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Uninstalling Win98 from dual boot system with XP Pro
I've currently got Win98 SE & XP Pro dual-booting on my system, but am no
longer interested in 98 now that i know how much more reliable XP is, so want to remove it. Before i do, i need a clearer picture of how to go about this; If I 'uninstall' 98, what will this do to the Windows (part of XP) dual boot? Will I need to edit the MBR? How to uninstall 98? And all the other questions i don't even know i'll need to answer. Anyone help? Appreciate it. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.692 / Virus Database: 453 - Release Date: 28/05/2004 |
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Uninstalling Win98 from dual boot system with XP Pro
"njjnolan" wrote: I've currently got Win98 SE & XP Pro dual-booting on my system, but am no longer interested in 98 now that i know how much more reliable XP is, so want to remove it. It depends on how you installed the dualboot. It's easy if you setup a real dualboot with a real boot manager (where each OS sees itself as 'C' when it boots), but if you're asking then you probably used the pseudo-dualboot method built into XP where it keeps 98 as 'C' and makes XP some other drive letter. When you boot into XP, if your 98 partition is still visible as 'C' and XP is some other drive letter, then you're stuck with Microsoft's method, in which case XP is really split across the pair of partitions and you must forever keep the pair. You can delete the 98 stuff from 'C' (like c:\windows), but don't delete or reformat the entire partition or you'll break XP. Remove the 98 choice from the startup menu by going into XP's "Control Panel" - "Performance and Maintenance" - "System" - "Advanced" tab - "Startup and Recovery Settings" - "Edit System Startup", and delete the line pointing to Win98. |
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Uninstalling Win98 from dual boot system with XP Pro
Hi,
Here are some step by step instructions. http://michaelstevenstech.com/xpfaq.html#Remove -- Regards, Bert Kinney [MS-MVP DTS] http://dts-l.org/ How to Configure Outlook Express for Internet News: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=171164 "njjnolan" wrote I've currently got Win98 SE & XP Pro dual-booting on my system, but am no longer interested in 98 now that i know how much more reliable XP is, so want to remove it. Before i do, i need a clearer picture of how to go about this; If I 'uninstall' 98, what will this do to the Windows (part of XP) dual boot? Will I need to edit the MBR? How to uninstall 98? And all the other questions i don't even know i'll need to answer. Anyone help? Appreciate it. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.692 / Virus Database: 453 - Release Date: 28/05/2004 |
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Uninstalling Win98 from dual boot system with XP Pro
Dan
i did this, but rather than editing it manually i unticked "Time to display list of operating systems" and now i boot directly into XP & now i'll just delete the 98 partition. Thanks for your help yours nick "I'm Dan" wrote in message ... "njjnolan" wrote: I've currently got Win98 SE & XP Pro dual-booting on my system, but am no longer interested in 98 now that i know how much more reliable XP is, so want to remove it. It depends on how you installed the dualboot. It's easy if you setup a real dualboot with a real boot manager (where each OS sees itself as 'C' when it boots), but if you're asking then you probably used the pseudo-dualboot method built into XP where it keeps 98 as 'C' and makes XP some other drive letter. When you boot into XP, if your 98 partition is still visible as 'C' and XP is some other drive letter, then you're stuck with Microsoft's method, in which case XP is really split across the pair of partitions and you must forever keep the pair. You can delete the 98 stuff from 'C' (like c:\windows), but don't delete or reformat the entire partition or you'll break XP. Remove the 98 choice from the startup menu by going into XP's "Control Panel" - "Performance and Maintenance" - "System" - "Advanced" tab - "Startup and Recovery Settings" - "Edit System Startup", and delete the line pointing to Win98. |
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Uninstalling Win98 from dual boot system with XP Pro
"njjnolan" wrote: I've currently got Win98 SE & XP Pro dual-booting on my system, but am no longer interested in 98 now that i know how much more reliable XP is, so want to remove it. "I'm Dan" wrote: When you boot into XP, if your 98 partition is still visible as 'C' and XP is some other drive letter, then you're stuck with Microsoft's method, in which case XP is really split across the pair of partitions and you must forever keep the pair. You can delete the 98 stuff from 'C' (like c:\windows), but don't delete or reformat the entire partition or you'll break XP. Remove the 98 choice from the startup menu by going into XP's "Control Panel" - "Performance and Maintenance" - "System" - "Advanced" tab - "Startup and Recovery Settings" - "Edit System Startup", and delete the line pointing to Win98. "njjnolan" wrote: i did this, but rather than editing it manually i unticked "Time to display list of operating systems" and now i boot directly into XP & now i'll just delete the 98 partition. That will work to bypass the menu, but don't delete the 98 partition! As I said, that will break XP! |
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