removing Windows 98

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I have just upgraded by home PC from Windows 98 to Windows XP. I understand
that Windows 98 is saved on my hard drive. This is using up a lot of disk
space. Is it necessary for me to keep this on my hard drive? I do have the
original Windows 98 CD if I should ever need it. Please let me know. Thanks
 
If you indeed performed an upgrade to Windows XP
over Windows 98, then you can uninstall Windows 98
by going to the Add or Remove Programs applet, found
in your Control Panel, and look for Windows 98 and
uninstall it.

Utilize the following maintenance programs, at least monthly,
to maintain the optimum performance of Windows XP:

Description of the Disk Cleanup Tool in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;310312&Product=winxp

How to Perform Disk Error Checking in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;315265&Product=winxp

HOW TO: Analyze and Defragment a Disk in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;305781&Product=winxp

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| I have just upgraded by home PC from Windows 98 to Windows XP. I understand
| that Windows 98 is saved on my hard drive. This is using up a lot of disk
| space. Is it necessary for me to keep this on my hard drive? I do have the
| original Windows 98 CD if I should ever need it. Please let me know. Thanks
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| emjay55
 
Michael said:
I have just upgraded by home PC from Windows 98 to Windows XP. I
understand that Windows 98 is saved on my hard drive. This is using up
a lot of disk space. Is it necessary for me to keep this on my hard drive?
I do have the original Windows 98 CD if I should ever need it. Please let
me know. Thanks
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Two comments. First, you don't need to keep the Windows 98 files unless you
think that someday you might want to go back to Windows 98. Second, if you
are pretty certain that this day will never happen, and you also have copies
of all your application software and key data files that you want to save,
you might want to consider reformatting your hard drive and then doing a
clean install of XP along with all of your applications and data. You will
have to invest a few hours at the front end, but the result will be a better
performing and more stable XP OS than what you will experience merely by
upgrading from Windows 98. Keep in mind that reformatting wipes out all data
on the HD, so do this only if you have backups of anything you want to save
or reinstall.

Ken
 
Michael, other's have answered your direct question. I just want to respond
with regard to the issue raised of formatting and starting over.

First, if you are having no issues, this is really unnecessary insofar as an
upgrade from 98 to XP is concerned.

Second, you have no way of knowing what XP might have brought over in the
upgrade process. If you were having issues or some performance problems,
then it might be something to consider assuming other less drastic and less
invasive solutions failed. However, to simply do this for the reasons
stated is unnecessary and might cause more work.

While your hardware drivers are likely up to date because you've made no
complaints with regard to hardware, many configuration settings were likely
brought over in the upgrade. You might create problems where none currently
exist.

Best advice, if it ain't broke, don't fix it.

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Michael Solomon MS-MVP
Windows Shell/User
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Backup is a PC User's Best Friend
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....nobody seems to have mentioned that after a "successful" "upgrade" from
W98 to XP, that one could be left using XP on FAT32 drive/s ...VERY untidy
situation.

SOoooooo, providing everything is "hunky-dory" with the "upgraded" system,
(and full back-ups in place of course), one might like to use BootItNg's
"shunt everything up a bit" facility, and then convert those drives to NTFS.

Having said that, my copy of "Diskeeper" seems to have its' work cut-out
keeping my 9 drives on 2 80gb hd's in order !

regards, Richard
 
Good point about fat32, Richard. Though, if the user isn't really going to
use any of the security, I'm not sure it's really necessary. I've certainly
found it to be more stable but if the user is really having no problems to
speak of, he might just want to leave it as is.

Obviously, if he chooses to make the conversion, your points about taking
proper precautions with regard to backing up the system should be heeded.

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Michael Solomon MS-MVP
Windows Shell/User
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