Win98 in C:\ and WinXP in E:\ help

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Posted by fastmp3 on May-06-2002 02:24:

Win98 in C:\ and WinXP in E:\ help

when i turn on my computer , i have the choice to load win98 or XP

help me , , now i wanna get rid of win98 which is in my c:\ without having to format the whole C:\ (cuz i have so many shit i can't back up)

is there a way to do that ?

Posted by DamnDirtyApe on May-06-2002 03:20:

so you want to stop using win98, but keep some files on that partition?

Posted by fastmp3 on May-06-2002 03:24:

yes , i wanna stop using win98 (i want my computer to automatically load win XP after i remove it) , but keep all the other files i have , how can i do that

Posted by DamnDirtyApe on May-06-2002 04:37:

well that might be problematic sincec you have winxp on drive #2. If you want, you can erase win98 but you have to keep the partition it is on.

I would recommend you get Powerquest Partition magic, but it's possible without it.

Another question: can you see the drive with win98 on it when you are using WinXP?

Posted by fastmp3 on May-06-2002 04:48:

yes i can see it

so what do u recommend now ?

Posted by DamnDirtyApe on May-06-2002 05:12:

Okay, step one is to find a file on C: called boot.ini.

It will look something like this:

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect
Windows 98

First make a backup of this file. Then you want to delete the line after [operating systems] that has windows 98 in it. Next, make sure the default= line has same info as the windows xp line under operating systems. Then change timeout to =0.

After doing this (and making sure that XP boots properly) you can delete c:\windows without fear.

Posted by fastmp3 on May-06-2002 07:34:

quote:
Originally posted by DamnDirtyApe
Okay, step one is to find a file on C: called boot.ini.

It will look something like this:

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect
Windows 98

First make a backup of this file. Then you want to delete the line after [operating systems] that has windows 98 in it. Next, make sure the default= line has same info as the windows xp line under operating systems. Then change timeout to =0.

After doing this (and making sure that XP boots properly) you can delete c:\windows without fear.

thank you so much man , i will do that and give you an answer by tuesday night (when i'm gonna use the concerned computer) . thanks again mate

Posted by fastmp3 on May-08-2002 01:26:

it's me again

well i have some trouble , first of all i can't find boot.ini in C:\ , the only boot.ini file i found is boot.ini.backup in E:\ (where XP is) , and when i opened it with notepad , there was no windows98 line ...

Posted by drizzt81 on May-08-2002 01:35:

another idea

would be to jsut reinstall winXP on the C-drive and have it overwrite the windows dir?!?

Posted by DamnDirtyApe on May-08-2002 01:36:

Heh, yeah it might just be easier to start from scratch as far as windows is concerned.

Posted by fastmp3 on May-08-2002 02:11:

sorry but i can't be arsed to try that :/

any other solution ?

Posted by DamnDirtyApe on May-08-2002 02:15:

Sorry man.. it's hard to do this stuff when you aren't there in person.