How to Get Rid of Multi-boot WIN 98SE Option Leaving Only WIN 2000?

[Guest JOHNCHAP2]

My startup is a multi boot to MS WIN2000, MS WINDOWS, or MS WIN2000

Recovery Console. I ended up with this several years ago when I

upgraded from Win 98SE to WIN 2000. I want to get rid of the MS

WINDOWS option and totally remove the old version so I can convert the

drive from FAT32 to NTFS.

 

Will removing the MS WINDOWS line from the BOOT.INI and WINBOOT.INI

files do this or do I need to do some other things as well?

Incidently, there are at least two versions of each of these files

with today's date.

 

Can I then simply remove the WINDOWS directory from the C Drive

without screwing things up? Do I need to do anything else?

 

For whatever it is worth, there is only one partition of C drive.

 

Thanks in advance for assistance

[Guest Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Re: How to Get Rid of Multi-boot WIN 98SE Option Leaving Only WIN 2000?

 

 

"JOHNCHAP2" <z_q-g.-u@cox.net> wrote in message

news:1194473526.401878.140070@v3g2000hsg.googlegroups.com...

> My startup is a multi boot to MS WIN2000, MS WINDOWS, or MS WIN2000

> Recovery Console. I ended up with this several years ago when I

> upgraded from Win 98SE to WIN 2000. I want to get rid of the MS

> WINDOWS option and totally remove the old version so I can convert the

> drive from FAT32 to NTFS.

>

> Will removing the MS WINDOWS line from the BOOT.INI and WINBOOT.INI

> files do this or do I need to do some other things as well?

> Incidently, there are at least two versions of each of these files

> with today's date.

>

> Can I then simply remove the WINDOWS directory from the C Drive

> without screwing things up? Do I need to do anything else?

>

> For whatever it is worth, there is only one partition of C drive.

>

> Thanks in advance for assistance

>

 

You can do it like this:

1. Boot into Win2000.

2. Remove the Win98 reference from c:\boot.ini.

3. Rename the folder c:\windows to c:\Windows.98

4. Wait a week.

5. If all is well, delete c:\Windows.98 and empty the Recycle Bin.

[Guest RF]

Re: How to Get Rid of Multi-boot WIN 98SE Option Leaving Only WIN2000?

 

Re: How to Get Rid of Multi-boot WIN 98SE Option Leaving Only WIN2000?

 

JOHNCHAP2 wrote:

> My startup is a multi boot to MS WIN2000, MS WINDOWS, or MS WIN2000

> Recovery Console. I ended up with this several years ago when I

> upgraded from Win 98SE to WIN 2000. I want to get rid of the MS

> WINDOWS option and totally remove the old version so I can convert the

> drive from FAT32 to NTFS.

>

> Will removing the MS WINDOWS line from the BOOT.INI and WINBOOT.INI

> files do this or do I need to do some other things as well?

> Incidently, there are at least two versions of each of these files

> with today's date.

>

> Can I then simply remove the WINDOWS directory from the C Drive

> without screwing things up? Do I need to do anything else?

>

> For whatever it is worth, there is only one partition of C drive.

>

> Thanks in advance for assistance

>

 

Removing the MS Windows from the Boot.ini will mean that it never appears

again in the startup menu. My recollections are that Winboot has

nothing to do

with Win2K, so you should be able to dump it. Wiping the Windows folder

should

then remove MS Windows.

 

However, in your shoes I would wipe the drive clean, reformat in NTFS

and reinstall Win2K.

Clean installations are always better than upgrades.

 

Good luck!

 

RF

[Guest JOHNCHAP2]

Re: How to Get Rid of Multi-boot WIN 98SE Option Leaving Only WIN 2000?

 

On Nov 7, 11:20 pm, RF <R...@Den.con> wrote:

> JOHNCHAP2 wrote:

> > My startup is a multi boot to MS WIN2000, MS WINDOWS, or MS WIN2000

> > Recovery Console. I ended up with this several years ago when I

> > upgraded from Win 98SE to WIN 2000. I want to get rid of the MS

> > WINDOWS option and totally remove the old version so I can convert the

> > drive from FAT32 to NTFS.

>

> > Will removing the MS WINDOWS line from the BOOT.INI and WINBOOT.INI

> > files do this or do I need to do some other things as well?

> > Incidently, there are at least two versions of each of these files

> > with today's date.

>

> > Can I then simply remove the WINDOWS directory from the C Drive

> > without screwing things up? Do I need to do anything else?

>

> > For whatever it is worth, there is only one partition of C drive.

>

> > Thanks in advance for assistance

>

> Removing the MS Windows from the Boot.ini will mean that it never appears

> again in the startup menu. My recollections are that Winboot has

> nothing to do

All things being equal, I would fully agree with you; and if I only

had 6-10 applications to worry about I probably would. However, with

5+ years of installs and upgrades(perhaps 50-100 different

applications, add-ins, and plug-ins), and unlikely to find many of the

source files or the licensing info, starting from scratch would be

daunting and incredibly time consuming. Adding to the mess, it is my

near time intent to upgrade to XP (I have had the unopened disk for

about 6 months), and then migrate to a faster computer to better

handle the huge graphic files I deal with.

 

It does turn out that the C:\WINDOWS folder contains files still being

used at least by Adobe Photoshop CS2, so I am leaving it alone for the

moment. If I had some spare time (which I do not in spite of being

retired) I would specifically identify those files and get rid of the

rest. As it is, I will just leave the directory alone for the moment

since it takes up less than 1GB.

 

But I appreciate your input.

