Checklist for creating a Windows 98 Support & Reinstallation Kit

	Choose a safe place to store your Reinstallation Kit.
	Locate your original Windows 98 disc.
	Label the original Windows 98 disc with the 25-character Product Key and store it plus an extra copy of the Product Key in safe place.
	Locate all the installation discs for your Windows 98 applications, including copies of downloaded applications and utilities. Record any related product keys or IDs. Store all these with the Kit.
	Visit software manufacturers’ sites and grab all program updates. Store with Kit.
	Visit hardware manufacturers’ sites and grab all the most recent Windows 9x drivers. Gather together all original driver disks and place them with the rest of your Reinstallation Kit.
	Create a couple of copies of the Windows 98 start-up floppy disk and store them with your Reinstallation Kit.
	Subscribe to a drivers site so you can track down additional drivers later on.
	Gather all Microsoft’s patches and updates for Windows 98 and burn them to disc:

•     Create a Windows 98 Reinstallation Kit folder.
•     Visit Microsoft Corporate IT Managers site to gather updates and save them all to the folder.
•     Visit Internet Explorer sites, obtain copies of IE and any critical updates and save them to the folder.
•     Visit Mr Scary’s to obtain any missing Windows components and save them to the folder.
•     Burn the entire contents of the folder to a CD and store it with the rest of your Kit.

Create a printed or burned-to-disc documentation library of troubleshooting articles about Windows 98, and keep it with your Kit.