Re: merging partitions which both have win xp installed

Time to start afresh,
Backup all data to your external hd's
Boot from winxp cd, delete partitions, create new/format/install etc
You will need to install mobo chipset drivers for xp and hw drivers.
Use manu.web site drivers only NOT winupdate drivers

"sam.i.am" <sam.bruskin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> long a go i partitioned the drive when i first installed win xp. C: was
> already win98se and i thot i'd keep it around a while just in case., i
> had the dual boot workin' fine. but whenever i checked in on ol' win98
> i got the error message about...whatever. i didnt care cause i never
> did have a case wher i needed it. so i just always booted to the
> winxp, which was the second partitioned, named E: and i figuerd one day
> i would just lose that win98 and make the whole drive winxp. the
> occassion arose when E: winxp wouldnt boot, error: corrupted system
> file.
> it seemed like a "good day to die" so i loaded win xp (pro) into that
> first partition, C:,and it just fit but with little room to spare. in
> fact,not enough to do anything, including loading antivirus. i acn
> still read everything on the E: logical partition, but i dont get to
> boot from there. i have a couple big eexternal HDD's oneon that
> machine, the desktype machine (250GB) and one on the laptop (400GB)
> which runs win xp.
>
> i can resort to moving things around, probably having to re-install a
> lot, but i have tried re-sizing the C: and E:,using Partition Magic
> (8.0) to no avail. it makes no changes. i've tried enlarging C: to use
> up the unused space in E:. when i re-boot,nothing has changed. tried
> merging the partitions, error is differnt cluster sizes, one is 2k, the
> other 4k. have tried to change the cluster sizes both ways. still no
> change.
>
> any help on this will be greatly appreciated. TIA
>


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