly (in part thanks to the dual core CPU) with the only hiccup being AOL, which was preinstalled, but still has problems even in version 9.0 with playing well with Internet Explorer, since AOL uses the IE kernel for its own browsing component - running the two at the same time caused problems.\n\nAll in old, I'd say this is an excellent PC, competitive with other high end PCs from boutique manufacturers.  Where it falls short is the ability to get Dell on the phone - even with "a separate queue just for XPS users", we were on hold for close to an hour without ever speaking with a representative when trying to find out whether the shipped PC actually matched the original specs fro when the PC was ordered through the website.  Smaller PC vendors, such as Falcon-Northwest, VoodooPC, Monarch, and ABS are much better about being responsive to customers after the sale than Dell was here.  Aside from that, it's an excellent PC.
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YIKES!!!!!!!!!! Don't perform an upgrade on that system!! Always perform a clean installation of Windows XP so that you can use NTFS. Also, as was stated earlier, you really don't want to install XP on anything less than 256megs of memory or it will move slow as pond water.
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Windows ME is the worst OS i ever used.\nAnyway it cannot directly upgrade to XP. \nEnter the Xp Cd rom and restart the Pc.\nHit any key to boot from cd.\nFollow the steps.\nThere's a page you can delete the old OS.
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Go buy the Windows XP Pro software.. and install?