How do I remove the dual boot option?

[Guest M Skabialka]

I have an old Win98 machine that is being donated to some kids. I wiped the

drive and put a fresh install of Win98 from the original CD. I then

upgraded it to Windows 2000 with the upgrade CD we bought a few years later.

However when I upgraded I had the choice of totally removing W98 or adding

Win2K to Win98. I chose total removal of Win98, and convert to NTFS file

system.

Now when I boot it asks me whether I want to use Microsoft Windows 2000 or

Microsoft Windows.

I didn't want this to be a dual boot machine. There is a Windows folder and

a WINNT folder. How do I remove Windows98 completely (very small hard

drive) and remove the dual boot option at the beginning so it only knows

Windows 2000?

[Guest Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Re: How do I remove the dual boot option?

 

 

"M Skabialka" <mskabialka@NOSPAMdrc.com> wrote in message

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>I have an old Win98 machine that is being donated to some kids. I wiped

>the drive and put a fresh install of Win98 from the original CD. I then

>upgraded it to Windows 2000 with the upgrade CD we bought a few years

>later. However when I upgraded I had the choice of totally removing W98 or

>adding Win2K to Win98. I chose total removal of Win98, and convert to NTFS

>file system.

> Now when I boot it asks me whether I want to use Microsoft Windows 2000 or

> Microsoft Windows.

> I didn't want this to be a dual boot machine. There is a Windows folder

> and a WINNT folder. How do I remove Windows98 completely (very small hard

> drive) and remove the dual boot option at the beginning so it only knows

> Windows 2000?

 

I typed this into a Google search window:

 

how to remove Windows 98

 

and I got several excellent hits, with this one almost at the top:

"How to Remove Windows 98 When It Is Part of a Dual Boot with .."

[Guest M Skabialka]

Re: How do I remove the dual boot option?

 

Delete C:\Windows and edit boot.ini - that was easy - thanks!

 

"Pegasus (MVP)" <I.can@fly.com.oz> wrote in message

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> "M Skabialka" <mskabialka@NOSPAMdrc.com> wrote in message

> news:%23bIlOFOkIHA.4088@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

>>I have an old Win98 machine that is being donated to some kids. I wiped

>>the drive and put a fresh install of Win98 from the original CD. I then

>>upgraded it to Windows 2000 with the upgrade CD we bought a few years

>>later. However when I upgraded I had the choice of totally removing W98 or

>>adding Win2K to Win98. I chose total removal of Win98, and convert to NTFS

>>file system.

>> Now when I boot it asks me whether I want to use Microsoft Windows 2000

>> or Microsoft Windows.

>> I didn't want this to be a dual boot machine. There is a Windows folder

>> and a WINNT folder. How do I remove Windows98 completely (very small

>> hard drive) and remove the dual boot option at the beginning so it only

>> knows Windows 2000?

>

> I typed this into a Google search window:

>

> how to remove Windows 98

>

> and I got several excellent hits, with this one almost at the top:

> "How to Remove Windows 98 When It Is Part of a Dual Boot with .."

>