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More info?)
Thank you Gerry...
I knew the process, but I was stuck in a detail, and
still I am:
After deleting the partitions like you said (using the
winXP disk), will fdisk see the whole disk or it'll miss
the part that was formatted with NTFS?
However, if you say you've done it before with success, I
have no reason to warry, have I?
Thanks again...
>-----Original Message-----
>This is an ugly situation. I just went through this
pain
>with my own PC. Here's what I would recommend. Move
any
>data that you want to save to the "DISK2". You can just
>leave that one alone as an NTFS Partition. If you need
to
>copy anything back to Win98, you can do that from XP
once
>it's reloaded. XP will see both NTFS and Fat32
>partitions.
>Next boot up your XP install disk like you were going to
>install the software. During the first few screens it
>will identify your hard drives and give you an option to
>setup of and install to various partitions. Use this
>utility to delete all the partitions off of the first
hard
>drive. After you use the utility to delete the
>partitions, do not proceed further. Just back out of
the
>utility and end the setup program.
>Find your boot floopy for windows 98. Boot from the
>floppy and run fdisk. Setup up an initial fat32
partition
>for your windows 98 to install to. Make sure that you
set
>it for the active partition. You will have to reboot
>again after setting up the partition and then format it
>for fat32. After that you should be able to begin
>installing windows 98. You have to install 98 first.
>AFter 98 is installed, run the XP setup disk from
windows
>98. Choose the option to install XP to another
partition,
>(not as an upgrade to 98) System will reboot and then
>setup up the configuration for a dual boot. In the XP
>setup screens go back and partition the rest of your
drive
>for NTFS for the XP install and then continue with the
>normal XP installation.
>I hope this helps. As I said I just recently did this
to
>my own system, and it was a headache to get it initially
>setup and configured. Hope this helps. Good luck.
>
>
>
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>Hi
>>
>>My 2 HDDs are partitioned like this:
>>Disk1
>>C: with FAT32 (for windows98 SE)
>>D: with NTFS (for windowsXP Pro)
>>E: with FAT32 (for personal data)
>>Disk2
>>F: with FAT32 (for personal data and backups)
>>
>>I want to re-partition disk1 (making a new clean-
install
>>for both 98 and XP) and the questions are:
>>
>>-- How to do it, since windows98 boot floppy doesn't
see
>>the NTFS?
>>
>>-- The data in disk2 (Drive F
will be lost? (so I can
>>move there the contents of E: if it is safe).
>>
>>Thanks
>>.
>>
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