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Old February 4th 07, 04:15 AM posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
Michael Fisher
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Default Restore Win98 boot from dual boot

I installed WinXP to my second HD, "D:", and, inevitably, it set itself up
to dual boot with my C: Win98 install. It was a clean install, not an
upgrade. XP never worked right. There were a number of
hardware-recognition problems. The wors was that it didn't recognize my
network card, even after I installed new drivers. So, short of spending
time on the phone, couldn't activate it. I was then in the hospital just
long enough to go past the activation time limit. Still, with no network
access, why keep the OS? So, I want to get rid of it. I know I can just
reformat the partition since it is on a physically separate drive, but that
leaves the dual boot stuff behind.

My question is: How do I return boot control to Win98 without messing up my
current C: drive structure and data? I've seen a number of suggestions, but
I'm not at all certain of them. In particular I've seen two -- fdisk /mbr
to rebuild the master boot record and sys c: to recopy the system files.

Is either of these the right choice?

Is there something else, even if it's a separate utility?

Anyone have something definitive?

Many thanks in advance.


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Old February 4th 07, 04:22 AM posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
Bill Blanton
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Default Restore Win98 boot from dual boot

Don't do the fdisk/mbr. Do the SYS C: from a standard 98 boot disk.
Not to recopy the system files, though it will certainly do so, but
to overwrite the boot sector that XP wrote on that (98) volume.

Afterwards you can work on reclaiming the space taken by the XP
install.



"Michael Fisher" wrote in message ...
I installed WinXP to my second HD, "D:", and, inevitably, it set itself up
to dual boot with my C: Win98 install. It was a clean install, not an
upgrade. XP never worked right. There were a number of
hardware-recognition problems. The wors was that it didn't recognize my
network card, even after I installed new drivers. So, short of spending
time on the phone, couldn't activate it. I was then in the hospital just
long enough to go past the activation time limit. Still, with no network
access, why keep the OS? So, I want to get rid of it. I know I can just
reformat the partition since it is on a physically separate drive, but that
leaves the dual boot stuff behind.

My question is: How do I return boot control to Win98 without messing up my
current C: drive structure and data? I've seen a number of suggestions, but
I'm not at all certain of them. In particular I've seen two -- fdisk /mbr
to rebuild the master boot record and sys c: to recopy the system files.

Is either of these the right choice?

Is there something else, even if it's a separate utility?

Anyone have something definitive?

Many thanks in advance.




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Old February 4th 07, 04:48 AM posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
Brian A.
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Default Restore Win98 boot from dual boot

This should help clean it up nicely:
http://thpc.info/dual/removedualboot.html

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How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375



"Michael Fisher" wrote in message
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I installed WinXP to my second HD, "D:", and, inevitably, it set itself up
to dual boot with my C: Win98 install. It was a clean install, not an
upgrade. XP never worked right. There were a number of
hardware-recognition problems. The wors was that it didn't recognize my
network card, even after I installed new drivers. So, short of spending
time on the phone, couldn't activate it. I was then in the hospital just
long enough to go past the activation time limit. Still, with no network
access, why keep the OS? So, I want to get rid of it. I know I can just
reformat the partition since it is on a physically separate drive, but that
leaves the dual boot stuff behind.

My question is: How do I return boot control to Win98 without messing up my
current C: drive structure and data? I've seen a number of suggestions, but
I'm not at all certain of them. In particular I've seen two -- fdisk /mbr
to rebuild the master boot record and sys c: to recopy the system files.

Is either of these the right choice?

Is there something else, even if it's a separate utility?

Anyone have something definitive?

Many thanks in advance.




 




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