Moving XP by installing on other partition...

[Guest]

I've been reading the help forum some time but not found quite what I'm
looking for, hence my question:

My physical harddisk is currently partitioned into a few partitions. On C: I
originally had W98 and then installed XP on D: and had them both available
through the dual boot option. Due to problems with XP I had to reinstall it,
still on the D: partition, and that is now working fine. At that time I also
eliminated the dual boot by altering the boot.ini file so it would start with
XP automatically (D: partition) as I never use W98 anymore.

The problem I have now is that I want to install XP on my C: partition, and
then eliminate XP from my D: partition. As I've read, moving XP does seem
fairly complicated (and risky) so actually installing it on C: is fine with
me. Now the question is how to actually do this? Can I just simply boot with
the XP CD and install it straight on to the C: partition (where a 'non-used'
W98 now resides) and then format D: to wipe it out from that partition? To me
and my most limited knowledge this may pose problems along the following
lines:

1) What about problems with the specific files I've read about that
shouldn't be eliminated when taking out e.g. an old OS from first partition,
C: in this case (e.g. the ~ntlr, ~ntdetect)

2) I think I read that only one OS per computer so the installation program
won't allow me to do that in the first place (and no I don't want to buy an
additional license)

3) Can you then just format D: to eliminate old XP that I don't want to use
or will XP automatically create a dual boot which first has to be altered to
only boot from the new installation on C: and after that you can format D:
for other use of that partition?

Any tip on how to install XP over an old W98 and then wipe the partition
where the old XP resides is done is most welcome.

Regards,

Steve

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

The simplest way if you want a clean installation of just XP and all your
files and settings are backed up (or you are just starting over) is to boot
the computer with the XP cd and start the installation process. When
offered the choice, delete all partitions on the drive. Then let XP make
one partition using all available space. Format NTFS and proceed with the
installation.

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

I've been reading the help forum some time but not found quite what I'm
looking for, hence my question:

My physical harddisk is currently partitioned into a few partitions. On C: I
originally had W98 and then installed XP on D: and had them both available
through the dual boot option. Due to problems with XP I had to reinstall it,
still on the D: partition, and that is now working fine. At that time I also
eliminated the dual boot by altering the boot.ini file so it would start with
XP automatically (D: partition) as I never use W98 anymore.

The problem I have now is that I want to install XP on my C: partition, and
then eliminate XP from my D: partition. As I've read, moving XP does seem
fairly complicated (and risky) so actually installing it on C: is fine with
me. Now the question is how to actually do this? Can I just simply boot with
the XP CD and install it straight on to the C: partition (where a 'non-used'
W98 now resides) and then format D: to wipe it out from that partition? To me
and my most limited knowledge this may pose problems along the following
lines:

1) What about problems with the specific files I've read about that
shouldn't be eliminated when taking out e.g. an old OS from first partition,
C: in this case (e.g. the ~ntlr, ~ntdetect)

2) I think I read that only one OS per computer so the installation program
won't allow me to do that in the first place (and no I don't want to buy an
additional license)

3) Can you then just format D: to eliminate old XP that I don't want to use
or will XP automatically create a dual boot which first has to be altered to
only boot from the new installation on C: and after that you can format D:
for other use of that partition?

Any tip on how to install XP over an old W98 and then wipe the partition
where the old XP resides is done is most welcome.

Regards,

Steve

The answer is simple:
1. Back up your important files.
2. Boot the machine with your WinXP CD.
3. Delete the partitions you no longer require.
4. Create a target partition of a suitable size.
5. Install WinXP in this partition.

You will be prompted to register WinXP. Since it's
on the same hardware as before, you won't have any
registration problems.

 

[Guest]

Thanks for your clear and simple advice. Will do this tonight.

 

[Guest]

SAME PROBLEM I'M HAVING...BUT...NOT SURE HOW TO "BACK UP" FILES BEFORE I DO
THIS...ALREADY THOUGHT OF THIS SOLUTION.....HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!