Re: Upgrade on partitioned hard drive

From: Rick \ (rick_at_mvps.org)
Date: 02/19/04 

Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2004 06:27:23 -0500

Hi Paul,

The proper drive tool is the one supplied by the manufacturer. It seems to
me that you have a partition table problem. I would suggest you take this
into a drive structure group and have some look at the results of running
something like Partinfo:
(http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/downloads/PARTINFO.ZIP)

Drive groups that may be able to help:

news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.win98.disks.general
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware 

-- 
Best of Luck,
Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Windows isn't rocket science!  That's my other hobby!
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org
"PaulVickers" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:130d301c3f6c0$676853b0$a501280a@phx.gbl...
> Rick,
>
> I just tried the XP upgrade after I ran the Scandisk (&
> defrag) by sticking the XP CD in as I fired up the PC.
> It seemed to be happy to proceed until it asked me to
> decide which partition to use. It seems to believe only
> one partition is occupied and even then does not recognise
> that MS98SE is installed (had to insert my MS98SE disk to
> convince it I was entitled to upgrade)!
> I decided not to proceed at this point as I have downloads
> for XP to get anyay.
> Is there a tool I can download to analyse my hard drive in
> MS98SE? I would like to check whether Linux has been wiped
> off the other partition.
>
> Your patience is much appreciated
>
> Paul
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Hi Paul,
> >
> >Yes, it means the Win98 bootloader is already in place.
> Have you run a check
> >on the drive with a disk utility yet? It may actually be
> a problem. You can
> >usually download one of these from the drive maker and
> run from a bootable
> >floppy (be careful as some of the test will wipe a drive).
> >
> >-- 
> >Best of Luck,
> >
> >Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
> >Windows isn't rocket science!  That's my other hobby!
> >http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> >Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
> >www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
> >Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org
> >
> >"Paul Vickers" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com>
> wrote in message
> >news:119fc01c3f616$fbafc620$a101280a@phx.gbl...
> >> Rick,
> >>
> >> I have it for Mandrake 8 where I'm using LILO (I think),
> >> the Mandrake install did the partitioning so I'm not
> sure
> >> how it was done. The linux is currently invisible as I
> had
> >> to reload MS98SE a few weeks ago and I obviously did a
> >> poor job.
> >> Does this mean MS98SE MBR is already in place?
> >>
> >> Your help much appreciated.
> >>
> >> Paul
> >>
> >>
> >> >-----Original Message-----
> >> >Hi Paul,
> >> >
> >> >That shouldn't be a problem. The only issue that you
> >> should run into is
> >> >having to reinstall the original bootloader and add
> WinXP
> >> (the installer
> >> >will overwrite existing boot code with it's own, which
> >> doesn't recognize
> >> >Linux) What are you using for a bootloader? How was the
> >> drive originally
> >> >partitioned? You may want to temporarily reinstall the
> >> Win98 bootloader (SYS
> >> >C: after fdisk /mbr) and then try proceeding.
> >> >
> >> >-- 
> >> >Best of Luck,
> >> >
> >> >Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
> >> >Windows isn't rocket science!  That's my other hobby!
> >> >http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> >> >Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
> >> >www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
> >> >Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org
> >> >
> >> >"Paul Vickers" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com>
> >> wrote in message
> >> >news:126d101c3f5f7$89617a60$a501280a@phx.gbl...
> >> >> Does any one know whether the upgrade process from
> >> MS98SE
> >> >> to XP has a problem if the Windows is sharing the PC
> >> hard
> >> >> drive with another OS.
> >> >> I have a 20Gb hard drive, to MS98SE the C: drive is
> 10
> >> Gb,
> >> >> the other 10Gb I have given to Linux.
> >> >> When I run the install of the upgrade to XP the
> copying
> >> of
> >> >> installation files works, the procedure then chooses
> to
> >> >> reboot the PC to install. It is here that the
> software
> >> >> claims the C: drive is corrupted and that it can not
> >> >> proceed.
> >> >> I have run a thorough SCandisk on the C: drive and
> it's
> >> >> fine. This leads me to think that the installation
> can't
> >> >> cope with the partition.
> >> >>
> >> >> any thoughts on how to proceed?
> >> >>
> >> >> Paul
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >.
> >> >
> >
> >
> >.
> >

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