[Admiral LSD]

Windows 98 will most likely throw a fit when it realises all it's hardware has changed though. It should work enough to see if everything works but be prepared to reformat and reinstall Windows (preferably something other than 98, it'd be such a waste to put 98 on a machine as powerful as what you're building) at some point down the track.

[Odyssey]

[color=cc9900]I did that using Win98SE when giving my sister a better computer. Swapped the HD's, and fed it the drivers it asked for, works a charm.[/color]

[J3Vr6]

What drivers would it be needing, do u think?  I have the drivers for my regular things such as my sound card and video card...  R u talking about those drivers or do I need drivers to get windows to recognize the motherboard or processor?

I'm just worried that I'm gonna try this and it's going to ask for something that I don't have anymore.  I don't even have Windows 98 CD anywhere around

[Stealth]

naaa, you shouldn't have a problem.  just connect it all together and make your way through it step by step.  you won't damage anything by connecting non-compatible devices (which i'm sure you don't even have).  the operating system (98SE) doesn't care what hardware you have in terms of motherboard, RAM, hard drive, etc.

[Admiral LSD]

I guess it varies on a system-by-system basis. The last time I tried to transfer a Win98 installation from one PC to another (when I first got my Pentium II a few years back as an upgrade for my old Cyrix system) it ended up getting itself in such a twist I was forced to reformat. I haven't bothered trying again since, it's easier just to reinstall Windows from scratch. Even if it all appears to work fine it's probably best to reformat and reinstall as starting from a clean slate isn't exactly a bad thing, even if you aren't upgrading your motherboard.