When you do a clean reinstall of the OS you get a new registry, so there really isn't any option other than reinstalling the apps that were there, and this would include apps installed on another partition since the new registry would not have a record of them either.  You should make a list of what you want to reinstall, and do clean reinstalls of the apps so that they run right.

>I have three partitions; one OS, Win98, on first partition. There are
>programs on first partition, ones that insisted on installing all, or
>part, on C drive.
>
>Shall I move these programs to another partition before reinstall OS,
>keep a list and reinstall programs on C drive, or what?
>
>Do I need do anything to insure not lose programs or files on other
>partitions?
>
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