As has been pointed out (on more than 1 occasion on more than 1= list, install the older O/S first. Unfortunately on this occasion I was= a victim of circumstance. I had no intention of putting 98 or any= other O/S back on to my computer. I only wanted to do so because of a couple of older games I could not run on XP.(Even using the comparability wizard) Did not know that until I had got XP up & running with everything setup how I wanted it. i have another= free disk 1.2gig where i want to install 98. is this possible? thanks alot gratchie To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/