I am not sure about Win98, but I noticed on Win2k and XP the updates are
installed in the CABS directory under the system (Windows) directory.
You should be able to copy and save the cabs and use them again after
reinstalling Win98.

Also, look at this site for help:
http://www.windows-help.net/index.shtml On this site, I found a way to
create a patched Windows XP disk with the service pack.

Peter
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Shortly, I will be installing a new hard drive on my HP Pavilion 8380
running Win98.  Needless to say, I will have to install a whole lot of
patches to bring it up to snuff.  I figure my first stop, after
installing operating system off the recovery disk, Clean Sweep, GoBack
and MSN8 will be Microsoft Updates for Win98 and IE6.0 patches.  (IE6.0
is loaded with MSN8)

Because operating system reinstalls seem to be the solution to many
problems, I have another post to PSBUILD on setting up a partition for
it.  However, my concern is retaining all the patches, especially in
light of Microsoft's intention of abandoning Win98.  How do I isolate
these patches for future reinstalls?  I would like to have copies on my
non-operating system partitions, but also burn them to a CD in the event
of hard drive failure. Are there tutorials out there to accomplish this?

William Closure

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