>Ken and all (so far),
>
>Thank you very much for the information!
>
>It sounds like the Home Upgrade version is what I should go for.
>
>The one remaining question is:
>
>...Will the 'Home Upgrade Edition' doing a clean install be able to verify a
>previous Windows installation (onto a newly formatted hard drive in this
>machine) by using the IBM disks that came with the computer??? (These disks
>are not stand alone Windows 98 install disks AFSIK.)
>
>The reason for upgrading is mainly because I have had very poor luck using
>Wireless PC cards. I have tried several, and have had a difficult time
>getting an IP address from a router. The cards see the available networks,
>the sofware shows I make a connection to the wireless network, but I can
>almost never get an IP assigned. ...No difference if using WEP or not. The
>same senario with any available access point.

Sure, you should be able to boot from the XP CD. When it loads the XP
setup install it will see there is some kind of Windows installed and
give the option to upgrade or to wipe the drive and install clean.
Obviously so the clean wipe and install. You don't want to upgrade
98SE and all the stuff on the drive which is referred to as an
in-place upgrade. Good luck.

- Thee Chicago Wolf