win98se/winxp

[MaxRat]

I need to know how to get windows 98se off my hard drive without messing up windows xp pro....

the hard drive has two partitions c:/ and d:/......windows 98se is on c:/ and xp on d:/ I tried to format c:/ with xp and it would not do it ...it said operating system on c:/ and cannot delete.....either way and the esiest would bee helpful.....either with or without keeping the partition...


Thank you Terry

[bailey]

do you have partition magic avaible

[mikezel]

Download Darik's Boot and Nuke. It'll install to a floppy. Use it to boot, and it can totally wipe any partition you chose. (but be careful not to wipe the wrong one).
mike

[GaryRouth]

Here's AnandTech's guide to removing an OS from a dual-boot: http://www.anandtech.com/guides/viewfaq.html?i=109

Note that boot.ini will reside on the primary partition, so that if Win98 is on the primary partition (likely) - if you reformat that partition you'll lose your copy of boot.ini (and your system will not boot, but display an error message). In this case, you'd boot from the XP CD, and perform a repair install. That should get everything going again.
. . . Gary

[mikezel]

oh...if you're trying to get rid of the boot loader/dual boot, you can just boot from the XP disk, press 'r' for recovery (or repair, i don't remember) and type the command "fixmbr" so that your master boot loader will only be for XP.
mike

[MaxRat]

cool will give it a whirl..... thanks