I also use Norton System Disk.  Disk Dr. and Win Dr.
are very valuable tools indeed.
Gary
----- Original Message -----
From: "Stigers, Greg [And]" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2000 11:15 AM
Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] OT Wintel PC's


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> Note that installing Windows 2000 may have simply given you a clean
instance
> of the OS. Reinstalling Win9x does not give you a clean install. It should
> give you back your original system dlls, for instance. But unless you take
> pains to rename or delete the old registry files, reinstalling will
continue
> to use the old ones, and include the accumulated debris.
>
> This is not meant as a plug, but I have been using the WinDoctor utility
> that is part of Norton Utilities. There are certain well-known third-party
> add-ons which I cannot upgrade without WinDoctor finding several left over
> registry entries from the previous version. While most of these may be
> harmless, they are an obvious and easy to find example of stray registry
> garbage that simply accumulates over time. MS offers a regclean utility on
> their site for finding and removing such debris, although I believe it
errs
> on the side of being conservative.
>
> Greg Stigers
> http://www.cgiusa.com