xp/98 confusion

[NY1]

Hi,
After much stress I finally got XP to work on my machine.

I told the installer thing to treat it as a new install.
I thought that meant it would delete everything and just
install xp.

XP works fine but I noticed the installer thing kept
Windows 98 too. I can boot up in XP or 98. This would
be fine except my computer is a little old and now really
slow. Do I have to keep Windows 98 on there?

Thanks for any help you can offer. I looked up a bunch
of different words to try and figure it out but all I
kept getting was stuff about FAT32 and NF partitions or
something. Thanks again.

 

[Nick]

no.....but if it's that small....consider some upgrades....especially
memory...

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Evidently, you managed to install Windows XP in the same partition
as Windows 98. Please start over and install Windows XP correctly
using the following procedure:

The Windows XP CD is bootable and contains all the tools necessary
to partition and format your drive. Follow this procedure and allow
Windows XP to partition and format your drive:

NOTE: It would be best to physically disconnect all your peripheral hardware
devices, except the monitor, mouse and keyboard, before installing XP.

NOTE: If you have an internal Zip Drive installed, physically disconnect the
EIDE and power cable to it before proceeding, otherwise your main
hard drive may not be assigned the customary C: drive letter.
After installing Windows XP, you may then reconnect it.

1. Open your BIOS and set your "CD Drive as the first bootable device".

===> Accessing Motherboard BIOS
===> http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/bios_manufacturer.htm

2. Insert your Windows XP CD in the CD Drive and reboot your computer.
3. You'll see a message to boot to the CD....follow the instructions.
4. The setup menu will appear and you should elect to delete all the existing
Windows partitions, then create a new partition, then format the primary
partition (preferably NTFS) and proceed to install Windows XP.

5. Clean Install Windows XP
http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html

[Courtesy of Michael Stevens, MS-MVP]

6. ==> Immediately after installing Windows XP, turn on XP's Firewall.
==> http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

7. After Windows XP is installed, visit the Windows Update website
and download the available "Critical Updates".

8. After installing the critical updates, be sure and visit the support website
of the manufacturer of the computer to download and install any
available Windows XP compatible drivers, such as video adapter
and audio drivers.

9. If you happen to run into any installation difficulties, use the following resources:

How to Troubleshoot Windows XP Problems During Installation
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;310064

Troubleshooting Windows XP Setup
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_setup.htm

[Courtesy of MS-MVP Kelly Theriot]

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------


| Hi,
| After much stress I finally got XP to work on my machine.
|
| I told the installer thing to treat it as a new install.
| I thought that meant it would delete everything and just
| install xp.
|
| XP works fine but I noticed the installer thing kept
| Windows 98 too. I can boot up in XP or 98. This would
| be fine except my computer is a little old and now really
| slow. Do I have to keep Windows 98 on there?
|
| Thanks for any help you can offer. I looked up a bunch
| of different words to try and figure it out but all I
| kept getting was stuff about FAT32 and NF partitions or
| something. Thanks again.

 

[Ron Martell]

Hi,
After much stress I finally got XP to work on my machine.

I told the installer thing to treat it as a new install.
I thought that meant it would delete everything and just
install xp.

XP works fine but I noticed the installer thing kept
Windows 98 too. I can boot up in XP or 98. This would
be fine except my computer is a little old and now really
slow. Do I have to keep Windows 98 on there?

Thanks for any help you can offer. I looked up a bunch
of different words to try and figure it out but all I
kept getting was stuff about FAT32 and NF partitions or
something. Thanks again.

The fact that the Windows 98 files are still present on your hard
drive will have zero impact on the performance of Windows XP.

Your slow performance is most likely due to the fact that you have a
near-minimum speed CPU for XP and/or a relatively small amount of RAM.

If your CPU speed is 600 mhz or less then you need at least 512 mb of
RAM in order to achieve a reasonable level of performance.

With a CPU running between 600 mhz and 1 ghz then you should have at
least 384 mb of RAM.

CPUs faster than 1 ghz need at least 256 mb of RAM.

Good luck


Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca

"The reason computer chips are so small is computers don't eat much."

 

[Jim Macklin]

You created a dual boot, the boot process is slowed a few
seconds while you select which OS to boot, otherwise it will
time-out (usually 30 seconds) and boot the default OS.

If you have the hard drive space, the computer will just
fine, the computer only runs one or the other.

But you can remove dual boot, for instructions just Google
for "remove dual boot"+XP+98"
use the quotes

| Hi,
| After much stress I finally got XP to work on my machine.
|
| I told the installer thing to treat it as a new install.
| I thought that meant it would delete everything and just
| install xp.
|
| XP works fine but I noticed the installer thing kept
| Windows 98 too. I can boot up in XP or 98. This would
| be fine except my computer is a little old and now really
| slow. Do I have to keep Windows 98 on there?
|
| Thanks for any help you can offer. I looked up a bunch
| of different words to try and figure it out but all I
| kept getting was stuff about FAT32 and NF partitions or
| something. Thanks again.