I agree with Erik.
I would go with either Windows 2000 or XP, even if your system crashed after installing XP.
Sue, lots of crashes on the older operating systems (windows 3.x, 9.x, ME) couldn't always be explained.
Windows 2000/XP are totally different operating systems. They might look like Windows 98/ME on the outside, but that's about the only thing they have in common.
The basis of 2000/XP is Windows NT, built from scratch and not an evolution of windows 9x or whatever. Even the letters NT tell us enough what it's all about; New Technology
If an operating system like 2000/XP crashes, then it's in almost all cases caused by bad drivers and that is quite easy to fix, either by different drivers or hardware (cards in most cases).
And of all the drivers that cause a problem, the graphics drivers is the #1 troublemaker.
Always make sure that you do a clean install and no update.
Be patient if the first test of win2000/XP causes a crash, because it can easily be solved by every computer expert.
I hate it that you live so far away, otherwise I would take my car and fix your PC troubles for once and for all! [slick]
