Re: how do I load win98 on HD??

"JAD" <kapasitor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> "Shep©" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>
>>
>> Do a clean re-install of any windows O/S and then run a registry
>> cleaner.On an average Win98/SE install there's over a 150
>> incorrect and unneeded entries that can cause problems when the
>> registry is read at bootup.Try it.
>> Also just removing them is not enough as the space the entries
>> took up still leave code so the user should then,"Compact" the
>> registry. I've just re-installed XP for someone and Regseeker
>> took out well over a 100 on that O/S as well.Although WinXP can
>> be set to defrag registry it does not,"Compact" it after
>> cleaning, http://shurl.net/mU
>>
>
> LOL, you really like supporting third party utility software
> developers. Do you just believe what the software tells you? This
> is good, this is unneeded, this needs to be deleted, etc?
> This could very well be the reason for MDAC and ODBC entries
> missing from the registry on machines that I have had to diagnose.
> I have NEVER done this and I Rarely have any problems with a fresh
> install being jacked up. (a few unusual exceptions that were not
> registry related.)

I too was kind of surprised by that idea.

I've installed the various Windows versions countless times, many
times over and over again just for fun, and I've never had any
problem of that sort.

Have fun.

.

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