Purchase Windows XP
Windows 95 to Windows 98, and then to Windows XP
By installing Windows XP, with the Windows XP CD that is in case, when you bought it.
Yes, I just did it. With the XP Upgrade CD in, in windows 98 go to run in the start menu and open setup.exe from the cdrom drive, it'll install xp on the windows 98. Because you're not making a new guest OS in vmfusion, it still shows up as "Windows 98" but the actual OS is upgraded to be XP.
yes
I tried it once but it failed to copy some os files.You should try it ,it may work for you if not upgrade to windows 2000 first. After you upgrade to windows 2000 then you can probably upgrade to windows xp from 2000
Perform a clean install of Windows XP.
This is a common occurrence, particularly if you did not upgrade the computer beforehand. Windows XP requires more RAM and a faster processor than Windows 98.
you will have to do a fresh install of Win XP, this will get rid of all remnants of Win 98, don't forget to back up your info!
No. Or, at the very least, the installer doesn't allow this.
Why would you have the file from Windows 98 in your Xp? Make sure that you have Windows Xp, and also that you are installing the sp2 for xp.
You would need to install Windows XP seperately. I don't believe that there is anyway to upgrade. You can buy a Windows XP disk at basically any store such as Wal-Mart or you can check out some website online. But you can go from Windows 98 to XP just make sure that your computer can handle the more advanced System Requirements.
No file is necessary from Matrox in order to upgrade from Windows 98 to Windows XP. If you have a video card made by Matrox, you may want to check their website for driver updates. This can be done after the install, and is not mandatory.