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The scenario is that you've been running Windows 98 and have decided to do a clean reinstallation, because:

you've had a hard disk crash and just installed a new drive
part of Windows appears to have been corrupted
either installing or uninstalling an application has left the system damaged in some way
you hope to improve performance by doing the ultimate spring clean!

... or for some other reason.

This tutorial will take you through the steps involved in performing a clean installation of Windows 98, covering each of the following:

creating a Windows 98 Startup Disk that includes support for your CD-ROM drive
partitioning your hard drive
formatting your hard drive
installing Windows 98
installing the Windows 98 Second Edition updates
bringing your installation completely up-to-date via the Windows Update facility
replacing Window's default drivers with later versions
fine tuning the installation

Last Update: Sat Mar 1st 2003

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