Restore disk vs ?

[michaelk1958]

I have always been a fan of using my restore disks. anytime my system starts to go haywire in goes the disk. Of course I back up any important files and such first.
Mind you I don't do it all that often, But hey I have 2 teenage daughters and lets face it, they're always downloading something off the net., and I do get the occasional Illness.
Anyway heres my cituation.... One day my wife calls me from her office and says want some computer stuff ...for free? I'm no fool... I said "Does a bear S___ in the woods? She tells me one of the other tennants in her building just dumped a bunch of stuff in the trash, just come n get it.
Well after lugging all that junk (i mean gold) home, i managed to get one good system out of it.
Its a Power Spec 300mhz P2 win98se 3.24gbWD 32mb. Its got a whole bunch of Personal business software junk on it that i'll never use. (a real hacker could probably have a field day in this hard drive) but I'm not looking to ruin anyone Ijust want to clean it off.
How do I do it without a restore disk?
I have my own Windows 98 Cd that I bought for another old machine i upgraded. Can I use it to restore this old thing or do i live with it the way it is and just return it to its earlier fate with which I saved it from, when i'm done with it?
And is using my win98cd on another one of my puters concidered pirating?

[edge345]

Boot using a win98 startup diskette and choose the option with cd-rom support, Then at the a: prompt type format c: then press enter. all data will be gone. after the format inset the win98 cd and type e:setup (e: being the cd-rom letter) to install win98....


edge345

[catfishjoe_1]

If the win98 is present on another computer it is pirating and misuse of your OS. Reference the EULA on the machine it is presently loaded on. The license is for a "single" computer unless you purchase another license from M!soft.
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