Nec VERSA 6050 Upgrade Information

NEC Versa 6050
Windows 98 Upgrade Information

Follow the instructions provided in this document to upgrade your
NEC Versa® 6050 system to Microsoft® Windows® 98. You may have to update
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 thei r enti rety.

CAUTION

Although not a requi r em ent, NE C recomm ends that you use
the system’s AC power adapter throughout this process. The
Windows 98 upgrade is somewhat l engthy and interrupti ng
the process with a loss of power can be catastr ophic if the
system performs an emergenc y 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.

Note:

double click on the My Computer desktop icon. Next, right
click on the C: driv e icon, and sel ec t Pr oper ties. 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 y our har d drive to the FAT32 file
system format we recommend that you first update the BIOS
and the save-to-disk ut ility (HDPrepEz).

Failure to do this can result in catastrophic data loss.

To identify your computer’s file system format,

CAUTION

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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The system requirements for your NEC Versa are:

A min imum of 16 M B of RAM (32 M B is re commende d).

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Approximately 50 MB additional hard d isk capacity.

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If backing up Windows 95 system configuration files, another additional

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50 MB for a total of 100-MB additional hard disk space.

Note:

your system has insufficient hard driv e space to proceed.

The Windows 98 Setup Wizar d informs you if

NEC recommends that you do the following procedures in the order listed to
upgrade your system.

1. Upgrade your NEC Versa syste m BIOS.

2. Install the new vers ion of HDP repEz (the S ave-to-File utility).

3. Upgrade your operating system to Windows 98.

CAUTION

Allowing your system to perform the Save-to-File pr oc ess
(by means of executing a Standby r equest, either manuall y
invoking it wit h the “suspend button,” or by means of a
system power managem ent time-out) in the FAT32 system
file mode without updat ing and running the latest v er si on of
HDPrepEz can cause catastrophic hard drive dat a loss.

Upgrading the BIOS

Use these steps to upgrade the BIOS.

Note:

that the BIOS dip switch sett ing inside your NEC Versa
system is enabled f or the BIOS update. Refer to the section,
“Updating the System B IO S,” in Chapter 4 of your NEC
Versa User’s Guide.

1. Insert the BIOS upgrade diskette into the floppy drive unit.

2. Run the “INSTALL” batch file, which is locat ed at the root of the floppy,

drive A:\ with the Windows Explorer.

3. Select, accor ding to the prompts, “A) NEC Ver sa Notebooks” and “B)

Computer using Windows 95 only” successively.

4. Once the INSTALL batch file has finished, s hut do wn Windows 95,

selecting “Restart” with the BIOS upgrade diskette still in the floppy drive.

Before upgrading the BIOS, you must first check

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