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Win Xp to Win 98 Problem
SpyHunter:
Hi Guys and Gals. I loaded Win XP over my Win 98 on my MAME PC. The problem I have is that I want to reload my Win 98, but it wont let me do it. Can someone let me know how I change back to Win 98. i have searched all over the net and found nothing. Thanks in advance.
SpyHunter
Howard_Casto:
the easiest way:
boot via a boot disk and
format c:
xp is an irreversable upgrade, sorry :(
(On a personal note how someone would be able to bear 98 after using xp is beyond me.)
u_rebelscum:
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Because I want to play two player Marble Madness with two trackballs. :) And three player Super Sprint & Offroad with spinner wheels. :) And three player Rampart with three trackballs. :D (Actually SSprint & Offroad, at least for the near future, will be played on three trackballs, too)
My personal note: I will not upgrade to XP until M$ enables viewing at least two independent mice data streams (like in Win98/Me), or I hack a way myself. ;D At the moment, the chances of the former is about 0, and the chances for the latter is not much better. :(
Howard_Casto:
Well of course, but hopefully our users have enough sense to know that this isn't possible in xp. What I was referring to is after you've upgraded I couldn't understand wanting to downgrade back (with the exception of what you said.)
Yeah the datastreams thing is a bit annoying. It's actually a security measure to make sure your machine doesn't have any shoddy components connected to it.(In other words professionally built hardware with proper drivers only.) Unfortunately in this hobby almost everything we connect is shoddy for normal computing standards as we've hacked it.
As for the mouse issue I still think the solution is to write drivers for a mouse that makes it a windows joystick. The only issue would be hitting the maximum analog value of the stick (spinners) which would actually be ok if it were coded properly as joysticks can play the trackball games now farily well. It's unfortunate that I don't have the skillz to write windows device drivers or I would have done this already.
StephenH:
If your hard drive is still FAT32 (or FAT16) format, you can go through the setup (I beleive) to restore 98.
If there is no option, I suggest renaming the "Program Files" folder, and the like, booting from a floppy, and typing "Deltree WINNT" (or whatever your XP directory is called), and reinstalling 98 and your programs.
If you converted your hard disk to NTFS, as part of the install, it is a little bit harder. NTFS is not convertable back to FAT32. Win 98 does not read NTFS. So, in this case, it is best to backup all your data and reformat the drive as FAT32.