Dual boot 2000 & 98

S

smc

A machine running windows 98- someone attempted tomake
machine dual boot with windows 2000. now machine doesn't
boot up, asks for installation cd which i don't have. how
can i get rid of 2000 without losing 98 and all other data
 
K

Ken Zummach [MSFT]

If all you want to do is remove Windows 2000 you can just boot from a
Windows 98 startup disk and type "sys c:" (without the quotes) at the
command prompt. This should let you boot into Windows 98 and from there
just delete the folder that Windows 2000 was installed in to remove it from
the drive.

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Ken Zummach
Server Setup Team

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
Please reply to the Group only.
 
K

Ken Zummach [MSFT]

For more detailed instructions check out this article:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;171444

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
- Microsoft Windows 95
- Microsoft Windows 95 OEM Service Release 2.1 (Version: 2.1)
- Microsoft Windows 95 OEM Service Release 2.5 (Version: 2.5)
- Microsoft Windows 98
- Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 (Version: 4.0)
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 (Version: 4.0)

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NOTE: Use this information at your own risk.

This article contains information about configuring or using
Windows 95 in a manner that has not been tested and is not
supported by Microsoft Technical Support.

We suggest you back up your data before performing these steps.
If the steps described in this article do not function properly,
you may need to reinstall Windows 95 in order to restore your
system to its previous state.

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SUMMARY
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This article describes how to remove the Windows NT Boot Loader to remove
Windows NT from a dual-boot installation with Windows 95/98 and leave
Windows 95/98 as the bootable operating system.


MORE INFORMATION
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WARNING: Following these steps may lead to data loss if your computer
currently has a virus or you have disk-management software installed on
your hard disk (such as OnTrack Disk Manager or Micro House EZDrive) to
allow you to access a larger hard disk than your computer's BIOS supports.


NOTE: The following steps apply only to computers in which the boot drive
(drive C) uses the FAT file system and Windows 95/98 is installed on the
boot
drive.


1. Back up the critical data on your hard disk, and verify that the
computer is not infected with a virus.

2. Boot the computer with your Windows 95 Startup disk. If you do not
have a Startup disk, you can create one. In Windows 95, double-click
Add/Remove Programs in Control Panel, click the Startup Disk tab, and
then click Create.

3. At the "A:" prompt, type "sys c:" (without the quotation marks), and
then press ENTER. You should see a "System transferred" message.

4. Remove the Startup disk from the floppy disk drive, and then restart
the computer. Windows 95 should start.

5. If you have completed the above steps successfully, you can remove
the folder containing Windows NT (typically C:\Winnt).

6. You can delete the following files from the root folder:

Ntldr
Ntdetect.com
Boot.ini
Pagefile.sys (if present)
Bootsect.dos

All of these files except Ntldr are hidden. To view them, start My
Computer, click Options on the View menu, and then click Show All
Files. To view file name extensions, click the "Hide MS-DOS extensions
for file types that are registered" check box to clear it. Click OK.



--
Ken Zummach
Server Setup Team

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
Please reply to the Group only.
 

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