IE not responding freezes computer. safe mode too. win 98

[cms1157]

i got a virus or something and now every time i start up IE does not respond. task manager will end task but it still freezes. It does this in safe mode too.

I tried to use scanreg and it won't work. something about no extended memory and HIMEM.sys file missing.

I tried to reinstall windows and I don't have enough free disk space.

Can I or how do I delete files like mp3's through dos to free up space to install? save small files to a disk through dos or at least see a list of the files I have, like bookmarks, to make it easier to go back and find them again? through dos, change my start up options so IE won't be the first thing that starts up?

I only have a few things on there preventing me from formatting and if I could save them I would like to. Any help wpuld be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

 

[htmlman]

Have you cleaned you hard drive using the system tool, disk clean? You can gain space if it hasn't been used for a while.
To delete a file using DOS, if the drive is formatted in fat32.
Place your win98 boot disk into to the floppy drive. Boot PC, At the A: type c: then when at c: type c:dir /w This will show you the directories on C drive. The /w is a switch that will compact the list of the files so you can read them better, if there is a long list of files.
then type cd name of the file the mp3s are in.
then it will look something like this
C:\mp3>
When you are in the folder the files you want to delete
Then type del *.*
hit enter
That should delete anything in the folder, example of file name, mp3 or what ever you called the folder.

 

[cms1157]

I can't get to the system tools to free up space, the computer freezes to fast. I will try to delete the files through dos and see what happens.

Thanks