QUOTE (Eck @ May 22 2005, 06:48 PM)
Umm, Gag, Cough. All that and never formatted?
I am not worthy!!! I am not worthy!!!
Yeah but, what about after you updated to Windows Me? Um (still gaging in respectful shock), didn't you need to format when you went back to 98SE? Are you saying you also successfully uninstalled Windows Me? And you now have installed all these updates to 98SE and everything still runs great?
If so, you are a Windows G_D!
Naaah... I just try different stuff 1st.
If I recall correctly, after I installed ME, all I had to do was open File Manager, copy all 98SE boot files [from backup] back to C:\ root, to overwrite the ME ones [COMMAND.COM, IO.SYS, MSDOS.SYS, WINBOOT.INI, AUTOEXEC.BAT + CONFIG.SYS], and then hit the reset button on the PC case.
If u care to know about winboot.ini:
http://www.mdgx.com/newtip16.htm#WBINIor msdos.sys:
http://www.mdgx.com/msdos.htmI need to mention I don't keep HIMEM.SYS, IFSHLP.SYS, EMM386.EXE, MSCDEX.EXE, SMARTDRV.EXE and whatever other memory managers/drivers/tools in %windir% or %windir%\COMMAND, but moved them all to C:\MAX. Ans I don't keep COMMAND.COM in %windir%, but moved it to C:\ root and made reference of it in my config.sys:
SHELL=C:\COMMAND.COM C:\ /E:1024 /P /F
My boot files:
http://www.mdgx.com/mem7.htmOne of my [not so well kept

] secrets is that I boot to native MS-DOS, and only after that I start 98SE GUI from a separate batch file [C:\WIN.BAT].
If u care to know about WIN.BAT:
http://www.mdgx.com/newtip13.htm#BT2DOSSo, after rebooting with 98SE boot files in C:\ root, all I had to do was to rename the ME directory [C:\WME] to something else [like C:\WMEBK], and then rename the backed up [this is the key word:
backed up] 98SE dir [C:\W98BK] back to C:\W98.
Then I moved WMEBK + "Program Files" to another hard disk, so I can restore it anytime by copying it back to C [from Windows Explorer or a dedicated batch file].
This way I keep separate copies of 98 FE, 98 SE, ME + XP on D.
Sorry, forgot to mention I renamed 98SE "C:\Program Files" to "C:\PROGRAMS".
Got tired of and deleted 95 OSR1, 95C OSR2.5, NT4, 2000 + 2003 a while back.
Last step: ran WIN.BAT from C:\ root [hint: C:\ root is added to my PATH statement in config.sys] to get into the 98SE GUI.
Oh, I almost forgot:
I keep all DOS based tools I need for file/dir operations in a separate dir [C:\MAX], and those tools are all MS-DOS revision "neutral": this means they are not from either MS-DOS 7.10 [a.k.a. Win98/98SE] nor MS-DOS 8.0 [a.k.a. WinME] which are all "locked" onto the specific release they are from [unless u use setver.exe, which is very primitive, and won't let u use newer tools with older MS-DOS releases], but freebies, most of them part of FreeDOS:
http://www.freedos.org/freedos/software/and most of which are linked here:
http://www.mdgx.com/dos.htmIf u've seen the "FREE TOOLS" chapter from 98SE2ME READ1ST.TXT:
http://www.mdgx.com/9s2m/READ1ST.TXTu know what I mean.

This allows me to copy/move/rename/etc files/dirs around independent of Win9x or MS-DOS release.
TIP:
To install any Win9x/ME release even if it won't let u install any older 1 from within Windows GUI, all u need to do is:
- exit Windows GUI to native MS-DOS or
- reboot to native MS-DOS,
and then install from there, because all Win9x setup CDs have a DOS based version of SETUP.EXE:
http://www.mdgx.com/last2.htm#SETUPSWOf course, u need a CD/DVD driver in config.sys + mscdex [or similar]:
http://www.mdgx.com/drv.htm#CDRalso here:
http://www.mdgx.com/newtip1.htm#CDROM4in autoexec.bat or config.sys so your PC can "see" your CD/DVD drive(s), unless u have copied all CABs on your HD [like I did].
BTW: Most of this stuff is posted at my site [list of all tips]:
http://www.mdgx.com/newtip.htmThat's it.