Whenever I try to boot up my pc an error comes up at the final stage just as my active desktop is about to appear saying problem with iexplorer you computer will shut down (or something to that effect) I have tried everything. Safe mode command prompt etc. and then reinstalled windows 98 only to have the same error appear again. I have lost all files and programs on my computer and can still not use it. Help would be appreciated...(to put it mildly)..

sounds like you got a boot virus the only way to get gid of it is to kill your disk use this killdisk prg it worked for me it writes 0's to the hole hd when you are done use fdisk and repartision the hd then reinstall the os http://www.killdisk.com/downloadfree.htm hope it works

You can try booting to MS-DOS and typing: FDISK /MBR which will sometimes fix it. Boot-Sector viruses can cause a migrane headache.

Hi sclarke, Russ, Don Miller, hi everyone, A pity you lost files and programs! Did you already format your hard disk? If you don't have anything left on the disk, the best solution is to format again properly... (you probably forgot to fdisk) Good luck! Have a good day, Gérard from Paris, France

thanks a lot folks, didnt reformat the drive before reinstalling so gonna try that url and those other suggestions over the weekend, and hopefully that'll sort the problem..