Shoutbox

...lol, (re)formatting isn't always the best solution
(And defragmenting won't change anything)

...But this "Windows 98 (SE) freezes at shutdown screen" is a known problem, I had it once too...well it got *fixed* somehow, now it reboots everytime I try to shut it down and boots as soon as the power switch is back on

I was just too lazy to fix my shutdown prob and used the brute force of my power switch

There are quite a few articles about this on microsoft.com, for example
Problems Shutting Down Windows 98 Second Edition,
How to troubleshoot Windows 98 shutdown problems,
Windows 98 Second Edition Shutdown Supplement
And a patch from Microsoft that should fix shoutdown problems (lol), available here.