That is the question.
Went to add a wifi setup to my win98 desktop the other day. Hard disk sounded a little loud, windows wanted to run scandisk thinking it might have bad sectors. It found a few and fixed things. PC sees it has a network card, but can't find the router hooked to it. Router works fine with my laptop hooked to it. Now the PC will dial the internet (yeah, still on dial up), but immediately disconnects when the server comes on. Again, not an ISP issue, as I'm using them through my laptop right now.
So when it rains, it pours...
As it is now, my desktop won't acknowledge my fledgling network, the hard disk may be about to go, and it won't connect to the internet. One thing's for sure, I probably should get a new disk.
At the same time, should I reload 98SE on it, or should I upgrade to XP? Believe me, I think 98 is probably more stable and secure, but I'm starting to wonder...
Is this a sign?
I'm running a 1.4GHz P4 with 384MB of ram, so the system should handle the upgrade okay. I'd like to hear from those who've done the jump. Would you recommend it, not, why? Would XP Pro be worth the money (double the price) or is home edition good enough?
Any quick replys appreciated, as I probably need to do something soon. Thanks!
Went to add a wifi setup to my win98 desktop the other day. Hard disk sounded a little loud, windows wanted to run scandisk thinking it might have bad sectors. It found a few and fixed things. PC sees it has a network card, but can't find the router hooked to it. Router works fine with my laptop hooked to it. Now the PC will dial the internet (yeah, still on dial up), but immediately disconnects when the server comes on. Again, not an ISP issue, as I'm using them through my laptop right now.
So when it rains, it pours...
As it is now, my desktop won't acknowledge my fledgling network, the hard disk may be about to go, and it won't connect to the internet. One thing's for sure, I probably should get a new disk.
At the same time, should I reload 98SE on it, or should I upgrade to XP? Believe me, I think 98 is probably more stable and secure, but I'm starting to wonder...
Is this a sign?
I'm running a 1.4GHz P4 with 384MB of ram, so the system should handle the upgrade okay. I'd like to hear from those who've done the jump. Would you recommend it, not, why? Would XP Pro be worth the money (double the price) or is home edition good enough?
Any quick replys appreciated, as I probably need to do something soon. Thanks!