Dell does provide a system disk that has several options to reinstall the system over your current one or reformat and reinstall. In the reformat case, it performs the reformat and then somehow extracts the setup files, storing them in a folder on your hard drive before setting it up. Bill Ades ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Citkowitz" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Saturday, January 18, 2003 9:55 AM Subject: Re: [PCSOFT] Backup Disk <somewhere in your c: drive you should have all the windows install files. In these type of situations where the vendor opts to install an oem version of win98, the files are often stored in c:\windows\options\cabs\win98.> How do such vendors expect you to restore the system if a reformat is required? Does Dell provide a system/drivers disk? Rob PCSOFT's List Owner's: Bob Wright<[log in to unmask]> Drew Dunn<[log in to unmask]> PCSOFT maintains many useful files for download visit our download web page at: http://freepctech.com/downloads.shtml