Greetings all!

Awhile back I posted a question about changing my W2K install. Currently I
have it installed as a dual-boot w/ Win98 and (for various reasons that I
have no control over) I was asked to find out how to change this to an
'upgrade' install. Through the kind help of several board members, DP in
particular, I was given the following and wanted to confirm whether this will
work correctly:

>You can boot with your Win98 startup disk and issue the command
>sys C:
>this will rewrite the win9x boot sector, then you can delete these files
>boot.ini, ntldr, ntdetect.com, bootsect.dos, pagefile.sys and possibly
>ntbootdd.sys from the root of the System partition C:\., then you can delete
>the Windows 2000 boot partition or \winnt directory (whichever the case)
>
>Then *do* backup everything you can't afford to lose since the upgrade
>process might leave you with nothing.
>
>You can them start win98 normally and begin the upgrade process.

The reason I ask is that some similar-in-topic posts have stated not to
delete the files mentioned above and I really don't want to mess this up.
Any and all help is greatly appreciated.

Greg

Yes, confirmed. Keep in mind backups are always required for anything you
can't afford to lose no matter the task.

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
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"gak27" wrote:
| Greetings all!
|
| Awhile back I posted a question about changing my W2K install. Currently
I
| have it installed as a dual-boot w/ Win98 and (for various reasons that I
| have no control over) I was asked to find out how to change this to an
| 'upgrade' install. Through the kind help of several board members, DP in
| particular, I was given the following and wanted to confirm whether this
will
| work correctly:
|
| >You can boot with your Win98 startup disk and issue the command
| >sys C:
| >this will rewrite the win9x boot sector, then you can delete these files
| >boot.ini, ntldr, ntdetect.com, bootsect.dos, pagefile.sys and possibly
| >ntbootdd.sys from the root of the System partition C:\., then you can
delete
| >the Windows 2000 boot partition or \winnt directory (whichever the case)
| >
| >Then *do* backup everything you can't afford to lose since the upgrade
| >process might leave you with nothing.
| >
| >You can them start win98 normally and begin the upgrade process.
|
| The reason I ask is that some similar-in-topic posts have stated not to
| delete the files mentioned above and I really don't want to mess this up.
| Any and all help is greatly appreciated.
|
| Greg

Dave,

Your first instruction, issuing the sys c: command, do I do that from the
Run dialog or from a DOS prompt?

Thanks!

"Dave Patrick" wrote:

> Yes, confirmed. Keep in mind backups are always required for anything you
> can't afford to lose no matter the task.
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
> Microsoft Certified Professional
> Microsoft MVP [Windows]
> http://www.microsoft.com/protect
>
> "gak27" wrote:
> | Greetings all!
> |
> | Awhile back I posted a question about changing my W2K install. Currently
> I
> | have it installed as a dual-boot w/ Win98 and (for various reasons that I
> | have no control over) I was asked to find out how to change this to an
> | 'upgrade' install. Through the kind help of several board members, DP in
> | particular, I was given the following and wanted to confirm whether this
> will
> | work correctly:
> |
> | >You can boot with your Win98 startup disk and issue the command
> | >sys C:
> | >this will rewrite the win9x boot sector, then you can delete these files
> | >boot.ini, ntldr, ntdetect.com, bootsect.dos, pagefile.sys and possibly
> | >ntbootdd.sys from the root of the System partition C:\., then you can
> delete
> | >the Windows 2000 boot partition or \winnt directory (whichever the case)
> | >
> | >Then *do* backup everything you can't afford to lose since the upgrade
> | >process might leave you with nothing.
> | >
> | >You can them start win98 normally and begin the upgrade process.
> |
> | The reason I ask is that some similar-in-topic posts have stated not to
> | delete the files mentioned above and I really don't want to mess this up.
> | Any and all help is greatly appreciated.
> |
> | Greg
>
>
>