Hi fastnet,

Have you tried booting into safe mode by tapping F8...if not...try that and post back if you made it to desktop.

Eg

P.S. I'm not the best person around here to be helping you but I'll see what I can do until someone else comes along

These sites might come in handy too...

http://www.toejumper.net/
Troubleshooting and Resource Guide for Windows 95/98/ME/XP, Home Page

http://support.microsoft.com/default...;EN-US;Q188867
Troubleshooting Windows 98 Startup Problems

http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/win98/n1045415932
Annoyances.org - windows 98 won't start up (Windows 98 Discussion Forum)