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  #1  
Old January 6th 05, 02:13 AM
Mathers
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Default unistalling win 98

How can I uninstall win 98se from a second drive. Had to reinstall win98 and
it flip flopped my drive letters and the new os was put on the wrong drive.
Now this is the drive it boots up in. Old c drive is now the new d drive.
What the hell? Just want it back to booting up in the origional config.
Thanks!
  #2  
Old January 6th 05, 02:43 AM
Gary S. Terhune
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I'm having difficulty deciphering your message. Windows 98, whichever =
one you have booted to, is *always* on C:\ drive. In order for your =
machine to boot to that drive, it must be the Active drive. If you have =
another Win98 system installed to what is now your D:\ drive, and want =
that to be the boot drive, you have to use a Windows Startup floppy =
boot, run FDISK, and make that partition Active. Then when you boot to =
that Windows, it will be the new C:\ drive.

Why did you think you had to reinstall Windows? What else is on the =
current C:\ drive besides the new Windows installation? If there's =
nothing else, you can reformat that drive. If there was other stuff, and =
you can fix things to boot to the old system, you can then delete the =
Windows folder and the Program Files folder (provided you didn't already =
have a Program Files folder there.)

Do you actually have two different hard drives, or only two partitions =
on one drive?

--=20
Gary S. Terhune
MS MVP Shell/User
=20
"Mathers" wrote in message =
...
How can I uninstall win 98se from a second drive. Had to reinstall =

win98 and=20
it flip flopped my drive letters and the new os was put on the wrong =

drive.=20
Now this is the drive it boots up in. Old c drive is now the new d =

drive.=20
What the hell? Just want it back to booting up in the origional =

config.=20
Thanks!

  #3  
Old January 6th 05, 05:52 AM
Jeff Richards
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Windows won't do what you describe. It might be a setting in your BIOS, or
you might have a boot manager left over from some previous setup. Or
perhaps your drives were originally the wrong way around and the Windows
installation has removed whatever was configuring your drives in the other
order. For instance, if you previously had installed a boot manager that
made your secondary drive the primary partition, then a Windows installation
might re-write the boot record and remove the manager.
--
Jeff Richards
MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User)
"Mathers" wrote in message
...
How can I uninstall win 98se from a second drive. Had to reinstall win98
and
it flip flopped my drive letters and the new os was put on the wrong
drive.
Now this is the drive it boots up in. Old c drive is now the new d drive.
What the hell? Just want it back to booting up in the origional config.
Thanks!



  #4  
Old January 6th 05, 08:09 PM
Mathers
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Somehow my drive letters were switched and what was the old D: became the new
C: and I didn't know it. When I run FDISK, will I lose any info from the
drive that I am making inactive? Any problems I should be aware of? Thanks!

"Gary S. Terhune" wrote:

I'm having difficulty deciphering your message. Windows 98, whichever one you have booted to, is *always* on C:\ drive. In order for your machine to boot to that drive, it must be the Active drive. If you have another Win98 system installed to what is now your D:\ drive, and want that to be the boot drive, you have to use a Windows Startup floppy boot, run FDISK, and make that partition Active. Then when you boot to that Windows, it will be the new C:\ drive.

Why did you think you had to reinstall Windows? What else is on the current C:\ drive besides the new Windows installation? If there's nothing else, you can reformat that drive. If there was other stuff, and you can fix things to boot to the old system, you can then delete the Windows folder and the Program Files folder (provided you didn't already have a Program Files folder there.)

Do you actually have two different hard drives, or only two partitions on one drive?

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS MVP Shell/User

"Mathers" wrote in message ...
How can I uninstall win 98se from a second drive. Had to reinstall win98 and
it flip flopped my drive letters and the new os was put on the wrong drive.
Now this is the drive it boots up in. Old c drive is now the new d drive.
What the hell? Just want it back to booting up in the origional config.
Thanks!


  #5  
Old January 6th 05, 11:06 PM
Gary S. Terhune
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You still haven't answered all of my questions. For the sake of =
simplicity, we'll call them Old C and New C.

