How to Save Uninstall Information Before Reinstalling Windows 98
ID: Q195384
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SUMMARY
This article describes how to preserve your original uninstallation
information before you reinstall Windows 98. This may be useful if you
later choose to uninstall Windows 98 to return to your original operating
system.
MORE INFORMATION
If you reinstall Windows 98 and click Yes when you are asked if you want
to "Save System Files", your original uninstallation information will be
overwritten, and you will no longer be able to uninstall Windows 98 to
restore your previous version of Windows. To preserve the ability to
uninstall Windows 98 to restore your previous version of Windows, you must
save your current uninstallation information in a new location before you
reinstall Windows 98. To do so, use the following steps:
- Click Start, point to Find, and then click Files Or Folders.
- In the Named box, type "winundo.* winlfn.ini" (without quotation
marks), click Local Hard Drives in the Look In box, and then click Find
Now.
Note the drive that contains the Winundo.dat file, the Winundo.ini
file, and the Winlfn.ini file.
- Quit the Find tool.
- Restart your computer. Press and hold CTRL until you see the Windows 98
Startup menu, and then choose Command Prompt Only.
- Type the following lines, pressing ENTER after each line
<drive>:
md undo
attrib -r -s -h winundo.*
move winundo.* undo
attrib -r -s -h winlfn.*
move winlfn.ini undo
where <drive> is the drive letter you noted in steps 3 and 4.
- Restart your computer.
- Reinstall Windows 98.
NOTE: If you choose to uninstall Windows 98 to restore your previous
version of Windows, move the Winundo.dat file and the Winundo.ini file
to the root folder, and then perform the steps in the following article
in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
ARTICLE-ID: Q186102
TITLE : How to Uninstall Windows 98
For information about how to move files, click Start, click Help, click
the Index tab, type "moving files" (without quotation marks),
double-click "Moving Files, Folders", and then double-click the "Moving
files or folders" topic.
Additional query words:
98
Keywords : kbenv kbtool win98
Version : WINDOWS:
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbhowto
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