Autumn,
You've got to be kidding....Are you saying you haven't turned the Win98 machine OFF since Feb. 27? If not, please do, then restart the machine..
Instead of reinstalling the operating system, have you tried simply installing the newest video drivers for your video card? If your only problem is a graphics display issue, then you probably don't need to reinstall everything.. You can do the research yourself, or you can give us the pertinent computer information about the drivers and video card. (RIGHT click on "My Computer", choose "Properties", and when that loads, click on the ""Device Manager" tab. When that loads, click on the + sign next to the "Display Adapters" tab and a specific device will be listed. Click on it once to highlight it, then click on the "Properties" button. Please tell us the "Manufacturer's" name, the date, and the version number.)
We might be able to find a driver for the card which just might fix the problem.
Hope this helps.
Grif
hello....don't hurt yourself laughing to hard at this one....I posted on Feb 27th, or there abouts....well the computer is still doing a system scan....and it is still only at 57%....so now I went out and purchased a windows 98 pack....someone had mentioned that you can do a total reformat if you have an operating system to install....bada bing....this computer was a piece together as far as I know....and then we got it second hand....my origanal post was in referance to the colors which magically changed when my son hit a button....someone had said I could go into the bios and check the video card settings or the video adapter settings....they said I could get to the bios by hitting delete at start up....ok ok ok....it's been four weeks....my walls look like a comic book advertisement....I have to get this computer up and running again for the kid....can I kill it and bring it back like new with this windows 98 cd?....will reformatting it help with the bios by setting them back to the way they should be if indeed by hitting one button the kid eliminated the 256 color choice? or should I just keep scanning the system indefinitely....at 57% I figure it will take till June at least....thanks guys for your help....

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