re: I want to uninstall Windows ME and install Windows 98
Saturday, April 7, 2007 at 1:38 pm
Windows Me Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Ed
(659 messages posted)
A less drastic way to re-install Windows 98 is:
1. Obtain a Windows 98SE installation CD (a much better choice than the original
"first edition" of Windows 98, a.k.a. "Windows 98 Gold").
2. Download a Windows 98SE bootable floppy disk creator program from www.bootdisk.com
and make a bootable Win 98 floppy. This is not an essential step, but may help you
if there are any problems.
3. Boot to DOS with a bootable floppy disk.
4. At the C: prompt, delete the C:\Windows folder (or rename it to C:\WINOLD). You
might want to save the contents of the following folders first:
C:\Windows\Desktop
C:\Windows\Favorites
C:\Windows\Fonts
C:\Windows\Start Menu
C:\Windows\System\IOSUBSYS
C:\Windows\System32\Drivers
5. Use the Windows 98SE installation CD to install Windows 98. You may have to go
into the BIOS (reboot and press DEL) to change the boot-up options, in order to be
able to boot from the installation CD.
This type of installation CD normally only overwrites the folder C:\Windows. Unlike
Win XP, it does *not* usually delete the entire contents of the disk. But there are
said to be some CD's that do delete more than the Windows folder, so it is prudent
to backup all your files first.
Ed
On Thursday, April 5, 2007 at 12:47 pm, Ed wrote:
>Just to add a note of caution.
>
>If you use FDISK and repartition your hard disk, you will of course destroy all
the
>files on your hard disk. So do back up all your files (documents, pictures and mp3's)
>on to another disk first.
>
>Ed
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