1. Are these "drives" two partitions on the same physical hard drive? Or =
are they actually two different drives? If they are two different =
drives, how are they arranged? I assume one is Primary Master. Which =
one? The other is what, Secondary Master or Primary Slave?

2. Are you attempting to install Windows over the top of a previous =
installation on Old C? Or did you reformat it?

3. Why are you reinstalling? What error(s) led you to decide to =
reinstall?

--=20
Gary S. Terhune
MS MVP Shell/User
=20
"Mathers" wrote in message =
...
Somehow my drive letters were switched and what was the old D: became =

the new=20
C: and I didn't know it. When I run FDISK, will I lose any info from =

the=20
drive that I am making inactive? Any problems I should be aware of? =

Thanks!
=20
"Gary S. Terhune" wrote:
=20
I'm having difficulty deciphering your message. Windows 98, =

whichever one you have booted to, is *always* on C:\ drive. In order for =
your machine to boot to that drive, it must be the Active drive. If you =
have another Win98 system installed to what is now your D:\ drive, and =
want that to be the boot drive, you have to use a Windows Startup floppy =
boot, run FDISK, and make that partition Active. Then when you boot to =
that Windows, it will be the new C:\ drive.
=20
Why did you think you had to reinstall Windows? What else is on the =

current C:\ drive besides the new Windows installation? If there's =
nothing else, you can reformat that drive. If there was other stuff, and =
you can fix things to boot to the old system, you can then delete the =
Windows folder and the Program Files folder (provided you didn't already =
have a Program Files folder there.)
=20
Do you actually have two different hard drives, or only two =

partitions on one drive?
=20
--=20
Gary S. Terhune
MS MVP Shell/User
=20
"Mathers" wrote in message =

...
How can I uninstall win 98se from a second drive. Had to reinstall =

win98 and=20
it flip flopped my drive letters and the new os was put on the =

wrong drive.=20
Now this is the drive it boots up in. Old c drive is now the new d =

drive.=20
What the hell? Just want it back to booting up in the origional =

config.=20
Thanks!


  #6  
Old January 6th 05, 11:45 PM
Mathers
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Sorry about that. I didn't understand your question before. I have two
seperate drives. No partitions. I was attempting to reinstall over a previous
version. Drive C was a 20 gb for system files, Drive D was 80 gb for files,
docs, music, etc.. I set the 80gb as the primary slave when I installed it a
few months ago. It put the new os on this 80gb drive and now boots from this
drive. I would like it to boot from the 20 gb drive and dump the os off the
80 gb drive. Does this info explain better?

"Gary S. Terhune" wrote:

You still haven't answered all of my questions. For the sake of simplicity, we'll call them Old C and New C.

1. Are these "drives" two partitions on the same physical hard drive? Or are they actually two different drives? If they are two different drives, how are they arranged? I assume one is Primary Master. Which one? The other is what, Secondary Master or Primary Slave?

2. Are you attempting to install Windows over the top of a previous installation on Old C? Or did you reformat it?

3. Why are you reinstalling? What error(s) led you to decide to reinstall?

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS MVP Shell/User

"Mathers" wrote in message ...
Somehow my drive letters were switched and what was the old D: became the new
C: and I didn't know it. When I run FDISK, will I lose any info from the
drive that I am making inactive? Any problems I should be aware of? Thanks!

"Gary S. Terhune" wrote:

I'm having difficulty deciphering your message. Windows 98, whichever one you have booted to, is *always* on C:\ drive. In order for your machine to boot to that drive, it must be the Active drive. If you have another Win98 system installed to what is now your D:\ drive, and want that to be the boot drive, you have to use a Windows Startup floppy boot, run FDISK, and make that partition Active. Then when you boot to that Windows, it will be the new C:\ drive.

