> It wont remove win98, but it wont show up on the boot screen. I do sugget > though that a complete re-load be done. Any Version of windows needs it > about once every 6 months, well mine does at least ;-) > > Does anyone know exactly what happens to winxx machines in this regard? I have seen numerous cases of a winxx pc slowing down until it barely crawls, locks up, etc. The only thing that will cure it is a reformat of the hd/reinstall of Windows and all associated apps/drivers. It's a real pain! Mark -- http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList mailto:piclist-unsubscribe-request@mitvma.mit.edu