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by jendres595

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Can I reformatt a Compaq Presario 5000, running currently Win ME with 2 logical drives? I want to clean system completely, then reload Win 98SE as the operating with only a few programs, mostly games and internet access.
Thanks,
Jamie

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by thechas

The only issue that I can see is device drivers.

Make sure that you can get W98 versions of ALL hardware drivers, as the default W98 drivers are out of date, and may not even support the hardware in this newer PC.

Chas

by jendres595

the chas,
By all drivers you mean, video, printer, sound, cd rom, cd burner or more? If more what ones?
What would you reload, if 96 not an option?
Thanks,
Jamie

by securitytech

As Chas said, go to the compaq support site and download all the drivers for your model for Win98, rename the files so you can understand what they are, and then burn them to a CD.

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