NEC VERSA 6050 WINDOWS 98 - UPGRADE INFORMATION Manual

NEC Versa 6050

Windows 98 Upgrade Information

Follow the instructions provided in this document to upgrade your

NEC Versa

the system's BIOS and the system's save-to-disk utility depending on the hard

drive format used on your NEC Versa (16-bit versus 32-bit format).

Please read these notes in their entirety.

Although not a requirement, NEC recommends that you use

the system's AC power adapter throughout this process. The

Windows 98 upgrade is somewhat lengthy and interrupting

the process with a loss of power can be catastrophic if the

system performs an emergency save-to-file.

Background

If you are using the FAT16 file-system format (16-bit based File Allocation

Table), then the BIOS and the save-to-disk utility (HDPrepEz) do not have to be

updated.

double click on the My Computer desktop icon. Next, right

click on the C: drive icon, and select Properties. If the

system is running FAT32, it is listed here next to "File

system." If it is FAT16, FAT or FAT 16 appears.

If you intend to convert your hard drive to the FAT32 file

system format we recommend that you first update the BIOS

and the save-to-disk utility (HDPrepEz).

Failure to do this can result in catastrophic data loss.

System Requirements

The system requirements for your NEC Versa using Windows 98 are

approximately the same as they are for using Windows 95. As with Windows

95, Windows 98 requires 16 MB of RAM. For hard disk space, a typical

installation requires 225 MB of free hard disk space, but may range from 165

MB to 300 MB, depending on system configuration and options selected.

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To identify your computer's file system format,

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