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i want to reformat and install a newer OS like win98 (cause i got the disk, i could get 2000 maybe ME or something is it any good?, linux wont work with my vid card now but ill get it working eventually) is there anything i need to know? ive made backups to cd of all the files i want (mp3s, images, buddy lists etc) and im gonna make a bootdisk with my cd drivers on it so i can install after i format, but i need to know will everything work afterwards, i got my cd burner and 2nd HD installed for me, will they work after i refomat or will i need drivers for them or anything? or just any adivce for problems i might run into, thanks

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ME is just as bad as 98
win2k definately will get rid of most crashes you would otherwise have with ME or 98. I am currently running beta XP, and i like it. I would wait until the actual version comes out, in october i beleive. Or if u really don't want to wait u can either get the beta XP, or win2k. Also if you do choose 2000, go with professional. I don't think you need a server or a personal one, so professional will be your best choice. As far as i know, hard drives do not require any drivers and cd burner drivers are usually included with the system, especially Windows 2000/XP.
I don't think you will run into too many probelms. Perhaps a few programs not running properly under win2k, but that is a rare occurence. Never had any problems with my drivers or anything else. And I reinstall XP at least once a month (once new beta comes out), I have also installed 2000 professional and advanced server and never had any major problems.
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yeah i could get 2k, but i didnt know if id run into problems like you said, about programs that only run on 95/98.
thanks for the advice
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i dont know where all these people are getting the idea that me is as bad as 98, it runs so much better than 98 does (at least in my experience) it crashes about 1/100 of the times that 98 did, and it works a lot better. my only real beef with it is that they tried to replace my trusty cd player with windows media player. but i beat the smarmy bastards.

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Your experience with ME is unusual, Sith. I agree with you that apps crash less often, but my install ate itself after about a month. At my old job, fixing machines that were running ME was a nightmare... imagine having multiple drivers installed that not only don't work with ME, they don't KNOW that they don't work with it - so they load, and things seem to work until you try and do something "unusual" - open "My Computer," for example.

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Very true, DSL. Apps under ME seemed to crash less often and less hard, but there were driver issues out the ass. God forbid you should try any hardware that doesn't know what ME is. One incompatible driver and ME went apeshit.

At least the damn system got a virus so now I have an excuse to wipe it & throw 98SE back on there. Serves my dad right for not updating his VDFs. Maybe I'll just sell the parts & have him buy a Dell.

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I was running ME for about 5 months but when i put in another hd i went to win2kpro, i have more issues with win2k than with ME by far, win2k never ever crashs but i would give it up if my vid drivers worked corectly i my geforce2gts has vid out on it and ELSA never made drivers for win2k that support it, the nvida drivers don't work etheir for vid out, both work in geniral but the vid. I have has some combatabillity issues with some of my older software in win2k that i didn't get in ME.

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i am still running ME on my old computer because it doesn't have enough resources to run win2k properly. It does crash less often then 98, but still does so a hell of alot. I have numerous problems with ATI video drivers and cd burning software. I often get bleu screens and other kinds of system errors. Overall I would go with win2k because it hardly ever crashed on me. Only time win2k was goin' all nuts on me is when I tried many programs at once with tons of services running it Advanced Server. But if you have professional, it shouldn't be all too bad.
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WinME went nuts after I tried to install the newest Logitech MouseWare... For some reason, it corrupted the mouse and keyboard control panel extensions, and every time I opened up the control panel, the thing would tell me about some error in main.cpl. !@#$\%^&*. I extract original copy of installation disk, but the damn thing kept doing it. So I think to myself, "Why don't I just reinstall ME?" Good idea, right? NO! The installer crashes. WTF?!?

So basically, install all your drivers and shit in 98SE and then upgrade to ME... and don't install drivers. Then you should be okay. I'm trying to get Win2k and upgrade from 98SE because I'm tired of getting reamed by ME.

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I'm going to be triple-booting after my next format:

Win 98SE (for non Linux gamez)
Win XP (just to fux0r around)
Linux (for everything else)

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