Re: Partition HDD from Win98 to Win2000

From: John Callaway (jcalla_at_erols.com)
Date: 04/12/04 

Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2004 13:36:08 -0400

On Mon, 12 Apr 2004 12:34:46 -0400, Dan Seur <click@casta.net> wrote:

Dave,

O.K. so let me make sure I understand this process. I have an existing
6g hdd with win98 os. I want to install win2000 as the os and also
partition the 6g hdd into two partitions (c&d), 2 and 4 gig
respectfully. I insert the win2000 install cd and proceed. It will
allow me to partition the 6 gig into 2 & 4 gig partitions. At some
point it will prompt me for the previous os cd (win98) and once it
sees that will give me the option to proceed with the win2000
installation with the win2000 os on c and d will be free. Does this
summary sound correct?

                JPC

>I should also point out that during the second install, the installer
>will not find an upgrade-eligible OS (or any OS) on the hard drive, so
>it will ask you to insert an eligible prior system's CD. When it has
>checked that, the installer will tell you to reinsert the W2k CD, and
>will continue normally. Have that W98 CD ready if you use this method.
>
>John Callaway wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 7 Apr 2004 22:46:53 -0600, "Dave Patrick"
>> <mail@NoSpam.DSPatrick.com> wrote:
>>
>> I only want win2000 as an operating system but I want to partition 2
>> drives on the same hdd. Does windows2000 have the option in the
>> install cd to formatt the hdd?
>>
>>
>>>You can run fdisk, create an appropriately sized partition for win98,
>>>install win98, then either boot the Windows 2000 install CD-Rom or setup
>>>disks. The set of four install disks can be created from your Windows 2000
>>>CD-Rom; change to the \bootdisk directory on the CD-Rom and execute
>>>makeboot.exe (from dos) or makebt32.exe (from 32 bit) and follow the prompts
>>>and choose to install to the unallocated space.
>>
>>

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