I have to operating systems and need help removing one

[Guest Devin1809]

Well what has happened was my computer was bought with windows xp

professional edition...my friend had my computer for a while and he screwed

my whole computer up by installing windows 98....So what I did was I tried to

go back to the windows xp pro edition but it did not work so I got a windows

xp home edition cd and installed it...now every time I start up my computer

it gives me an option to pick an operating system...windows xp home and

windows 98.....can some one please help me remove the windows 98 so I only

have one operating system.......

 

I already tried to format the drives but that doesnt work or im not doing it

correctly...the windows 98 seems to be in the C:drive and the xp seems to be

in the E:drive.......PLEASE HELP ME

[Guest philo]

Re: I have to operating systems and need help removing one

 

 

"Devin1809" <Devin1809@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:8D65C140-064E-4FC8-9367-5BE253742B18@microsoft.com...

> Well what has happened was my computer was bought with windows xp

> professional edition...my friend had my computer for a while and he

screwed

> my whole computer up by installing windows 98....So what I did was I tried

to

> go back to the windows xp pro edition but it did not work so I got a

windows

> xp home edition cd and installed it...now every time I start up my

computer

> it gives me an option to pick an operating system...windows xp home and

> windows 98.....can some one please help me remove the windows 98 so I only

> have one operating system.......

>

> I already tried to format the drives but that doesnt work or im not doing

it

> correctly...the windows 98 seems to be in the C:drive and the xp seems to

be

> in the E:drive.......PLEASE HELP ME

 

 

Start, run===> msconfig

 

 

now go to the boot.ini tab and have it check all install paths

 

assuming win98 is gone, you can have it automatically remove that entry.

 

if win98 is still there, you can just delete the win98 option

[Guest Don Phillipson]

Re: I have to operating systems and need help removing one

 

"Devin1809" <Devin1809@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:8D65C140-064E-4FC8-9367-5BE253742B18@microsoft.com...

> Well what has happened was my computer was bought with windows xp

> professional edition...my friend had my computer for a while and he

screwed

> my whole computer up by installing windows 98....So what I did was I tried

to

> go back to the windows xp pro edition but it did not work so I got a

windows

> xp home edition cd and installed it...now every time I start up my

computer

> it gives me an option to pick an operating system...windows xp home and

> windows 98.....can some one please help me remove the windows 98 so I only

> have one operating system.......

>

> I already tried to format the drives but that doesnt work or im not doing

it

> correctly...the windows 98 seems to be in the C:drive and the xp seems to

be

> in the E:drive.......PLEASE HELP ME

 

WinXP prefers the NTFS hard drive format which

Win98 cannot use. So one way out of your problem

may be to boot WinXP, then use it to reformat drive C

in NTFS. If unsure that you can safely lose everything

on drive C:, you could clone all its contents somewhere

else for the time being.

 

--

Don Phillipson

Carlsbad Springs

(Ottawa, Canada)

[Guest Jeff Richards]

Re: I have to operating systems and need help removing one

 

Boot into Windows XP. Do Start / Control Panel / System and select the

Advanced tab. If the XP bootmanager is managing your startup you will see

two options listed under Default Operating System.

 

You can select XP as the default and set the wait time to a smaller value,

such as 5 seconds, or you can choose to edit the startup options manually,

and remove the line referring to W98. The edit option opens the startup

configuration file in Notepad - be sure to save any changes you have made

when closing notepad.

 

If some other bootmanager is managing your startup you need to find out what

it is and use the facilities within that utility to change the options.

--

Jeff Richards

MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User)

"Devin1809" <Devin1809@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:8D65C140-064E-4FC8-9367-5BE253742B18@microsoft.com...

> Well what has happened was my computer was bought with windows xp

> professional edition...my friend had my computer for a while and he

> screwed

> my whole computer up by installing windows 98....So what I did was I tried

> to

> go back to the windows xp pro edition but it did not work so I got a

> windows

> xp home edition cd and installed it...now every time I start up my

> computer

> it gives me an option to pick an operating system...windows xp home and

> windows 98.....can some one please help me remove the windows 98 so I only

> have one operating system.......

>

> I already tried to format the drives but that doesnt work or im not doing

> it

> correctly...the windows 98 seems to be in the C:drive and the xp seems to

> be

> in the E:drive.......PLEASE HELP ME

[Guest Jeff Richards]

Re: I have to operating systems and need help removing one

 

OP should not do anything that may affect the W98 system files while W98 is

still an option available at system boot. The correct sequence is to remove

the unwanted operating system as a boot option before touching any of its

files.

--

Jeff Richards

MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User)

"Don Phillipson" <e925@SPAMBLOCK.ncf.ca> wrote in message

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> "Devin1809" <Devin1809@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> news:8D65C140-064E-4FC8-9367-5BE253742B18@microsoft.com...

>

>> Well what has happened was my computer was bought with windows xp

>> professional edition...my friend had my computer for a while and he

> screwed

>> my whole computer up by installing windows 98....So what I did was I

>> tried

> to

>> go back to the windows xp pro edition but it did not work so I got a

> windows

>> xp home edition cd and installed it...now every time I start up my

> computer

>> it gives me an option to pick an operating system...windows xp home and

>> windows 98.....can some one please help me remove the windows 98 so I

>> only

>> have one operating system.......

>>

>> I already tried to format the drives but that doesnt work or im not doing

> it

>> correctly...the windows 98 seems to be in the C:drive and the xp seems to

> be

>> in the E:drive.......PLEASE HELP ME

>

> WinXP prefers the NTFS hard drive format which

> Win98 cannot use. So one way out of your problem

> may be to boot WinXP, then use it to reformat drive C

> in NTFS. If unsure that you can safely lose everything

> on drive C:, you could clone all its contents somewhere

> else for the time being.

>

> --

> Don Phillipson

> Carlsbad Springs

> (Ottawa, Canada)

>

>

>

[Guest Tawny Port]

Re: I have to operating systems and need help removing one

 

 

the windows 98 seems to be in the C:drive and the xp seems to be

> in the E:drive.......PLEASE HELP ME

 

is it bugging you??? is your system running fine? how big is your hard-drive?

 

many many ppl have two o/s's, including me. when i reboot, i get the 'choice' of whether to boot

into xp or 98,, and i simply choose.

 

it has many advantages to have what is known as a dual-boot system.

 

personally, i have my xp in fat32, that way my win98 can see xp as well as xp seeing 98,,,,

others here may prefer to have their xp in ntfs,, different strokes for different folks.

 

either way, dont have a heart attack, read some replies that will follow,, its not the end of the

world, but rather a door to another.

 

chill.

[Guest Tony Yarwood]

Re: I have to operating systems and need help removing one

 

On Mon, 17 Mar 2008 20:19:32 +1100, "Jeff Richards"

<JRichards@msn.com.au> wrote:

>Boot into Windows XP. Do Start / Control Panel / System and select the

>Advanced tab. If the XP bootmanager is managing your startup you will see

>two options listed under Default Operating System.

>

Hi Jeff

 

You're a saint, solved a problem that's pi**ed me off for about two

weeks now; http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=202867

 

Best regards

 

Tony

[Guest Jeff Richards]

Re: I have to operating systems and need help removing one

 

Glad to hear that the comments were helpful.

--

Jeff Richards

MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User)

"Tony Yarwood" <Tony.Yarwood@XXXfreeuk.com> wrote in message

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> On Mon, 17 Mar 2008 20:19:32 +1100, "Jeff Richards"

> <JRichards@msn.com.au> wrote:

>