Installation and uninstallation tips for Windows 98/2000

1. Improve the speed of Installing Windows 98/2000 in DOS status

First, start the computer with a boot disk, run smartdrv.exe in dos, and then install windows. This will greatly shorten the installation time.

Note: To Run smartdrv.exe, the DOS system must load the Windows System File himem. sys during startup. The smartdrv.exe file is generally in the Windows directory of drive C. If Windows 9x is not installed on the machine, you can copy the file from another machine for use.

2. Fully utilize the system memory when installing Windows 2000

The default memory for Windows 2000 installation is 32 MB. Copy all the files on the installation disk to the hard disk, use word to open the txtsetup. Sif file in the i386 directory, and change the value following requiredmemory to the actual value. In this way, the machine can make full use of the system memory during system installation.

3. uninstall Windows 982000 on both Windows 2000 systems

First, Uninstall all software in Windows 2000, and then manually delete the WINNT, document and setting folders, pagefile. sys, ntdetect.com, winnt. ini, ntldr, and other files. Start with the boot disk of Windows 9x and use the Sys command to pass a system (actual operation A: \> sys C :) to drive c). This transfer process will overwrite the original boot system file, after the system is restarted, there will be only one Windows 98 system.

4. Learn about the software and hardware compatibility before installing Windows 2000.

When installing Windows 2000, you can check whether a hardware device on your computer is supported by a Windows 2000 DRIVER: Open the ortortfile folder of the Windows installation disk, which contains a file named hcl.txt, the list of all compatible Windows 2000 hardware is displayed.