Can anyone help me with this?

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Assuming you have the 98 or ME CD, run the Setup program
after formatting your hard drive, and when asked for the
old CD's, insert the 98 or ME CD, and it will install
completely.
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Therein lies the problem. My W98 CD had an unfortunate incident with
the wheel of my chair some time ago.

I'd like to do a complete install but I can't unless I keep enough of
the current installation so that the new one can see that I qualify.
But I want it as close to a clean install as possible, with all traces
of programs/drivers I've since installed gone.

That's why I need to know what the minimum is I can leave on the hard
drive so that it will recognize the previous installation to qualify
me. For instance... can I delete the all the sub-folders and just
leave the old registration files? Etc...

In other words, what files does it look for to verify that a previous
installation exists?
 
JK said:
Therein lies the problem. My W98 CD had an unfortunate incident with
the wheel of my chair some time ago.

I'd like to do a complete install but I can't unless I keep enough of
the current installation so that the new one can see that I qualify.
But I want it as close to a clean install as possible, with all traces
of programs/drivers I've since installed gone.
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Run the CD from the existing Win98 system. Enter Install, change
Upgrade to New Install, then when it asks you to confirm where, you can
hit ESC and get the chance to select the current partition, delete it,
and create a new RAW one, going on to format it as part of the setup

This will already have detected that it is a legitimate upgrade,

If you every *have* to do a clean re-install, I *think* but am not sure
that the same method will find that the existing system was a legitimate
upgrade and not ask for a CD
 
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