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NEC Versa LX/SX
Windows 98 Upgrade Information
Follow the instructions provided in this document to upgrade your NEC Versa
LX or SX system from Microsoft® Windows® 95 to Microsoft Windows 98.
Please read these notes in thei r enti rety.
CAUTION
NEC recommends that you use the system’s AC power
adapter throughout this process. The Windows 98 upgrade is
lengthy and inter r upting the process with a loss of power can
be catastrophic if the system performs an emergency or low
power save-to-fi le.
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; your NEC Versa ships with 32 MB. 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:
Approximately 50 MB additional hard d isk capacity.
If backing up Windows 95 system configuration files, another addit ional 50
MB for a total of 100-MB additional hard disk space.
Note:
system has insuffi ci ent hard drive space to proceed.
The Windows 98 Setup Wizar d informs you if your
Upgrading To Windows 98
Use these steps to upgrade from Windows 95 to Windows 98.
1. With Windows 95 running, insert the Windows 98 installation CD-ROM into
your system. If your system has Auto Insert Notification enabled, a Windows
98 graphic appears asking you if you want to upgr ade to Windows 98. If you
see the graphic, answer “Yes” and skip to st ep 3. If you do not see this
graphic, go to step 2.
2. Use Windows Explorer to navigate to the Windows 98 Setup utility at the root
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of the CD-ROM drive – (your CD-ROM drive will most likely be E:).
3. Double click on the Setup icon. The Setup Wizard guides you through the
installation process. Answer all prompts appropriately.
your particul ar needs and system c onfiguration. Use the
following guidelines.
During the Windows 98 upgrade proces s you are pr ompted
to decide if you want to back up your Windows 95 system
files. Keep in mind t hat approx imately 50 MB of hard drive
space will be consumed by doi ng so.
that you back up your system fil es.
Also during the Windows 98 upgrade process you are
prompted to make a Windows 98 bootable Startup diskette,
which loads CD-ROM driver s. If y our system c annot run
both a floppy drive and a CD-ROM drive at the same time,
skip this secti on by selecting “Cancel” at the “Insert
diskette” screen. Y ou c an creat e a star t-up diskette at any
time by going to the Control P anel, Add/Remove
Programs, selec ting the “Windows Setup” tab, and
pressing the “Create Disk…” button.
Monitor Settings
After the Windows 98 upgrade is completed and your system restarts, you may
find the LCD image is not set to the correct resolution for your screen. Yo u need
to reset the video resolution using the fo llowing steps.
Note:
You must make two key decisions depending on
NEC recommends
1. Access the Display icon in the Control Panel (through Start, Settings…).
2. In Display prop er ties, click Settings tab, se lect Advanced, se lect Monitor and
then change it to either Laptop Display Panel 800x600 (for SVGA models) or
Laptop Display Panel 1024x768 (for XGA models) depending on your system
screen size.
3. Press
4. When the system has restart ed, access the Display icon and reset the video
resolution to 800x600 or 1024x768 depending on your system and your
specific displa y requirements.
USB Drivers
Windows 98 provides a comprehensive set of USB device drivers as part of the
installation process. Do not install the USB drivers from the NEC Ver sa
Applications and Drivers CD after you have performed the Windows 98 upgrade.
These USB drivers are for Windows 95.
Apply
and
, then restart your syste m.
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Using the NEC Versa Desktop Wallpaper
You may observe brief video display corr upt ion as the NEC Versa wallpaper
appears on the Windows 98 desktop.
Using an External Mouse
Windows 98 may not always detect that you have installed an external mouse
during start up. If this occurs, restart the system to enable the mouse.
Infrared Port
During the Windows 98 installation process, Windows 98 detects the presence of
the infrared port even though the infrared port sett ing may be disabled in the
system BIOS. If you select the infrared default driver, a RunDLL error occurs;
Windows 98 reboots and continues the installation without any further messages.
Enable the infrared port in the system BIOS prior t o performing the Windows 98
upgrade. Doing this before the upgrade eliminates the error message.
Save-t o-File
When you perform a Save-to-File (STF) operation, the STF progress dialog box
may not appear. However, when you resume fro m an STF, the STF resume dialog
box a ppea rs.
Boot Diskette for Windows 98
When you create a Windows 98 bootable diskette, the diskette’s ReadMe
document indicates t hat the diskett e co ntains a Windows 98 uninstall application
(uninstall.exe). The uninstall application is not on the diskette.
To uninstall Windows 98, access t he Windows 98 uninstall application via the
Add/Re move Progra ms icon in the Control P anel .
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Windows 98 Upgrade Information
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