"ms" wrote in message
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Thanks for the info.

Shane wrote:
If I understand it, in II, after the fresh install on New, the present OS
install on hard drive A can be deleted- not uninstalled????



Yes, not uninstalled. Not technically deleted, either. Boot to DOS (with
a boot disk) and run FORMAT whatever drive letter A has at that point

Initially, the working OS will be on the other NEW hard drive, then I will
copy lots of data files off this drive that has the old OS.

When I boot up, the windows in C on the NEW drive is always the one that
runs?
So there will be time after I'm running to then format this drive?

It's pretty unlikely not to be the one that runs. But with 98/ME the
bootable partition has to be Primary rather than Logical, has to have a boot
sector, and has to have been set 'active'.

Boot Managers are akin to a switch. So imagine you're booting Windows 98SE
and Windows ME. With the switch in the 'up' position, Windows 98SE is set
'Active' and Windows ME is set 'Hidden'. With the switch in the 'down'
position, Windows 98SE is set 'Hidden' and Windows ME is set 'Active'. It
just toggles between the two states. The one that is set 'Active' is the one
designated C.


Shane