Clean XP Install with Win98 on a partitioned drive

[Guest]

Hello,

A friend has bought New a Full Version of Windows XP Home and getting the following message:

"Your disk is full. Another application may be using a large amount of disk space while Setup is running"

She is running Windows 98 and her hard drive has been partition into a C and D drive. C drive is only 2 Gigs so there is not enough room.

She does not have a Start Up Disk :-( Is a Start Up Disk a "must" for her to increase the C drive space, (i.e. to run F-Disk etc )?

I would greatly appreciate some help

Thanks John

 

[Guest]

How large is the hd,C: 2GB,how much space does D: have.Either way,if D:
has 5 GB or more free space,you need to first delete D:,youll need C: to run
xp upgrade,try this,install xp cd,open BIOS,set to boot to cd drive,boot priority,
once at info page select recovery,press enter for password,at cmd screen
typeiskPart In DiskPart delete D:,then press esc,at cmd screen type:
FORMAT D: /FS:FAT32 when its thru type:EXIT Let it restart,reboot to xp
cd,this time select install xp,new copy,delete partitions,create,let xp install.
The biggest problem you have is 1.xp upgrade,2.xp needs to verify older os
to install,unfortuntly its on 2GB hd.

 

[Patti MacLeod]

Hi John,

Your friend should be able to delete the two partitions in order to create a
larger partition (or at least a larger C partition, and smaller D partition)
via Windows XP Setup. Tell her to run XP Setup by booting from the install
CD, rather than running Setup from within WIN98. Shortly after being
prompted to press F8 to agree with the EULA, there will be a screen showing
the partitions on the hard disk. Follow the instructions to delete the
partitions and then create new ones, then select the partition on which to
install XP.



Regards,

--
Patti MacLeod
Microsoft MVP - Windows Shell/User

Hello,

A friend has bought New a Full Version of Windows XP Home and getting the following message:

"Your disk is full. Another application may be using a large amount of

disk space while Setup is running"

She is running Windows 98 and her hard drive has been partition into a C

and D drive. C drive is only 2 Gigs so there is not enough room.

She does not have a Start Up Disk :-( Is a Start Up Disk a "must" for

her to increase the C drive space, (i.e. to run F-Disk etc )?

 

[Guest]

Thanks Patti and Andrew,

The error message was coming straight up when try to use Xp CD.

I will take what both of you siad and see what happens and let you know the outcome.

Thanks John

 

[Guest]

Thanks Patti and Andrew,

The error message was coming straight up when try to use Xp CD.

I will take what both of you siad and see what happens and let you know the outcome.

Thanks John

 

[Mr. P]

WEll you can purchase powerquest partition magic , and
that'll help you a lot with the partitioning, and how
much space you want to give each partition... if you dont
want to buy it then you can always use somethin like
bearshare and download it...not very good to do but
sometimes it may be worth it...maybe..idk..well
yw..ttyl. . Mr. P

-----Original Message-----
Hello,

A friend has bought New a Full Version of Windows XP

Home and getting the following message:

"Your disk is full. Another application may be using a

large amount of disk space while Setup is running"

She is running Windows 98 and her hard drive has been

partition into a C and D drive. C drive is only 2 Gigs so
there is not enough room.

She does not have a Start Up Disk :-( Is a Start Up

Disk a "must" for her to increase the C drive space,
(i.e. to run F-Disk etc )?

 

[Patti MacLeod]

It could be that there is not enough space to store the files that are
initially copied during Setup.

She could d/load the file to create a startup disk from here:
http://bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm
Click on the link for Windows 98 SE OEM, and d/load it to hard drive. Once
the file is d/loaded, put a formatted floppy disk in the drive, then
double-click on the d/loaded file in order to create the startup disk. **Do
not d/load or copy the file directly to floppy disk, as this DOES NOT create
the startup disk**

When she has created the startup floppy disk, she can boot from it and use
the FDISK utility to delete the two partitions. Once the partitions have
been deleted, boot from the XP install CD create/format the new partition
for the install.


Regards,