I am preparing for my first reformat of my Pent II 266 with Win 98 first ed. I did my old machine a year ago and because the sound, video and some other settings have never been the same since, I want to make sure I get it absolutely right on this machine and find out how before I start!
Right then, the CD-ROM that came with my PC appears to contain untold driver files and exes that I believe (hope) can't possibly all be necessary to reinstall on my Win98 machine after I format it.
One example: in the Modem folder I have folder #1 Dun 12b containing one file msdun12b.exe and folder #2 Dynalink v5.1 containing 7 various folders and 3 inf files. How on earth am I going to sort out what I should be reinstalling for my modem? Will Win98 do it for me automatically upon setup? (I don't trust it)
Another example: the Video Card folder contains folders for ATI Rage Pro turbo, Cirrus Logis AGF, Matrox Millennium II, Permedia 2 AGP, S3 VBE, S3 TrioV2 and S3Virge PCI -- do they all have to be installed, and if not, how will I know WHICH to install?!
This is all rather scary and I'd really appreciate it if someone could please give me some tips/pointers on how to find out what I need to know of the essentials before F-Day?
Thank you!
Right then, the CD-ROM that came with my PC appears to contain untold driver files and exes that I believe (hope) can't possibly all be necessary to reinstall on my Win98 machine after I format it.
One example: in the Modem folder I have folder #1 Dun 12b containing one file msdun12b.exe and folder #2 Dynalink v5.1 containing 7 various folders and 3 inf files. How on earth am I going to sort out what I should be reinstalling for my modem? Will Win98 do it for me automatically upon setup? (I don't trust it)
Another example: the Video Card folder contains folders for ATI Rage Pro turbo, Cirrus Logis AGF, Matrox Millennium II, Permedia 2 AGP, S3 VBE, S3 TrioV2 and S3Virge PCI -- do they all have to be installed, and if not, how will I know WHICH to install?!
This is all rather scary and I'd really appreciate it if someone could please give me some tips/pointers on how to find out what I need to know of the essentials before F-Day?
Thank you!