re: How do I reformat and reinstall Win 98 without losing settings
Saturday, August 28, 2004 at 3:21 pm
Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by DEX
(11807 messages posted)
Ken
Or you can do this..
Reinstall win98se to i.e. C:\>Windows2 if you have the room on the HD...or to D:
drive if you have one.
But to restore the reg file would not be a good ideal.
It runs the machine and holds all the info for ALL the programs on the machine.
You can inport ( i.e. email address book,but take care with any email that you inport)
most of the items in to the new install but you will need to reinstall your programs
but you would need to do that anyway if you reformated the drive and started over.
This will give a clean install and when your done you can remove the OLD win98 in
Explore but don't do it right away make sure you have all the items you want from
it 1st.
Most virus programs will not cross over to the new install but that would be the
1st program that you would want to install like AVG to keep your machine clean.
Then the next thing you want to install would be a firewall like ZoneAlarm or OutPost
both free,see link below, for OutPost
Like most of us that's the 1st thing you want to try out would be the Internet after
you have it setup.
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OutPost Firewall software
***see demo on web site, why you should have one running on your machine if you
go on the Internet/WWJ.
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On Saturday, August 28, 2004 at 12:42 pm, Ken Dye wrote:
>Hi; After trying several programs to get rid of spyware and adware problems I have
>decided that I should just reformat and reinstall windows 98se again. I have done
>this once before and things did not go as well as I had hoped. I want to back up
>preferences and settings etc. But I want to be sure that I don't reintroduce any
>of the problems I am trying to fix when I copy the old files back into the new install.
>How can I figure out what is needed, and safe to put back after the reinstall. What
>other files might I need to save? The last time I did this I lost my email files.
>I have web based email now but I don't know where or what to look for to be sure
>I back up everything I need and how to get it all put back when I am done. Does
anyone
>know of some good help articles etc. Thanks Ken
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