Windows XP

[Drew]

I was running Windows 98. I loaded XP, and it was
supposed to overide Windows 98. XP runs well, but when I
startup the computer Windows 98 shows up and then it goes
to XP. When I check add/delete programs Windows 98 does
not show up, but it is still taking up space on my hard
drive. How do I clean up & clear space as I no longer
need Windows 98? HELP


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[Tom]

I was running Windows 98. I loaded XP, and it was
supposed to overide Windows 98. XP runs well, but when I
startup the computer Windows 98 shows up and then it goes
to XP. When I check add/delete programs Windows 98 does
not show up, but it is still taking up space on my hard
drive. How do I clean up & clear space as I no longer
need Windows 98? HELP

Hi Drew,

If you're absolutely certain that your XP install is working fine, simply
delete the 98 folder, but this is irreversible. I think maybe you set the
default filing system to NTFS (I may be worng tho) during the upgrade, which
would have not allowed the previous version of Windows to show up in the
Add/Remove Programs.

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi,

No, what happened is that Drew chose a new installation rather than upgrade
during setup. The selection of file system has nothing to do with this.

As you stated, the simple solution is to delete the Win98 system folder
while running WinXP. Then, to remove the boot choice, start/run C:\boot.ini,
it should open in notepad where you can remove the reference to the Win98
system from the [operating systems] section. Close saving changes and you're
done.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Windows
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone

 

[Tom]

Hi,

No, what happened is that Drew chose a new installation rather than upgrade
during setup. The selection of file system has nothing to do with this.

As you stated, the simple solution is to delete the Win98 system folder
while running WinXP. Then, to remove the boot choice, start/run C:\boot.ini,
it should open in notepad where you can remove the reference to the Win98
system from the [operating systems] section. Close saving changes and you're
done.

Thanks Rick,

I thought that also, but that didn't seem obvious to me, as he didn't say it
was a new or upgrade install. So the possibilities as to why it didn't show
in Add/Remove are few, but can be like you and I suggested. But simply
deleting that folder will suffice.

I any case, I would recommend removing the other instance of Windows from
the "Boot.ini" using the Configuration Utility, it is safer for the novice,
don't you think ? .

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi Tom,

The biggest clue was that the option to remove Win98 is not in Add & Remove,
so that leads me to strongly believe this is the dual boot scenario. And, as
you stated, the simple way is to delete the Win98 system folder. However,
you cannot remove lines from boot.ini using the system configuration utility
outside of the "check all boot paths" option, and that only works when a
line is invalid or unrecognized. In this case, the line would be valid,
therefore manual removal would be the way to go.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Windows
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone

Hi,

No, what happened is that Drew chose a new installation rather than upgrade
during setup. The selection of file system has nothing to do with this.

As you stated, the simple solution is to delete the Win98 system folder
while running WinXP. Then, to remove the boot choice, start/run C:\boot.ini,
it should open in notepad where you can remove the reference to the Win98
system from the [operating systems] section. Close saving changes and you're
done.

Thanks Rick,

I thought that also, but that didn't seem obvious to me, as he didn't say
it
was a new or upgrade install. So the possibilities as to why it didn't
show
in Add/Remove are few, but can be like you and I suggested. But simply
deleting that folder will suffice.

I any case, I would recommend removing the other instance of Windows from
the "Boot.ini" using the Configuration Utility, it is safer for the
novice,
don't you think ? .

 

[Tom]

Hi Tom,

The biggest clue was that the option to remove Win98 is not in Add & Remove,
so that leads me to strongly believe this is the dual boot scenario. And, as
you stated, the simple way is to delete the Win98 system folder. However,
you cannot remove lines from boot.ini using the system configuration utility
outside of the "check all boot paths" option, and that only works when a
line is invalid or unrecognized. In this case, the line would be valid,
therefore manual removal would be the way to go.

Thanks Rick,

I didn't know that, I always thought that if another instance of the boot
loader was present, it could be removed, even though the previous
installation folder existed, thanks for the heads up

Tom