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reinstalling windows 98
I always seem to have problems with my computer nowadays. I always receiving
error msgs whenever I try to download new software or use some applications. I would like to start afresh on my pc. Meaning I want to uninstalled all applications currently on it as well as the win98 and then reinstall whichever are revelant. Problem is I don't know how to go abt that....ie what to do to start all over. Pls help. |
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reinstalling windows 98
"kby" wrote in message ... I always seem to have problems with my computer nowadays. I always receiving error msgs whenever I try to download new software or use some applications. I would like to start afresh on my pc. Meaning I want to uninstalled all applications currently on it as well as the win98 and then reinstall whichever are revelant. Problem is I don't know how to go abt that....ie what to do to start all over. Read http://home.satx.rr.com/badour/html/w98_restore.html -- Don Phillipson Carlsbad Springs (Ottawa, Canada) |
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As with what Don said...... Read!
But, to add something more important, 'Ask'. It sounds to me like you really want to start over, and if so, you need to understand things like 'Fdisk' and 'Partitioning', and 'preparation'. You havent mentioned the size of your HardDrive, or any other details of what you want to do with it if you truely decide to Start Over. There are so many things to consider should you decide to start from 'scratch'. (people are still scratching their arses trying to figure out 'who or what Scratch is') IF you have a virus/trojan/etc, then chances are you will get advice on how to remove it/them, and afterward all will be fine. This road may be a better road to take IF you already have all windows updates installed,,, because putting them all back on and even including a simple task like getting I/E6 (outlook included) can actually be a pain. I suggest you assess your game-plan, then post back Sometimes starting over can be a good thing, if you know what you want....... but if you dont know what you want, it will become a nightmare. Bottom line, try to post details of what is actually happening when you get the error messages you mention; Post the error messages and when they first started coming; Try to remember the last 'thing' you downloaded from the internet, or installed via a CD, and whether it was/is compatible with your Operating/System. I been where you are buddy, and found out too-late that there are 'other' methods to rectifying a problem,,, and yours has smells of something that may definately Not require a Total re-instal. Ian H "kby" wrote in message ... I always seem to have problems with my computer nowadays. I always receiving error msgs whenever I try to download new software or use some applications. I would like to start afresh on my pc. Meaning I want to uninstalled all applications currently on it as well as the win98 and then reinstall whichever are revelant. Problem is I don't know how to go abt that....ie what to do to start all over. Pls help. |
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Agreed... But Clean Installs are so FUUUUN!!!!!
-- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User www.grystmill.com "Ian H" wrote in message ... I been where you are buddy, and found out too-late that there are 'other' methods to rectifying a problem,,, and yours has smells of something that may definately Not require a Total re-instal. Ian H |
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Agreed... But Clean Installs are so FUUUUN!!!!!
-- Gary S. Terhune See, gary is already willing to chime in and help you with a clean install.... he may even assist in saving your irreplacable data prior to wiping your drive. So, dont give up yet, we havent even spoken about any data you may wish to save, especially irreplacable things like tax files or photos. As you can see, gary likes clean installs, so save whatever is precious and ask gary for clean install advise when you are ready. Ian H |
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Best thing to do is get a new hard drive and install to that. Leave the old
one for storage. HDDs are cheap. Once the system is up and running, gather what you must from the old HDD, then wipe it and use it for images, backups, etc. Prevents future disasters from being so disastrous. -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User www.grystmill.com "Ian H" wrote in message ... Agreed... But Clean Installs are so FUUUUN!!!!! -- Gary S. Terhune See, gary is already willing to chime in and help you with a clean install.... he may even assist in saving your irreplacable data prior to wiping your drive. So, dont give up yet, we havent even spoken about any data you may wish to save, especially irreplacable things like tax files or photos. As you can see, gary likes clean installs, so save whatever is precious and ask gary for clean install advise when you are ready. Ian H |
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"kby" wrote in message
