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| Thread ID: 28569 | 2002-12-23 09:06:00 | W98UNDO.DAT | eef2 (1904) | Press F1 |
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| 108554 | 2002-12-23 09:06:00 | This file is on one of my drives, is dated 26/06/01, and is over 150 Mb in size. I am wondering if it is safe to delete? ?:| I won't touch it before I receive advice from you guys. Also sitting there with it is W98UNDO.INI of about 368kB. I would really like to get rid of them to save drive space. What do you think? eef2. |
eef2 (1904) | ||
| 108555 | 2002-12-23 09:24:00 | From Microsoft: Windows 98 Second Edition Setup offers the option of backing up the previous version of Windows in case you need to uninstall Windows 98 Second Edition. To enable this option, select the Save Your System Files option when prompted during Setup. Setup will then create the following hidden files necessary to uninstall back to Windows 98: -W98undo.dat -W98undo.ini -Winlfn.ini NOTE: Deleting these files will prevent Windows 98 Second Edition from being uninstalled. I take it at some stage (26 June 2001) you upgraded your operating system. If you have no need to uninstall the present version of windows, and revert to the old one then yes, you can delete them |
godfather (25) | ||
| 108556 | 2002-12-23 09:28:00 | <www.experts-exchange.com Look at the above link for information, remove the the <> each end of the address. It appears to be a Windows Uninstall file so unless someone can give a better answer, I would be inclined to leave it alone. If you want to widen your search on the file, type into google.com the search pattern W98UNDO.DAT and that will give you additonal info. |
duckyduck (197) | ||
| 108557 | 2002-12-23 15:21:00 | Dear Mainland, Microsoft says (you say) that: "NOTE: Deleting these files will prevent Windows 98 Second Edition from being uninstalled." So that if I deleted these files, I would not be able to uninstall Win 98 2nd edition? And that after deletion, were I to have a want to put another operating system on my computer, I would not be able to? Is this what M$ means? If so, then what does M$ say to a complete format of drives, then installing, say, Windows XP onto such a hard drive? Right now, I have a mind to just go ahead and delete them as I wonder what an uninstall would achieve that a format would not. |
eef2 (1904) | ||
| 108558 | 2002-12-23 18:18:00 | Na it just means you can't uninstall win98 and revert to your old operating system (probably win95) You can still format or delete win98 and stick a new OS. Deleting the mentioned file just means you won't be able to go back to win95 without deleting win98. Of which i'm sure you have no intention of doing! |
roofus (483) | ||
| 108559 | 2002-12-24 10:24:00 | Thanks, I'll stop posting now as you've solved it for me and will go ahead and get rid of those unwanted megabytes. Ta. | eef2 (1904) | ||
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