umm best thing to do is to fbackup data which you did then format hehe nothing else to say besides after you reinstall windoze just install a virus scanner and scan the backup cds you made just incase

Dude... just reinstall windows, it'll import all your old shit and replace any missing files.. just point it to install to c:\windows again

Make a bootable win98 floppy and boot from it and load up
the cdrom drivers..

then do this:

ren c:\windows\win.com c:\windows\win.old

change to your CD rom drive letter and type in setup (make sure you have the cd-key handy it might ask u for it) - if you don't have the key then type edit c:\windows\system.dat and choose search and type OEM- you will then see like 12712-OEM-12712-1212 or some crap, copy that # and input it if prompted later on in the install...

If stuff starts messing up after all of this then take what you need off your system and format and install from scratch...

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Originally posted by Swamper Make a bootable win98 floppy and boot from it and load up the cdrom drivers..

if you got win98 (2nd edition) the cd is bootable...try that first