... I always seem to have problems with my computer nowadays. I always receiving error msgs whenever I try to download new software or use some applications. I would like to start afresh on my pc. Meaning I want to uninstalled all applications currently on it as well as the win98 and then reinstall whichever are revelant. Problem is I don't know how to go abt that....ie what to do to start all over. No problem: 1. Read Gary Terhune's comments. 2. Buy a new hard drive (nowadays cheap). For Win98 anything from 40 to 120 Gb will do you. 3. Read Ron Badour's http://home.satx.rr.com/badour/html/w98_restore.html for advice about preparing the hard drive (FDISK) and saving data from your old drive. 4. Test your SETUP booting floppy before you proceed as below. (Boot from the flooppy and verify it can run the DIR command on a CD in its drive.) Sample procedu 1. Instal the new HDD as Master on IDE 1 and make new partitions (using FDISK) all for large drives: one Primary DOS size 2 to 10 Gb (max); one or more Extended DOS, size 10 to 40 Gb each. Give each a distinctive name. 2. Installed as above, your new (empty) Primary DOS partition will become drive C: (Your old drive C if connected as the slave on IDE1 will automatically become drive D.) Other partiitions on the new drive will be in order E, F, G and so on. 3. FORMAT all the new empty drives. Be sure you do _not_ format drive D which was formerly your C. (Distinctive driive names help keep these straight.) 4. Run SETUP to instal Win98 on new drive C: 5. When that has finished successfully, copy all your old drive C (now drive D) to a new letter drive on your new HDD. (Then you can reformat this drive and use it for backup or extra storage.) -- Don Phillipson Carlsbad Springs (Ottawa, Canada) |
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Oh yeah! Such a blast. NOT!! (But I agree it's the best way)
Gary S. Terhune wrote: Agreed... But Clean Installs are so FUUUUN!!!!! -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User www.grystmill.com "Ian H" wrote in message ... I been where you are buddy, and found out too-late that there are 'other' methods to rectifying a problem,,, and yours has smells of something that may definitely Not require a Total re-install. Ian H |
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"Don Phillipson" wrote in message ... "kby" wrote in message ... I always seem to have problems with my computer nowadays. I always receiving error msgs whenever I try to download new software or use some applications. I would like to start afresh on my pc. Meaning I want to uninstalled all applications currently on it as well as the win98 and then reinstall whichever are revelant. Problem is I don't know how to go abt that....ie what to do to start all over. No problem: 1. Read Gary Terhune's comments. 2. Buy a new hard drive (nowadays cheap). For Win98 anything from 40 to 120 Gb will do you. 3. Read Ron Badour's http://home.satx.rr.com/badour/html/w98_restore.html for advice about preparing the hard drive (FDISK) and saving data from your old drive. 4. Test your SETUP booting floppy before you proceed as below. (Boot from the flooppy and verify it can run the DIR command on a CD in its drive.) Sample procedu 1. Instal the new HDD as Master on IDE 1 and make new partitions (using FDISK) all for large drives: one Primary DOS size 2 to 10 Gb (max); one or more Extended DOS, size 10 to 40 Gb each. Give each a distinctive name. 2. Installed as above, your new (empty) Primary DOS partition will become drive C: (Your old drive C if connected as the slave on IDE1 will automatically become drive D.) Other partiitions on the new drive will be in order E, F, G and so on. 3. FORMAT all the new empty drives. Be sure you do _not_ format drive D which was formerly your C. (Distinctive driive names help keep these straight.) 4. Run SETUP to instal Win98 on new drive C: 5. When that has finished successfully, copy all your old drive C (now drive D) to a new letter drive on your new HDD. (Then you can reformat this drive and use it for backup or extra storage.) -- Don Phillipson Carlsbad Springs (Ottawa, Canada) what a nice thread! I think I'll keep it : |
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Meow...
-- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User www.grystmill.com "Haggis" wrote in message ... "Don Phillipson" wrote in message ... "kby" wrote in message ... I always seem to have problems with my computer nowadays. I always receiving error msgs whenever I try to download new software or use some applications. I would like to start afresh on my pc. Meaning I want to uninstalled all applications currently on it as well as the win98 and then reinstall whichever are revelant. Problem is I don't know how to go abt that....ie what to do to start all over. No problem: 1. Read Gary Terhune's comments. 2. Buy a new hard drive (nowadays cheap). For Win98 anything from 40 to 120 Gb will do you. 3. Read Ron Badour's http://home.satx.rr.com/badour/html/w98_restore.html for advice about preparing the hard drive (FDISK) and saving data from your old drive. 4. Test your SETUP booting floppy before you proceed as below. (Boot from the flooppy and verify it can run the DIR command on a CD in its drive.) Sample procedu 1. Instal the new HDD as Master on IDE 1 and make new partitions (using FDISK) all for large drives: one Primary DOS size 2 to 10 Gb (max); one or more Extended DOS, size 10 to 40 Gb each. Give each a distinctive name. 2. Installed as above, your new (empty) Primary DOS partition will become drive C: (Your old drive C if connected as the slave on IDE1 will automatically become drive D.) Other partiitions on the new drive will be in order E, F, G and so on. 3. FORMAT all the new empty drives. Be sure you do _not_ format drive D which was formerly your C. (Distinctive driive names help keep these straight.) 4. Run SETUP to instal Win98 on new drive C: 5. When that has finished successfully, copy all your old drive C (now drive D) to a new letter drive on your new HDD. (Then you can reformat this drive and use it for backup or extra storage.) -- Don Phillipson Carlsbad Springs (Ottawa, Canada) what a nice thread! I think I'll keep it : |
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