The retail version of 98 will not have drivers for your printer or audio sections. You will have to find them at hp.com and install them.
Microsoft doesn't do this for us.
Also, if the HP machine came with XP, there is a possibility HP doesn't supply a 98 driver.
Bob
HP pavilion 900mhz, after losing my win xp CD, I re-loaded my old win win98,everything worked before , never opened the case,now it doesn`t see printer , or audio card. any ideas???

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