Why did you think you had to reinstall Windows? What else is on the current C:\ drive besides the new Windows installation? If there's nothing else, you can reformat that drive. If there was other stuff, and you can fix things to boot to the old system, you can then delete the Windows folder and the Program Files folder (provided you didn't already have a Program Files folder there.)

Do you actually have two different hard drives, or only two partitions on one drive?

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS MVP Shell/User

"Mathers" wrote in message ...
How can I uninstall win 98se from a second drive. Had to reinstall win98 and
it flip flopped my drive letters and the new os was put on the wrong drive.
Now this is the drive it boots up in. Old c drive is now the new d drive.
What the hell? Just want it back to booting up in the origional config.
Thanks!


  #7  
Old January 7th 05, 12:19 AM
Gary S. Terhune
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I still want to go back to the question of "Why" you were installing =
over the top of the original installation. But we can get to that later.

In BIOS, make sure that the 20 GB is visible and correctly detected. =
Make sure it is the Primary Master. Then look for the Boot Order item =
and make sure it reads:

1. Floppy (or CDROM)
2. CDROM (or Floppy)
3. HDD0
4. No other devices.

You don't want it looking for HDD1 if it can't find a bootable partition =
on HDD0.

Try that and tell us what happens.

--=20
Gary S. Terhune
MS MVP Shell/User
=20
"Mathers" wrote in message =
...
Sorry about that. I didn't understand your question before. I have two =


seperate drives. No partitions. I was attempting to reinstall over a =

previous=20
version. Drive C was a 20 gb for system files, Drive D was 80 gb for =

files,=20
docs, music, etc.. I set the 80gb as the primary slave when I =

installed it a=20
few months ago. It put the new os on this 80gb drive and now boots =

from this=20
drive. I would like it to boot from the 20 gb drive and dump the os =

off the=20
80 gb drive. Does this info explain better?
=20
"Gary S. Terhune" wrote:
=20
You still haven't answered all of my questions. For the sake of =

simplicity, we'll call them Old C and New C.
=20
1. Are these "drives" two partitions on the same physical hard =

drive? Or are they actually two different drives? If they are two =
different drives, how are they arranged? I assume one is Primary Master. =
Which one? The other is what, Secondary Master or Primary Slave?
=20
2. Are you attempting to install Windows over the top of a previous =

installation on Old C? Or did you reformat it?
=20
3. Why are you reinstalling? What error(s) led you to decide to =

reinstall?
=20
--=20
Gary S. Terhune
MS MVP Shell/User
=20
"Mathers" wrote in message =

...
Somehow my drive letters were switched and what was the old D: =

became the new=20
C: and I didn't know it. When I run FDISK, will I lose any info =

from the=20
drive that I am making inactive? Any problems I should be aware =

of? Thanks!
=20
"Gary S. Terhune" wrote:
=20
I'm having difficulty deciphering your message. Windows 98, =

whichever one you have booted to, is *always* on C:\ drive. In order for =
your machine to boot to that drive, it must be the Active drive. If you =
have another Win98 system installed to what is now your D:\ drive, and =
want that to be the boot drive, you have to use a Windows Startup floppy =
boot, run FDISK, and make that partition Active. Then when you boot to =
that Windows, it will be the new C:\ drive.
=20
Why did you think you had to reinstall Windows? What else is on =

the current C:\ drive besides the new Windows installation? If there's =
nothing else, you can reformat that drive. If there was other stuff, and =
you can fix things to boot to the old system, you can then delete the =
Windows folder and the Program Files folder (provided you didn't already =
have a Program Files folder there.)
=20
Do you actually have two different hard drives, or only two =

partitions on one drive?
=20
--=20
Gary S. Terhune
MS MVP Shell/User
=20
"Mathers" wrote in message =

...
How can I uninstall win 98se from a second drive. Had to =

reinstall win98 and=20
it flip flopped my drive letters and the new os was put on the =

wrong drive.=20
Now this is the drive it boots up in. Old c drive is now the =

new d drive.=20
What the hell? Just want it back to booting up in the =

origional config.=20
Thanks!


