Re: Q. I want to wipe and re-install my Win 2K, but have a few ???

From: Dan Seur (click_at_casta.net)
Date: 12/05/04

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    George, Dave has told you how to do a fresh install. You do have another
    option, perhaps more, that will preserve your current system and all its
    settings.

    You must use a 3rd-party to resize your C: partition. A product like
    PartitionMagic is designed to do this. This is all you'd have to do if
    you have enough available (unoccupied by files) space somewhere on that
    hard drive. You would first shrink the other partition(s), then move
    them away from the C: partition, then enlarge the C: partition so it
    occupies the newly available contiguous space.

    If you are running out of space on that hard drive, you can always,
    before doing the above operations, install a new drive as a slave on the
    same controller or as master or slave on a second controller, create and
    format appropriate partition(s) on that drive, copy one or more
    non-system partitions from the old drive to the new, and rename the old
    and new partitions so the system can find the files where it expects to.
    All of this can be done within W2k. Then, run W2k for a while to make
    sure this copying was successful. When you're sure, then delete some or
    all the old partition(s) on the old drive; this will free up anough
    space for you to enlarge C: to your heart's content, and the partition
    deletions can also be done within W2k. Then, you can enlarge C: with the
    sort of utility mentioned above.

    Yet another option you have is to install a new drive and use a 3rd
    party utility like DriveImage or Ghost to "clone" C: on the new drive,
    in a larger partition than it now occupies. Using these is also quite
    simple and reliable.

    But do not make any mistakes! Mistakes are catastrophic; make sure you
    understand each step you do with one of these utilities, and use it
    correctly.

    George wrote:
    > Hi,
    >
    > For several years, I like how my Win2k Professional, has held up, on
    > my dated machine.
    >
    > I have no complaints, except one: I'm running out of space on my C:
    > drive.
    >
    > I plant o re-partition the drive, or get a new one, altogether.
    > At that point, will I need to boot-uip disks?
    >
    > That part confuses me. I think my machine is capable of booting from
    > CD, but I'm not sure. In the event I want to boot up the re-install
    > from the floppy disks, what steps do I need to take, to re-install Win
    > 2K pro?
    >
    > Thanks,
    > George

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