Originally Posted by
terryJones
Be careful if you reinstall '98 however, as in the process it may remove all on the drive. <snip> Remove the data you want, THEN play with it.
Yes, agree. Careful here podner. Get someone who knows what they're doing (NOT the PFY in your local Dixons) to copy your precious data off to CD/DVD/another HDD before you start tinkering.
MS installs are not very forgiving.
PS: When your data is safe, consider installing Mepis -
http://www.mepis.org/ or Kubuntu -
http://www.kubuntu.org/ rather than reinstalling ol' 98. They're modern and fast (even on middle aged [but not geriatric] machines and include all the applications you'll ever need. Even better, they're free.. You can then reimport all your data or access it on a separate disk.
If you really MUST reinstall 98 the Euberant's UNOFFICIAL Windows98 Second Edition Service Pack 2.1a (Freeware) -
http://exuberant.ms11.net/98sesp.html - is a must.
