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Reinstall or Restore?
To clean out the clutter and improve things, I recently uninstalled my W98
SE operating system using the command prompt. But I don't think the uninstall completed itself, as it ran over a half hour before I stopped it. I then reinstalled the OS from the CD. The PC runs okay, but there has been no real improvement in speed or performance. Worse, some applications have caused problems. For example, I lost the Uninstall options for MS Money and some Symantec/Norton 2003 products. I uninstalled Symantec using their online utilities. After I loaded new 2004 Norton Int. Security software, it will not launch. (I did not yet activate the software.) There may be other problems not yet evident. I have the W98SE CD, and also the manufacturer's original Restore CD. I feel I need to wipe the existing OS and start over. I'm not sure which route to go. I know the Restore CD should take the PC back to a factory-new state, which seems like a good thing. I've already saved any data files worth keeping, and can reinstall any software apps I need. Or should I just reinstall W98? If so, is there a better way to remove the current OS? I'd appreciate any thoughts (and links on how-to) on which option might be best to do. (And if you have any comments on the Norton issue, like why it won't launch, that would be great.) Thanks in advance. |
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Reinstall or Restore?
The only way you can uninstall W98SE is if you upgraded over W98, elected to
save the files and want to revert back to W98. I would not recommend this process to anyone. To get a clean install, back up all data you want and then either delete the Windows folder from DOS, format the C: partition or install W98SE to a new folder (for example, win98 instead of windows). For information on installing W98, go to: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour/html/w98_restore.html If your W98SE disk is an upgrade disk, your W98 restore disk might not work as a qualifying system disk. If this is the case, you would have to do a restore and then upgrade to SE. The problem with a restore is that it loads all kinds of crap you don't want or need. I will not have a Norton product on my machines and many of the regulars who post here feel the same way. 2004 is so problematic that MVP Ron Martell has decided it may be a virus G. AntiVirus programs AVG, free AV program: http://www.grisoft.com/us/us_dwnl_free.php ETrust, reasonably priced AV program that I use: http://www1.my-etrust.com EZ Armor Security Suite, One year free trial : http://www.my-etrust.com/microsoft/ -- Regards Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo "RickD" wrote in message ... To clean out the clutter and improve things, I recently uninstalled my W98 SE operating system using the command prompt. But I don't think the uninstall completed itself, as it ran over a half hour before I stopped it. I then reinstalled the OS from the CD. The PC runs okay, but there has been no real improvement in speed or performance. Worse, some applications have caused problems. For example, I lost the Uninstall options for MS Money and some Symantec/Norton 2003 products. I uninstalled Symantec using their online utilities. After I loaded new 2004 Norton Int. Security software, it will not launch. (I did not yet activate the software.) There may be other problems not yet evident. I have the W98SE CD, and also the manufacturer's original Restore CD. I feel I need to wipe the existing OS and start over. I'm not sure which route to go. I know the Restore CD should take the PC back to a factory-new state, which seems like a good thing. I've already saved any data files worth keeping, and can reinstall any software apps I need. Or should I just reinstall W98? If so, is there a better way to remove the current OS? I'd appreciate any thoughts (and links on how-to) on which option might be best to do. (And if you have any comments on the Norton issue, like why it won't launch, that would be great.) Thanks in advance. |
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