"DrDosido" wrote:

> after a hard drive crash. Of course, I no longer have the Windows 98 disc.
> I'm stuck on a setup message asking me to verify that I "qualify to use this
> product upgrade." I've been using this product upgrade for at least 5 years.
>
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks.
>
Borrow a Win 95, 98, or ME disk from someone you know, purchase disk on
eBay, or purchase a full retail version of XP and sell your upgrade. If you
can borrow a disk from a friend, make a copy of it with ISO Recorder and keep
it with your XP Upgrade disk. Then get Acronis True Image and keep an image
of your system on an external hard drive so you can recover from the image
the next time your hard drive fails. You won't need the install disks at all.