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Sandy Foster - 29 Apr 2006 00:10 GMT

I currently have version 6 (Win 98) running on my iBook with Tiger
10.4.6. I have version 7 with Win 2000 ready to install, a gift from my
family. However, the version they bought me isn't the upgrade version;
it's the full installation. (Did they ask me what I needed before they
bought it??? Nope. And now that it's open.... They meant well, though.
<g>)

I don't quite understand how to install this over my current version.
Can someone give me some pointers, please? I also need to know if I will
be able to migrate my data, since version 7 won't recognize my current
Win 98.

Thanks.

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Steve Jain - 29 Apr 2006 01:18 GMT

>I currently have version 6 (Win 98) running on my iBook with Tiger
>10.4.6. I have version 7 with Win 2000 ready to install, a gift from my
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>be able to migrate my data, since version 7 won't recognize my current
>Win 98.

Why do you think VPC 7 won't recognize Win98?

All you need to do is install VPC7, then import Win98.

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Sandy Foster - 29 Apr 2006 01:39 GMT

> >I currently have version 6 (Win 98) running on my iBook with Tiger
> >10.4.6. I have version 7 with Win 2000 ready to install, a gift from my
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> All you need to do is install VPC7, then import Win98.

Okay, so far so good then. :) Thanks for that -- the manual says Win98
can't be used with VPC7.

One more thing, though; I hope you don't mind silly questions. This
version of VPC7 isn't the upgrade, as I said before. Will it, however,
overwrite VPC6 that I already have? I don't need both of them.

Thanks again!

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Sandy Foster - 29 Apr 2006 01:48 GMT

> > >I currently have version 6 (Win 98) running on my iBook with Tiger
> > >10.4.6. I have version 7 with Win 2000 ready to install, a gift from my
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>
> Thanks again!

To clarify, how do I uninstall VPC6, if VPC7 doesn't overwrite it?
There's no installer on my VPC6 disk; it was a simple drag-drop thing.

Thanks once more.

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Steve Jain - 29 Apr 2006 08:35 GMT

>> > >I currently have version 6 (Win 98) running on my iBook with Tiger
>> > >10.4.6. I have version 7 with Win 2000 ready to install, a gift from my
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>To clarify, how do I uninstall VPC6, if VPC7 doesn't overwrite it?
>There's no installer on my VPC6 disk; it was a simple drag-drop thing.

You could just leave it, since VPC itself is very small, and having
VPC6 and VPC7 both installed doesn't effect anything.

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Sandy Foster - 29 Apr 2006 15:36 GMT

> >> > >I currently have version 6 (Win 98) running on my iBook with Tiger
> >> > >10.4.6. I have version 7 with Win 2000 ready to install, a gift from my
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> You could just leave it, since VPC itself is very small, and having
> VPC6 and VPC7 both installed doesn't effect anything.

Thanks for the advice, Steve. :) I'm plugging away at the moment. <G>

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Steve Jain - 29 Apr 2006 08:37 GMT

>> >I currently have version 6 (Win 98) running on my iBook with Tiger
>> >10.4.6. I have version 7 with Win 2000 ready to install, a gift from my
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>Okay, so far so good then. :) Thanks for that -- the manual says Win98
>can't be used with VPC7.

Does it say it can't be used or is not supported? I think it says
it's no longer supported. I have run Win98 under VPC7 without issue,
it's just that if you run into problems, you can't get help from MS,
since Win98 is out of support.

>One more thing, though; I hope you don't mind silly questions. This
>version of VPC7 isn't the upgrade, as I said before. Will it, however,
>overwrite VPC6 that I already have? I don't need both of them.

IIRC, you should be able to just delete the VPC folder/icon to remove
it.

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