Hello brian, I think so, that the scorched earth approach is the best way for PC used by row user. In the case of teenagers with their several games instal and deinstal. At the end of the month Win9x became unrecowerable, and so the clean installation is the best way to save nerves and time. -- Best regards, Yakymakha Visit our website regularly for FAQs, articles, how-to's, tech tips and much more http://freepctech.com