Windows98SE above

I am i am afraid i dont completely understand what you are requesting, If its a reinstall your after then just run the setup again .(If this is not the case can you please explain exacly what is wrong and what you want to do )

First u need a boot disk from Win 98SE. U can create the disk by going to START, Control Panel, Add/Remove Program, Create Boot Disk.

Boot up from the disk and choose to boot with CDROM option if u're installing from CDROM, else u can boot without the option.

From wat u mentioned, u want to install Win98, with intention to overwrite the existing system files. so, all u have to do is to go to your CDROM directory and type setup to install Windows.

The installation program will update the system files for u and automatically includes whatever settings u have previously (eg, say you have Office 2000 and Norton AntiVirus, these will be automatically added to your program list without need to reinstall.)

Follow the standard installation procedures and by the time u reach the familiar "Starting Windows for the First Time" screen, you will see that all system files have been updated and yet all your programs are still intact.

Of course, certain files and programs WILL get overwritten (as Windows sees then as system files) and you have to update them again. Examples are DirectX and IE upgrades.

What I have said above are tested true in all the 50 plus PC I've troubleshooted. Of course, the safest way to deal with MS softwares is to always backup impt files regularly. Anyway, hope that this can help u in one way or another :)

Happy Installing :)

regards
Thomas

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