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| 56361 | 2002-06-22 06:38:00 | Hi All, I am currently running two Hard Drives, with 98SE on the C:, and XP Pro on the D:. I am about to upgrade the D: from a 4 GB drive to a 40 GB drive, but want to maintain the dual boot scenario. How do I go about this, is it a case of just removing the D:, and then being able to reinstall XP again on the new HDD? Or do I need to remove the XP components first (if so, how??!!) and start fropm scratch, or is it easier to clean the whole PC out, and start the whole thing from scratch? Thanks for your help. Craig :D |
arse (481) | ||
| 56362 | 2002-06-22 10:15:00 | This link is helpful - will work for XP as well web.ukonline.co.uk You need to run sys C: when in W98 so that the boot loader form XP is deactivated. Then you can back up and reinstall XP to the new drive. |
Marty2001 (421) | ||
| 56363 | 2002-06-23 11:11:00 | as a matter of interest, are the os's completely seperate, or are there files from xp residing on your 98 drive too? if you want a *real* good boot loader (in my opinion), there is one called xosl. i can't remember the site you get it from, but it's free and cool. i now have dos 6.22, win98se, and soon to install linux. the good thing about it is that i could do this -- install dos on the c:, add another primary partition for win98 and install. of course, you could never do this with fdisk etc. that way, win98 does not leave it's files on the dos drive, and you don't have to run win98 from a fat16 drive.... it's cool. it may be a useful util in your case too. i believe that it has the ability to boot from second hard disks, or virtually any partition you want. it also includes an on the fly partition util. |
loser (538) | ||
| 56364 | 2002-06-23 11:49:00 | xosl.org if you are only changing drives why not image the old drive across to the new one? |
tweak'e (174) | ||
| 56365 | 2002-06-23 11:55:00 | Hi Loser, Yeah, the 98SE drive has been slightly invaded by XP, thus my dilemma, as to whther I can actually just delete these files. I mean I do plan to reinstall XP, so this probably won't be a problem right? Thanks all for your help. C :D |
arse (481) | ||
| 56366 | 2002-06-23 12:27:00 | although it IS more hassle, I would fdisk that puppy and start all over. you could try to rid the win98 partition of it's "infestation", but i doubt that you'd have much luck. you would set up win98 on the first partition (or hard disk), then hide that partition, install xosl, set up another primary partition and install win xp, restore xosl, and away you go. another advantage of this is that if you later decide to get rid of one of the os's, you can format it off without affecting the other. or add a third os, no probs. by the way, i take it that you have 2 physical drives, not 2 partitions on one drive. in that case, you may also get some performance benefits by putting your new drive as the primary master, and shifting the old primary master to another slot. your new drive will probably be faster than the old |
loser (538) | ||
| 56367 | 2002-06-24 00:12:00 | You will need to Ghost the image. From the 4 to the 40GB. If you are using an NTFS File system. Then you will need to Use Norton Ghost 2002. Which comes with the Norton System Works Package. | Kiwi (555) | ||
| 56368 | 2002-06-24 00:36:00 | or alternatively use powerquest drive image from this months PC World coverdisk | loser (538) | ||
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