Reinstall windows 98 second edition

First, make yourself a boot disk. Go to Control Panel, Add/Remove Programs and click on the middle tab.

Next, back up any data you want to keep.

Boot from the bootdisk. Enable cd-rom support when prompted.

Some people would say to run fdisk first, but I don't think it's necessary unless you want to change your partitions. If you do run fdisk, delete all partitions, create a new one(s) and don't forget to make the primary partition active.

Next, format c: /s to format the hard drive and make it bootable.

Now insert your Win98 cd-rom and run setup.

I agree with the above (although I'm part of the fdisk crowd). Just to be safe though, before you even format, boot with the boot disk first to make sure it boots and the CD-Rom is accessable

There's nothing worse then formating and then findingout that you used a bad disk or the your CD-Rom isn't working with the bootdisk.

Mark

forgive my assumption but your question begs the question : Do you have the full OEM version of Windows 98 SE? If you are not sure then it is possible that the disk you have is the upgrade and not the OEM version. If this be so, then do nothing until you have the OEM version or use the upgrade you (may) have on top of the version that you are running now.

Hi James, To do a clean installation of Windows 98 SE, make sure you have a bootup disk of Windows 98 SE. Then you can you use fdisk to create a partion and a MBR.

After the partion(s) are created, you need to format the hardisk with the format /s to put the OS files on the harddrive. Reboot your computer with the bootup disk in A: drive and select "Start with CD-ROM" to install Windows 98 SE. If you have the upgrade Verison of Windows 98 SE, you will need the disks of an early verison of Windows (Windows 3.1 - Windows 95) to verify your upgrade.

Good luck and have a great day.

Don Thibodaux, Computer Technology Consultant.

Just want to drop my 2 cents.
If your BIOS supports boot to CD-ROM than you dont have to create a boot disk, just set the first boot device to CD-ROM and insert CD and run format c: from the cd. When format is done run setup from CD.
You dont haveto and you should not; run format c: with the /s switch.

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