Groundgripper,
With your comp I would suggest changing your OS to Windows XP.
You still have 18 more drive letters left. I would think your comp would grind to a halt if you had that many devices on it.
The best way to do a fresh install with a Win9x OS is to first make a boot disk. On the Boot Disk, copy format.exe and fdisk.exe on to it. Then you can delete your current partition, create a new partition and then format that new partition. Then you can use your WinME CD to do the fresh install.
Take Care,
Richard