Re: How do you delete an Old OS in a Dual OS machine?
- From: Mr. Efficient!! <MrEfficient@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 12 May 2005 07:01:09 -0700
Thanks Richard. At least this will speed up my start up.
The other reason I wanted to delete W98 is that I keep getting Warning
messages that I am running out of space on my C Drive. Although, I have
deleted / transfered many of the files on this drive, I can't get this
Warning message to go away. I still have about 30 Meg (6%) of free space left
on that partition.
I even tried to expand the size of the C partition to make more room but
since this portion of the Partition is in FAT 32, Windows will not allow me
to expand it w/o the risk of loosing my XP OS.
In someways I am stuck in a catch 22 cycle!!! DOes anyone know ho to shut
off this type of Warning Message?
"Richard Urban" wrote:
> You are correct in your fears. Files necessary to boot up Windows XP likely
> reside on your C: drive.
>
> May I make a suggestion? Keep Win98 around for the few applications that
> just won't run correctly on WinXP. You can change the boot loader to default
> to WinXP and set a 5 sec delay (vs. the default 30 second delay).
>
> Go to start. Right click on "My Computer". Go to properties/advanced
> /startup and recovery. Choose the operating system you want the boot loader
> to default to. Now set the time for 5 seconds in "Time to display list of
> operating systems".
>
> X out of the window.
>
> Reboot to test!
>
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Richard Urban
>
> aka Crusty (-: Old B@stard :-)
>
> If you knew as much as you think you know,
> You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
>
>
> "Mr. Efficient!!" <Mr. Efficient!!@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
> message news:F3088F45-D233-4244-B743-C93E38458D12@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >I have two operating systems in my computer. W 98 and W XP Home. This is
> > because I upgraded my system from W 98 to W XP.
> >
> > I have my system Hard drive set up, where I have two partitions (C & D). W
> > 98 is located in Drive C which is formatted as FAT32 and W XP home is in D
> > formatted as NTFS. Now, when I boot up my system, it goes thru an initial
> > Black screen asking me which OS do I want to boot with, and I always pick
> > XP.
> > This has been a bit annoying but I have learned to ignore it. However, it
> > does slow down the initial start up process.
> >
> > My question is can I delete W98 from my machine since I don't need it
> > anymore?
> > What is the best way to do this?
> > Can I just go to the C Drive and delete the Windows folder?
> > I am concerned that if I delete W98, there may be some shared folders that
> > might be needed for W XP to operate properly. I am concerned that my
> > computer
> > will not boot up or work properly after the deletion of W 98.
> >
> > All comments and advises are welcome.
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Frank
> >
> >
>
>
>
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