Undo Dual Boot of 98 SE & XP Pro

[Guest]

I have 3 hard drives, with physical drives C, D & F, with E being a logical partition on same drive with C. C is 98 SE boot drive. C,D & E all are formatted FAT 32. Drive F is XP Pro boot drive and is formtted NTFS. The original purpose for this dual boot configuration was to support hardware that did not XP drivers. I've now replaced that hardware and would like to upgrade C to XP Pro, then uninstall XP from F.

First question: Do I need a second licence, since I will temporarily have XP installed twice?

Second question: Will I loose any data from F when I uninstall XP?

Third question: Can I convert C, D & E to NTFS without reformatting?

Thanks for any suggestions!

 

[peter]

I have 3 hard drives, with physical drives C, D & F, with E being a

logical partition on same drive with C. C is 98 SE boot drive. C,D & E all
are formatted FAT 32. Drive F is XP Pro boot drive and is formtted NTFS.
The original purpose for this dual boot configuration was to support
hardware that did not XP drivers. I've now replaced that hardware and would
like to upgrade C to XP Pro, then uninstall XP from F.

First question: Do I need a second licence, since I will temporarily have

XP installed twice?
***no 2nd license required****

Second question: Will I loose any data from F when I uninstall XP?

***ONLY way to get it off is to format the drive..all data will be lost****

Third question: Can I convert C, D & E to NTFS without reformatting?

**** I used BootitNg from Terrabyte to convert without loss of data.Download
the 30 day trial version.
your experience may vary.....be prepared to reinstall programs and
back up your data first*******

peter

 

[Michael Stevens]

I have 3 hard drives, with physical drives C, D & F, with E being a
logical partition on same drive with C. C is 98 SE boot drive. C,D
& E all are formatted FAT 32. Drive F is XP Pro boot drive and is
formtted NTFS. The original purpose for this dual boot configuration
was to support hardware that did not XP drivers. I've now replaced
that hardware and would like to upgrade C to XP Pro, then uninstall
XP from F.

First question: Do I need a second licence, since I will temporarily
have XP installed twice?

Second question: Will I loose any data from F when I uninstall XP?

Third question: Can I convert C, D & E to NTFS without reformatting?

Thanks for any suggestions!

Some of the information in the link below will help, but not completely
answer your question.

Click on the link below, or copy and paste the link into the address box
if using the web based newsgroup.
Remove a dual boot.
http://michaelstevenstech.com/xpfaq.html#Remove
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[Guest]

Peter and Michael

Thank you both for your help

Michael, if I follow the first scenario, will I be able to install XP on the C drive will I still have access to the programs and files that previously were used by 98

----- Michael Stevens wrote: ----

pineknotter wrote

I have 3 hard drives, with physical drives C, D & F, with E being
logical partition on same drive with C. C is 98 SE boot drive. C,
& E all are formatted FAT 32. Drive F is XP Pro boot drive and i
formtted NTFS. The original purpose for this dual boot configuratio
was to support hardware that did not XP drivers. I've now replace
that hardware and would like to upgrade C to XP Pro, then uninstal
XP from F

Some of the information in the link below will help, but not completel
answer your question

Click on the link below, or copy and paste the link into the address bo
if using the web based newsgroup
Remove a dual boot
http://michaelstevenstech.com/xpfaq.html#Remov
--

Michael Stevens MS-MVP X
(e-mail address removed)
http://michaelstevenstech.co
For a better newsgroup experience. Setup a newsreader
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