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05-01-2006, 08:24 PM
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Uninstalling Windows 98
Hey guys, one more quick question for ya.
I was able to install Windows 2000 Pro on that old computer that was giving me hassles in Windows 98, and I wanted to get rid of 98 because I'm sure I won't be using it anymore. So what's the proper way to delete Windows 98? Can I just delete the C:\WINDOWS directory, or is it more complex than that? I'd imagine it would be, because it's never simple when it comes to me and computers. Thanks for your future responses. |
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05-01-2006, 09:31 PM
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Boot from the Windows 2000 CD, and when it asks which partition to install Windows onto, delete the current partition and create a new one. Make sure you back up your data first, though. And format the new partition using NTFS, not FAT.
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05-02-2006, 08:44 AM
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Depends on how it set up. If you go directly to 2K without having to make a choice, then yes, that should be sufficient. Just make sure that it didn't overlay into the windows directory. If I recall correctly 2k normally goes into winnt.
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05-02-2006, 08:59 AM
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Well whenever I bootup, It does ask which OS to start, Win2K or Win98SE, so if that's the case, is there a different process? And yeah, 2k is installed in C:\WINNT.
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05-02-2006, 07:49 PM
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You will need to do 2 things - delete c:\windows, then boot with the 2K CD and do a fast repair to fix the boot.ini. Choose repair, then choose emergency repair process, then choose fast repair.
Last edited by glc; 05-02-2006 at 07:52 PM. |
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05-11-2006, 09:15 AM
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Thanks, I'll give that a shot this weekend and see how it goes.
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