  #8  
Old January 7th 05, 05:41 PM
Mathers
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I forgot to tell you that the 20bg drive is a scsi drive. What I did was
simply unplug the 80gb IDE drive and rebooted. It boots back to the 20 gb
drive but gets back to my original problem and why I tried reinstalling. Once
the machine goes through the boot sequence and begins to load start up apps,
I get an "explorer error", and the computer goes no further with loading. I
figured I would reinstall to fill into any holes in the system files. Don't
know what caused the explorer error but it has been some time since
restarting my machine. I leave it on constantly and had to reboot after
installing an auto update of IE6 SP1 patch or something like that from
windows auto update service. Any ideas how to fix the error? Any further
suggestions on how to get 98 off the 80gb drive? Thanks for the help and your
patients.

"Gary S. Terhune" wrote:

I still want to go back to the question of "Why" you were installing over the top of the original installation. But we can get to that later.

In BIOS, make sure that the 20 GB is visible and correctly detected. Make sure it is the Primary Master. Then look for the Boot Order item and make sure it reads:

1. Floppy (or CDROM)
2. CDROM (or Floppy)
3. HDD0
4. No other devices.

You don't want it looking for HDD1 if it can't find a bootable partition on HDD0.

Try that and tell us what happens.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS MVP Shell/User

"Mathers" wrote in message ...
Sorry about that. I didn't understand your question before. I have two
seperate drives. No partitions. I was attempting to reinstall over a previous
version. Drive C was a 20 gb for system files, Drive D was 80 gb for files,
docs, music, etc.. I set the 80gb as the primary slave when I installed it a
few months ago. It put the new os on this 80gb drive and now boots from this
drive. I would like it to boot from the 20 gb drive and dump the os off the
80 gb drive. Does this info explain better?

"Gary S. Terhune" wrote:

You still haven't answered all of my questions. For the sake of simplicity, we'll call them Old C and New C.

1. Are these "drives" two partitions on the same physical hard drive? Or are they actually two different drives? If they are two different drives, how are they arranged? I assume one is Primary Master. Which one? The other is what, Secondary Master or Primary Slave?

2. Are you attempting to install Windows over the top of a previous installation on Old C? Or did you reformat it?

3. Why are you reinstalling? What error(s) led you to decide to reinstall?

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS MVP Shell/User

"Mathers" wrote in message ...
Somehow my drive letters were switched and what was the old D: became the new
C: and I didn't know it. When I run FDISK, will I lose any info from the
drive that I am making inactive? Any problems I should be aware of? Thanks!

"Gary S. Terhune" wrote:

I'm having difficulty deciphering your message. Windows 98, whichever one you have booted to, is *always* on C:\ drive. In order for your machine to boot to that drive, it must be the Active drive. If you have another Win98 system installed to what is now your D:\ drive, and want that to be the boot drive, you have to use a Windows Startup floppy boot, run FDISK, and make that partition Active. Then when you boot to that Windows, it will be the new C:\ drive.

Why did you think you had to reinstall Windows? What else is on the current C:\ drive besides the new Windows installation? If there's nothing else, you can reformat that drive. If there was other stuff, and you can fix things to boot to the old system, you can then delete the Windows folder and the Program Files folder (provided you didn't already have a Program Files folder there.)

Do you actually have two different hard drives, or only two partitions on one drive?

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS MVP Shell/User

"Mathers" wrote in message ...
How can I uninstall win 98se from a second drive. Had to reinstall win98 and
it flip flopped my drive letters and the new os was put on the wrong drive.
Now this is the drive it boots up in. Old c drive is now the new d drive.
What the hell? Just want it back to booting up in the origional config.
Thanks!



  #9  
Old January 8th 05, 01:22 AM
Gary S. Terhune
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After my signature, below, I've included advice from MVP Glen Ventura =
("Glee"). It addresses what is probably your problem. As for getting the =
new installation off of your 80GB drive, unless you already had Windows =
and Program Files folders on that drive, you can simply delete those =
folders, plus a small handful of files in the D:\ root folder. Be sure =
"Show All Files" is enabled in Folder Options, View tab before you =
delete things, or you'll miss a lot.

