Boot win98 XP

[Hugh Mc Conville]

Running WIN98 C: and WINXP E: on drive 1 and wish to convert to WinXP
only. Will this work?

Copy WIN XP partition to blank drive D: (second drive).
Delete C: (format)
Copy D: partition to C: .
Delete E: Partition (format).
I am using Partition Magic 8.

Thanks, Hugh

 

[Myron J. Mandell]

Hugh,

I think this will NOT work.

Suggest you leave WinXP on E.
Delete the reference to Win98 in boot.ini.
Delete whatever you want on C:, other than boot.ini and perhaps other system
files in the head directory.
Certainly, you can delete the Windows directory on C:.
If you like, use PM8 to contract C and expand E.

Have fun!!

Myron

 

[Michael Stevens]

Running WIN98 C: and WINXP E: on drive 1 and wish to convert to WinXP
only. Will this work?

Copy WIN XP partition to blank drive D: (second drive).
Delete C: (format)
Copy D: partition to C: .
Delete E: Partition (format).
I am using Partition Magic 8.

Thanks, Hugh

No, your best bet is to delete the Win 98 files from the C drive and leave
XP where it is. If you move XP to C, everything in the resistry will point
to the old locations.

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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[Hugh Mc Conville]

Thank you for the info. A good FAQ Michael. I will have to proceed with
care I see.
Will drive mapper on Partition magic not restore the registry file
settings to point to the proper place if XP is moved to C: ?

Hugh Mc Conville wrote:



No, your best bet is to delete the Win 98 files from the C drive and leave
XP where it is. If you move XP to C, everything in the resistry will point
to the old locations.

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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