Should i keep my windows 98 back up or use that extra hard drive to try windows 7? -

right now im running on windows xp and i love it. i don t use windows 98 anymore and have had no problems with xp. so should i wipe the 98 drive and try for the windows 7 or keep the 98 drive as a backup in case xp fails. or use a new hard drive (which i do not have) 10 points for the best answer

Move on, it s very freeing to finally be rid of old data that you never use but keep around just in case. Drop 98 and try out windows 7 on the old drive (assuming you have the ram and processor speed to run it). I d skip over Vista if you re happy with XP, especially since it s going to be dropped soon anyway. If you ever need 98 again, you can just go on ebay and buy a copy for $10, but it s so out of date it s probably not worth it. I d try windows 2000 if you ever want to downgrade from xp.

I d skip the Windows 7 beta altogether. There s really no sense in being a quot;crashquot; test dummy to do Microsoft a favor. Wait til they get a working replacement for XP, and preferably after that first service patch (which we all know will come). You ll still have 98 to fool around with.