As for the SCSI drive, unless your system is incredibly old, I still =
think you should be able to go into BIOS and change the boot order so =
that the ATA (80GB) drive is not included in the list. Without knowing =
exactly what your BIOS offers for that list, I can't say precisely, but =
you need to change that order so that the SCSI drive is at least looked =
at before the ATA drive when BIOS goes looking for a bootable system.

Come to think of it... Instead of deleting the Windows and Program Files =
directories from your old (and presumably repaired) system, you can boot =
a Windows Startup floppy boot disk to get rid of those directories. =
Again, this only works if you did not previously have those directories. =
The command to use is:

DELTREE {driveletter}:\WINDOWS
DELTREE {driveletter}:\PROGRA~1

That should stop the drive from booting, and you can clean up the files =
in the D:\ root folder once you've repaired the old system. *If* you =
can't repair the old system (and it would be easiest to do that with the =
80GB drive disconnected), then you might consider reinstalling over the =
top, but I wouldn't recommend that as a log-term solution. It's OK for =
getting back in long enough to recover personal files, in preparation =
for a reformat an "clean" install, but installing Windows over an =
updated system is a serious retrograde--many newer system files will be =
overwritten with older files. You *could* follow that with a =
reinstallation of every patch and application, and *maybe* end up with a =
sane system, but a reformat/clean install followed by fully updating and =
reinstalling applications will much more successfully ensure a sane =
system.

--=20
Gary S. Terhune
MS MVP Shell/User

Here's the advice from Glen:

Follow the procedures he
Blank Desktop or Illegal Operations Error Message After You Install =
Internet
Explorer:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=3Dkb;en-us;249191

If those procedures do not help, have a look he
Recovering From a Failed Internet Explorer Upgrade in Windows 98:
http://www.cs.bsu.edu/~gjjones/admin.../21/recoverin=
gFromAFailedInternetExplorerUpgradeInWindows98.htm l
or
http://tinyurl.com/r5ba

Especially this section at the end:

"If you still have boot problems after you reboot, you should use the =
command prompt
to edit the c:\windows\system.ini file. On the command line type edit
c:\windows\system.ini.

"Once it is open, change the line shell=3Dexplorer.exe to =
shell=3Dprogman.exe. What you
are doing here is changing the default shell (that is having problems) =
from the
Windows Explorer to the old Windows Program Manager shell.

"Reboot Windows. It should now successfully boot with no errors into an =
empty
Program Manager shell. Use the File | Run | Browse drop down menu =
selection to
browse to c:\program files\internet explorer and launch ie5setup.exe or =
ie6setup.exe
(depending on what is there). Do a custom install and check all the Bold =
faced
options. When the setup program alerts you that these files are already =
installed,
tell it to reinstall all of the files.

"When the Internet Explorer Setup program is done and reboots, hit the =
F8 key to
bring up a Boot Menu. Choose Command Prompt and boot to the command =
prompt. Once
there, type edit c:\windows\system.ini and, once it is open, change the =
line
shell=3Dprogman.exe back to shell=3Dexplorer.exe. Save and exit the =
file. You have now
set the shell back to the original value."
--=20
Glen Ventura, MS MVP W95/98 Systems
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm

=20
"Mathers" wrote in message =
...
I forgot to tell you that the 20bg drive is a scsi drive. What I did =

was=20
simply unplug the 80gb IDE drive and rebooted. It boots back to the 20 =

gb=20
drive but gets back to my original problem and why I tried =

reinstalling. Once=20
the machine goes through the boot sequence and begins to load start up =

apps,=20
I get an "explorer error", and the computer goes no further with =

loading. I=20
figured I would reinstall to fill into any holes in the system files. =

