Not only possible, but the recommended way to reinstall Windows 98 if that's the only way to solve the problems.
Two notes however:
The old forum had a lot of posts with detailed instructions for doing this. They've disappeared. Post again if you feel you might need them. Somebody might feel inclined to write or copy or link to a long and helpful text.
Are you sure this is the best way to solve your problems? Did you do a parasite scan (virusses, spyware)? This, depending on the cause, occasionally helps very well. There might also be other causes, maybe even hardware-related.
Anyway, good luck.
Kees
Computer is running 98 but "buggy" I tried to load win 98se but it would not allow me. I can not find where I can uninstall w98. Is it possible to reformat hard drive or get rid of w98 so that I can perform "clean" install?

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