2 NEC Versa 500D/550D Windows 98 Upgrade Important Information
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. 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.
The system requirements for your NEC Versa are:
A minimum of 16MB of RAM.
Approximately 50 MB additional hard disk capacity.
If backing up Windows 95 system configuration files, another additional
50 MB for a total of 100-MB additional hard disk space.
Note:
The Windows 98 Setup Wizard informs you if
your system has insufficient hard drive space to proceed.
NEC recommends that you do the following in the order listed to upgrade your
system.
1.
Disable the “Save-to-Disk” feature in the BIOS setup.
2.
Upgrade your operating system to Windows 98.
3.
Upgrade your mouse driver.
Disabling Save-to-Disk in the BIOS Setup
Follow these steps to disable “Save-to-Disk” in the BIOS setup.
1.
Boot the system and enter the BIOS setup utility by pressing the Ctrl, Alt, S
keys, as indicated on the screen, before Windows is loaded.
2.
Once the BIOS setup utility is displayed, press the Page Down key in order
to display the “Power Management Settings” menu.
3.
Press the down arrow to navigate to the “Save to” row entry.
4.
Press the space bar to change the “Disk” setting to “RAM” if it is set to
“Disk.”
5.
Press the Esc key to display the “Exit” menu.
6.
Press the F4 key to save the settings and reboot the system.
