Windows 2000 Upgrade from windows 98

[salty]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.win2000.setup_upgrade (More info?)

My machine was infected with spyware that was generating
an explorer.exe error as soon as window 98 was loading.
This error was also occurring in safe mode. Because of
this I upgraded to windows 2000. After upgrading, I was
still receiving the same error. I repeated the windows
2000 installation however i selected the 'clean install
option'. This solved the explorer.exe problem and allowed
me to copy all my folder to my new 'my documents' folder.

I still believe that i have Windows 98 and the upgraded
windows 2000 operating system on my hard disk. Prior to
windows loading i am presented with 3 options.

1) Windows 2000 Professional - this one works properly
when selected

2) Windows 2000 Professional - this one generates the same
error that i was receiving when loading windows 98

3) MS DOS Prompt - When selecting this one the machine
responds :
Starting Windows 98
You are using automatically generated configuration files.
Your original configuration files have been renamed
config.upg and
autoexec.upg and are located in c:\MSDOS7 directory

The following is a copy of my boot.ini file:

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Microsoft
Windows 2000 Professional" /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft
Windows 2000 Professional" /fastdetect
C:\=MS-DOS

I would like to free up some hard drive space and delete
the un-nessesary operating system. What directories can i
safely remove from my computer (ie my c:\windows, etc.) If
i cannot safely delete any, is there any way i can remove
the defunct Windows 2000 operating system and clear up
hard disk space?

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.win2000.setup_upgrade (More info?)

The cleanest solution is to start a new install. To do a clean install,
either boot the Windows 2000 install CD-Rom or setup disks. The set of four
install disks can be created from your Windows 2000 CD-Rom; change to the
\bootdisk directory on the CD-Rom and execute makeboot.exe (from dos) or
makebt32.exe (from 32 bit) and follow the prompts.

When you get to the point, delete the existing NTFS and or other partitions
found. After you delete the partition(s) abort the install, then again
restart the pc booting the CD-Rom or setup disks to avoid unexpected drive
letter assignments with your new install.

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect


"Salty" wrote:
| My machine was infected with spyware that was generating
| an explorer.exe error as soon as window 98 was loading.
| This error was also occurring in safe mode. Because of
| this I upgraded to windows 2000. After upgrading, I was
| still receiving the same error. I repeated the windows
| 2000 installation however i selected the 'clean install
| option'. This solved the explorer.exe problem and allowed
| me to copy all my folder to my new 'my documents' folder.
|
| I still believe that i have Windows 98 and the upgraded
| windows 2000 operating system on my hard disk. Prior to
| windows loading i am presented with 3 options.
|
| 1) Windows 2000 Professional - this one works properly
| when selected
|
| 2) Windows 2000 Professional - this one generates the same
| error that i was receiving when loading windows 98
|
| 3) MS DOS Prompt - When selecting this one the machine
| responds :
| Starting Windows 98
| You are using automatically generated configuration files.
| Your original configuration files have been renamed
| config.upg and
| autoexec.upg and are located in c:\MSDOS7 directory
|
| The following is a copy of my boot.ini file:
|
| [boot loader]
| timeout=30
| default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT
| [operating systems]
| multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Microsoft
| Windows 2000 Professional" /fastdetect
| multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft
| Windows 2000 Professional" /fastdetect
| C:\=MS-DOS
|
| I would like to free up some hard drive space and delete
| the un-nessesary operating system. What directories can i
| safely remove from my computer (ie my c:\windows, etc.) If
| i cannot safely delete any, is there any way i can remove
| the defunct Windows 2000 operating system and clear up
| hard disk space?