 

> with Win2K, so you should be able to dump it. Wiping the Windows

folder

> should

> then remove MS Windows.

>

> However, in your shoes I would wipe the drive clean, reformat in NTFS

> and reinstall Win2K.

> Clean installations are always better than upgrades.

>

> Good luck!

>

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>

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[Guest a]

Re: How to Get Rid of Multi-boot WIN 98SE Option Leaving Only WIN 2000?

 

JOHNCHAP2 <z_q-g.-u@cox.net> wrote in

news:1194556497.307021.252420@t8g2000prg.googlegroups.com:

> On Nov 7, 11:20 pm, RF <R...@Den.con> wrote:

>> JOHNCHAP2 wrote:

>> > My startup is a multi boot to MS WIN2000, MS WINDOWS, or MS WIN2000

>> > Recovery Console. I ended up with this several years ago when I

>> > upgraded from Win 98SE to WIN 2000. I want to get rid of the MS

>> > WINDOWS option and totally remove the old version so I can convert

>> > the drive from FAT32 to NTFS.

>>

>> > Will removing the MS WINDOWS line from the BOOT.INI and WINBOOT.INI

>> > files do this or do I need to do some other things as well?

>> > Incidently, there are at least two versions of each of these files

>> > with today's date.

>>

>> > Can I then simply remove the WINDOWS directory from the C Drive

>> > without screwing things up? Do I need to do anything else?

>>

>> > For whatever it is worth, there is only one partition of C drive.

>>

>> > Thanks in advance for assistance

>>

>> Removing the MS Windows from the Boot.ini will mean that it never

>> appears again in the startup menu. My recollections are that Winboot

>> has nothing to do

> All things being equal, I would fully agree with you; and if I only

> had 6-10 applications to worry about I probably would. However, with

> 5+ years of installs and upgrades(perhaps 50-100 different

> applications, add-ins, and plug-ins), and unlikely to find many of the

> source files or the licensing info, starting from scratch would be

> daunting and incredibly time consuming. Adding to the mess, it is my

> near time intent to upgrade to XP (I have had the unopened disk for

> about 6 months), and then migrate to a faster computer to better

> handle the huge graphic files I deal with.

>

> It does turn out that the C:\WINDOWS folder contains files still being

> used at least by Adobe Photoshop CS2, so I am leaving it alone for the

> moment. If I had some spare time (which I do not in spite of being

> retired) I would specifically identify those files and get rid of the

> rest. As it is, I will just leave the directory alone for the moment

> since it takes up less than 1GB.

>

> But I appreciate your input.

 

 

Your problem is unusual and involved.

 

What I gather of your software/hardware system is that it has partition

structure problems, op sys structure problems, and application structure

problems and you find need to move your applications platform to a faster

system.

 

First off, unless you are driven to XP by applications such as CS3, I'd

not make the move to XP were I you.

 

As I understand the problem you are facing, you do not clearly see how to

move your data and applications platform to new hardware.

 

It looks like your task will be a process. If you like, send mail to

'throwawayaddr(at)taynsn(dot)zapto(dot)org' and we'll chew on it.

 

 

regards,

[Guest Ron Gibson]

Re: How to Get Rid of Multi-boot WIN 98SE Option Leaving Only WIN 2000?

 

On Thu, 08 Nov 2007 13:14:57 -0800, JOHNCHAP2 wrote:

> It does turn out that the C:\WINDOWS folder contains files still being

> used at least by Adobe Photoshop CS2, so I am leaving it alone for the

> moment. If I had some spare time (which I do not in spite of being

> retired) I would specifically identify those files and get rid of the

> rest. As it is, I will just leave the directory alone for the moment

> since it takes up less than 1GB.

 

It's hard to say what exactly will happen with the way you have it

setup. In the future you might want to consider installing applications

on a separate partition than your OS and data files on yet another.

 

This way minimizes the "trauma" from a major upgrade or removal of an

old OS on your boot up menu.

 

Removing the relevant lines from boot.ini will eliminate that boot

option albeit leaving it there wouldn't really hurt. All that would

happen is if you tried to boot 98 and it's not there it will stop and

complain.

 

The way I'd approach this is first do a complete backup of everything.

Next I'd make a decision about how much disk space to allocate to what

ever. The I'd use Partition Magic to delete 98. I'd do any partition

moving operations: Example - move 2000 down to reclaim the space 98 used.

 

You'll need a new Primary for XP so you may have to shrink a partition

to create some empty space. IIRC it's recommended that you place XP

*after* 2000.

 

So you'd have

 

Primary 1: W2K

Primary 2: XP

IF no more primary partitions are needed then add an extended partition

containing logical drives (e.g., D, E, F, etc).

 

Now what will probably happen is some apps will need to be reinstalled.

If you are lucky it won't be many. But the OS's should boot up despite a

few applications not being installed properly.

 

Another way to approach the applications problem is to create a logical

drive to move them to first. This might minimize the amount of work you

have to do after installing XP.

 

I've done this type of thing many times. While it's not really difficult

it is time consuming, figure at least 2-3 days work to sort it all out

to perfection. But done properly you'll be up and running your main apps

in a few hours.

 

It is really important to have a backup here as you are risking losing

track of or control over a lot of data (as in bytes). Also it is very

important to have a good plan so think everything through first. You

should also save a copy of your original partition setup in order to

restore that if you have problems. IOW, open fdisk and write down the

size and order that you started with.

 

BTW, you'll find that reinstalling some apps involves nothing more than

finding the executable (e.g., some_program.exe) and creating a link to

it on the desktop and the programs menu.

 

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