Although, I am a huge 98SE supporter, have you considered going
dual-boot with XP Pro/Home and 98SE?  This is what I am considering
and will allow you to have the backwards compatibility as well as the
ability to use the latest hardware.  Does Unicode work for everyone?

Did that the other day on a machine.
Is the HD formated to NTFS? Or is it still Fat32? It
should tell you if you check properties of the HD.
Answer back!

G'day Art and ppoatt,
Thank you for the replies,
The HDD is formatted to NTFS

I would not consider dual boot,
I dislike XP with a passion,
Win98se is like my pipe and favourite slippers
I see no need to change for change sake
and like to feel comfortable around old friends.

Still looking for advice...................................

rodney@touch88gum.com.au
(Remove gum to reply)

Microsoft Knowledge Base Article - 314052
How to manually remove Windows XP and then restore
Windows 95, Windows 98, or Windows Millennium Edition
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;314052

If this is a fairly new computer, the first thing you have to do is find out
if there are W98 drivers for your hardware.  If they don't exist, you are
out of luck.

If you need a copy of W98:

Go to http://www.pricewatch.com, click on the software button and then
search on:  win98.  They have listings on boot up floppy disks, CDs but no
license, a license but no CD, OEM, W98, W98SE, update from W98 to W98SE only
and so on.  Pay ATTENTION to what the listings say or you may end up with
something you don't want or need.  You can also check on EBay or other
auction sites.  You also need to be aware that only paid support for W98
still exists.  Here's some info about the various types of W98SE CDs:

RETAIL FULL INSTALL:  This CD will either upgrade W95/98 to SE or you can
install it to a blank hard drive.

RETAIL UPGRADE INSTALL:  This CD will either upgrade W95/98 to SE or you can
install it to a blank hard drive; however, when installing to a blank drive,
install will ask to see the qualifying system (i.e., W95) disk(s).

OEM FULL INSTALL.  This SE CD is designed to be installed to a blank hard
drive; however, there is a possibility that you can trick it into upgrading.
For info, go to:  http://home.satx.rr.com/badour/html/upgrade.html  Be aware
that if you buy an OEM disk, it might be customized for installation on a
particular computer; however, this will probably be primarily with a used
disk.

UPDATE CD:  This CD will only update a functioning copy of W98 to W98SE.
When MS sold them, they were $20 and came with a ProductKey.  Some venders
were selling them and advising customers to use the W98 ProductKey which may
or may not work--don't get stung.

RECOVERY CD:  Some companies will brand an OEM CD and call it a recovery CD.
You should avoid these unless it is the exact recovery CD you are looking
for.  Many recovery CDs will only install on the equipment they were
intended for.

If you find one, you will have to remove the NTFS partition (if could be fat
32 but I doubt it) that XP is installed on and create one or more fat 32
partitions.

Zap or Wipe freeware will remove all partition information so you can start
over fresh with FDisk.  Download here:
http://www.microstorage.com/Harddriveinfo.htm#Date%20Life%20Guard

FDisk instructions and installing W98 directions are here:
http://home.satx.rr.com/badour/html/w98_restore.html

What is it that you hate about XP?  Once you set the classic menus, classic
folders and use TweakUI to customize a few things, it kind of resembles W98
but it is not as fast.  Conversely, it is much more stable.