Don't=20
know what caused the explorer error but it has been some time since=20
restarting my machine. I leave it on constantly and had to reboot =

after=20
installing an auto update of IE6 SP1 patch or something like that from =


windows auto update service. Any ideas how to fix the error? Any =

further=20
suggestions on how to get 98 off the 80gb drive? Thanks for the help =

and your=20
patients.
=20
"Gary S. Terhune" wrote:
=20
I still want to go back to the question of "Why" you were installing =

over the top of the original installation. But we can get to that later.
=20
In BIOS, make sure that the 20 GB is visible and correctly detected. =

Make sure it is the Primary Master. Then look for the Boot Order item =
and make sure it reads:
=20
1. Floppy (or CDROM)
2. CDROM (or Floppy)
3. HDD0
4. No other devices.
=20
You don't want it looking for HDD1 if it can't find a bootable =

partition on HDD0.
=20
Try that and tell us what happens.
=20
--=20
Gary S. Terhune
MS MVP Shell/User
=20
"Mathers" wrote in message =

...
Sorry about that. I didn't understand your question before. I have =

two=20
seperate drives. No partitions. I was attempting to reinstall over =

a previous=20
version. Drive C was a 20 gb for system files, Drive D was 80 gb =

for files,=20
docs, music, etc.. I set the 80gb as the primary slave when I =

installed it a=20
few months ago. It put the new os on this 80gb drive and now boots =

from this=20
drive. I would like it to boot from the 20 gb drive and dump the =

os off the=20
80 gb drive. Does this info explain better?
=20
"Gary S. Terhune" wrote:
=20
You still haven't answered all of my questions. For the sake of =

simplicity, we'll call them Old C and New C.
=20
1. Are these "drives" two partitions on the same physical hard =

drive? Or are they actually two different drives? If they are two =
different drives, how are they arranged? I assume one is Primary Master. =
Which one? The other is what, Secondary Master or Primary Slave?
=20
2. Are you attempting to install Windows over the top of a =

previous installation on Old C? Or did you reformat it?
=20
3. Why are you reinstalling? What error(s) led you to decide to =

reinstall?
=20
--=20
Gary S. Terhune
MS MVP Shell/User
=20
"Mathers" wrote in message =

...
Somehow my drive letters were switched and what was the old D: =

became the new=20
C: and I didn't know it. When I run FDISK, will I lose any =

info from the=20
drive that I am making inactive? Any problems I should be =

aware of? Thanks!
=20
"Gary S. Terhune" wrote:
=20
I'm having difficulty deciphering your message. Windows 98, =

whichever one you have booted to, is *always* on C:\ drive. In order for =
your machine to boot to that drive, it must be the Active drive. If you =
have another Win98 system installed to what is now your D:\ drive, and =
want that to be the boot drive, you have to use a Windows Startup floppy =
boot, run FDISK, and make that partition Active. Then when you boot to =
that Windows, it will be the new C:\ drive.
=20
Why did you think you had to reinstall Windows? What else is =

on the current C:\ drive besides the new Windows installation? If =
there's nothing else, you can reformat that drive. If there was other =
stuff, and you can fix things to boot to the old system, you can then =
delete the Windows folder and the Program Files folder (provided you =
didn't already have a Program Files folder there.)
=20
Do you actually have two different hard drives, or only two =

partitions on one drive?
=20
--=20
Gary S. Terhune
MS MVP Shell/User
=20
"Mathers" wrote in =

message ...
How can I uninstall win 98se from a second drive. Had to =

reinstall win98 and=20
it flip flopped my drive letters and the new os was put on =

the wrong drive.=20
Now this is the drive it boots up in. Old c drive is now =

the new d drive.=20
What the hell? Just want it back to booting up in the =

origional config.=20
Thanks!



