How to change over

[rajat22]

Running dual boot ...98 & XP Home.

P4 2.4, 80 GB HDD, 256 MB DDRRD.

98 in C & XP in E. Total no of drives 8.

Now , I want to phase out 98 and keep XP only with NTFS and change over to C drive without a format.

Anyone can tell me step by step??

[geekysage]

You can do that but it will involve lots of (not-so-easy) work and time. It'll be atleast 3 times better to just format the drives and do a clean install. Also, if you move your OS installation to a different partition, there will always be some incorrect file locations and errors.

Please format your C and E partitions and do a fresh windows xp install on C to avoid any problems.

[siriusb]

Yep, moving around the os folder is not a good idea, though it might be possible coz there's always some file/app/variable with a wrong path in it, like a disaster waiting to happen.

[rajat22]

Thanx for the advices.

Just a matter of discussion, If I do the following

1.Format Dive C.

2.Relocate all files and folders from E to C with software like 'application mover' which is suppose to relocate everything including configeration and registry.

3.Edit boot ini to remove win 98 option.

Please think

[kalpik]

No, i would strongly suggest against it! The rest is upto you! A format is at least 10 times better!