Registered: Apr 2001
Location: Montreal/Canada & Casablanca/Morocco (the ROOTS of TRANCE)
Win98 in C:\ and WinXP in E:\ help
when i turn on my computer , i have the choice to load win98 or XP
help me , , now i wanna get rid of win98 which is in my c:\ without having to format the whole C:\ (cuz i have so many shit i can't back up)
is there a way to do that ?
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May-06-2002 02:24
DamnDirtyApe
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so you want to stop using win98, but keep some files on that partition?
May-06-2002 03:20
fastmp3
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yes , i wanna stop using win98 (i want my computer to automatically load win XP after i remove it) , but keep all the other files i have , how can i do that
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May-06-2002 03:24
DamnDirtyApe
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well that might be problematic sincec you have winxp on drive #2. If you want, you can erase win98 but you have to keep the partition it is on.
I would recommend you get Powerquest Partition magic, but it's possible without it.
Another question: can you see the drive with win98 on it when you are using WinXP?
May-06-2002 04:37
fastmp3
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yes i can see it
so what do u recommend now ?
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May-06-2002 04:48
DamnDirtyApe
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Okay, step one is to find a file on C: called boot.ini.
It will look something like this:
[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect
Windows 98
First make a backup of this file. Then you want to delete the line after [operating systems] that has windows 98 in it. Next, make sure the default= line has same info as the windows xp line under operating systems. Then change timeout to =0.
After doing this (and making sure that XP boots properly) you can delete c:\windows without fear.
May-06-2002 05:12
fastmp3
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quote:
Originally posted by DamnDirtyApe
Okay, step one is to find a file on C: called boot.ini.
It will look something like this:
[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect
Windows 98
First make a backup of this file. Then you want to delete the line after [operating systems] that has windows 98 in it. Next, make sure the default= line has same info as the windows xp line under operating systems. Then change timeout to =0.
After doing this (and making sure that XP boots properly) you can delete c:\windows without fear.
thank you so much man , i will do that and give you an answer by tuesday night (when i'm gonna use the concerned computer) . thanks again mate
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May-06-2002 07:34
fastmp3
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it's me again
well i have some trouble , first of all i can't find boot.ini in C:\ , the only boot.ini file i found is boot.ini.backup in E:\ (where XP is) , and when i opened it with notepad , there was no windows98 line ...
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May-08-2002 01:26
drizzt81
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another idea
would be to jsut reinstall winXP on the C-drive and have it overwrite the windows dir?!?
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May-08-2002 01:35
DamnDirtyApe
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Heh, yeah it might just be easier to start from scratch as far as windows is concerned.
May-08-2002 01:36
fastmp3
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sorry but i can't be arsed to try that :/
any other solution ?
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May-08-2002 02:11
DamnDirtyApe
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Sorry man.. it's hard to do this stuff when you aren't there in person.