  #10  
Old January 8th 05, 04:37 AM
Jeff Richards
external usenet poster
 
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The SCSI drive will be seen as the primary ('boot') drive if the SCSI BIOS
is enabled. Otherwise, it won't be seen until the SCSI drivers are loaded
from Windows, so it will get a drive letter like other installed drives (ZIP
or memory card). The SCSI BIOS is enabled or disabled in the SCSI controller
setup utility, which is probably accessed using a special key (such as
Ctrl+A) during startup.
--
Jeff Richards
MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User)
"Mathers" wrote in message
...
I forgot to tell you that the 20bg drive is a scsi drive. What I did was
simply unplug the 80gb IDE drive and rebooted. It boots back to the 20 gb
drive but gets back to my original problem and why I tried reinstalling.
Once
the machine goes through the boot sequence and begins to load start up
apps,
I get an "explorer error", and the computer goes no further with loading.
I
figured I would reinstall to fill into any holes in the system files.
Don't
know what caused the explorer error but it has been some time since
restarting my machine. I leave it on constantly and had to reboot after
installing an auto update of IE6 SP1 patch or something like that from
windows auto update service. Any ideas how to fix the error? Any further
suggestions on how to get 98 off the 80gb drive? Thanks for the help and
your
patients.

"Gary S. Terhune" wrote:

I still want to go back to the question of "Why" you were installing over
the top of the original installation. But we can get to that later.

In BIOS, make sure that the 20 GB is visible and correctly detected. Make
sure it is the Primary Master. Then look for the Boot Order item and make
sure it reads:

1. Floppy (or CDROM)
2. CDROM (or Floppy)
3. HDD0
4. No other devices.

You don't want it looking for HDD1 if it can't find a bootable partition
on HDD0.

Try that and tell us what happens.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS MVP Shell/User

"Mathers" wrote in message
...
Sorry about that. I didn't understand your question before. I have two
seperate drives. No partitions. I was attempting to reinstall over a
previous
version. Drive C was a 20 gb for system files, Drive D was 80 gb for
files,
docs, music, etc.. I set the 80gb as the primary slave when I installed
it a
few months ago. It put the new os on this 80gb drive and now boots from
this
drive. I would like it to boot from the 20 gb drive and dump the os off
the
80 gb drive. Does this info explain better?

"Gary S. Terhune" wrote:

You still haven't answered all of my questions. For the sake of
simplicity, we'll call them Old C and New C.

1. Are these "drives" two partitions on the same physical hard drive?
Or are they actually two different drives? If they are two different
drives, how are they arranged? I assume one is Primary Master. Which
one? The other is what, Secondary Master or Primary Slave?

2. Are you attempting to install Windows over the top of a previous
installation on Old C? Or did you reformat it?

3. Why are you reinstalling? What error(s) led you to decide to
reinstall?

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS MVP Shell/User

"Mathers" wrote in message
...
Somehow my drive letters were switched and what was the old D:
became the new
C: and I didn't know it. When I run FDISK, will I lose any info
from the
drive that I am making inactive? Any problems I should be aware of?
Thanks!

"Gary S. Terhune" wrote:

I'm having difficulty deciphering your message. Windows 98,
whichever one you have booted to, is *always* on C:\ drive. In
order for your machine to boot to that drive, it must be the
Active drive. If you have another Win98 system installed to what
is now your D:\ drive, and want that to be the boot drive, you
have to use a Windows Startup floppy boot, run FDISK, and make
that partition Active. Then when you boot to that Windows, it
will be the new C:\ drive.

Why did you think you had to reinstall Windows? What else is on
the current C:\ drive besides the new Windows installation? If
there's nothing else, you can reformat that drive. If there was
other stuff, and you can fix things to boot to the old system,
you can then delete the Windows folder and the Program Files
folder (provided you didn't already have a Program Files folder
there.)

Do you actually have two different hard drives, or only two
partitions on one drive?

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS MVP Shell/User

"Mathers" wrote in message
...
How can I uninstall win 98se from a second drive. Had to
reinstall win98 and
it flip flopped my drive letters and the new os was put on the
wrong drive.
Now this is the drive it boots up in. Old c drive is now the
new d drive.
What the hell? Just want it back to booting up in the origional
config.
Thanks!





 




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