Re: delete winxp pro.

From: Rick \ (rick_at_mvps.org)
Date: 04/18/04


Date: Sun, 18 Apr 2004 18:23:03 -0400

Hi,

If the original drive is in NTFS, you will have to use fdisk and delete the
non-dos partition, and then create a primary dos partition. When finished,
exit fdisk and reboot to the floppy and format the new primary dos partition
(at this point it should be seen as C rather than the other drive). There is
no way around this as you cannot install Win98 on a NTFS formatted drive.

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Best of Luck,
Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Windows
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"Haresh" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
news:5D71D275-4B23-4E1E-AAFE-A150BDF05CE7@microsoft.com...
>i am using winxp pro and i want to delete ? i am having win 98 startup disk 
>but the pic start with that bootup disk with cdrom support or without cd 
>rom support my original drive is misplaced and my secondary drive is 
>becoming my original drive so plz help me about that how to find my 
>original drive with win 98 start up disk plz help without using fdisk 
>command how should i delete and install win 98 


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