Hello,

I think you have the wrong license for what you are trying to do. If your disks do say "for sale with a new computer only" it implies that you got a PC with it, and you want to restore it to the specs of that computer release. The place you purchased the disks from could get in trouble for selling to you that license.

As your present computer has Win98 on it, are you sure that it will handle XP? Computers made in the days of 98 had smaller memory and hard drive spaces. If your computer was designed for 98, it might be horribly slow under XP.

To answer your question, you are after the Upgrade CD's... if they exist to go from 98 --> XP. I have not looked.

But... the question also needs to be asked... is this the only set of files? Do you keep backups on CD-ROM or maybe floppies? If this set of files are your only copies, you have much greater issues to be thinking about than merely changing OS from one level to another.

Never wait for the day you need your backups. Protect what you have now.

Christian

This one says for sale with new computer only.

This one was sold with hardware that satisfies licenseing.

Im sure your advice for a full install is correct and I belive that is what we will do.