Guest M Skabialka Posted March 28, 2008 Posted March 28, 2008 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 \(MVP\) Posted March 28, 2008 Posted March 28, 2008 Re: How do I remove the dual boot option? "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 .."
Guest M Skabialka Posted March 28, 2008 Posted March 28, 2008 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 news:OuV4ZIOkIHA.5472@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... > > "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 .." >
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