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ArBiTaL 24
11-08-03, 09:23 PM
Does anyone know the official Windows 98 minimum requirements?

It's for a college project, I've searched all of the Windows 98 section on Microsoft's site and can't find it. Microsoft seems to the the system requirements with it's operating systems in www.microsoft.com/windows+version/evaluation/sysreqs ,but this doesn't work in Windows 98's case.

I could hunt down the e-mail for support, but they are usually slow to reply plus it's sunday tomorrow so i won't get a reply, and i go away to collage tomorrow evening and project has to be in on monday!!!!

Please someone help me, thank you,
ArBiTaL24 :)

redduc900
11-08-03, 09:27 PM
Here you go...

Minimum Hardware Requirements for a Windows 98 Installation (http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q182751) :)

ArBiTaL 24
11-08-03, 09:28 PM
WOW :eek:
Fast or what!!

Thank you :)

skab
11-08-03, 09:39 PM
32megs of ram was I believe the official requirement, this is from the readme files of the Win98 disk:
KNOWN POTENTIAL SETUP PROBLEMS
If you encounter problems during Setup, such as Setup
closing unexpectedly or error messages that do not apply,
increase the size of your permanent swap file. For Setup
to complete successfully, the size of your permanent swap
file plus the amount of RAM in your computer should equal
at least 14 MB. After you change your swap file size,
run Setup again.
Full install of Windows 98 on a FAT32 drive: requires
175 MB of free hard disk space, but may range between
140 MB - 255 MB, depending on system configuration and
options selected.

ArBiTaL 24
11-08-03, 11:57 PM
Uh-hu, I have the specs from the linky in redduc900's post :)

Thanks also though!

mbentley
11-09-03, 08:15 PM
darn... too bad... i could have actually made use of my copy of win98 :) i still have the box! lol