Subj : Re: Reinstalling Win98
To   : Alan Zisman
From : MIKE ROSS
Date : Mon Feb 07 2005 11:15 pm

"Alan Zisman" bravely wrote to "Mick Lazic" (30 Jan 05  13:01:00)
 --- on the heady topic of "Re: Reinstalling Win98"

 AZ> -- Note as well that re-installing Windows over an existing
 AZ> installation, while convenient, rarely cures whatever problem is
 AZ> making you want to re-install Windows. If you're having serious
 AZ> problems, you're almost always better off with a clean install, even
 AZ> though that means having to reinstall drivers and applications. ...

I quasi-accidentally found a trick for w95 by renaming the directory
and then giving it a "hidden" directory attribute. This allows a new
install which doesn't overwrite the old one and I can switch between
each as desired simply by renaming them. For example make a copy to a
new name, then when some program install goes wrong one can always
revert in a few seconds. I haven't had to try it with w98se yet, so I
don't know if this hidden directory trick will work with it too.

 M*i*k*e

.... Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before.
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