Move Old Files

[Pete Salgado]

I just installed Windows XP into my computer. I had
Windows 98 first edition. When prompted whether I wanted
to overwrite the old c:\windows folder, I chose not to,
and created a new folder in which to install XP,
c:\windows\xp. How do I remove the old windows, and move
all of my old files into XP? None of my old programs are
installed.

[Dan DeStefano]

you must reinstall all of your programs. when installing, if you would have
chosen to upgrade to xp instead of creating a new installation, then your
programs would have remained, but now the only thing you can do is reinstall
all programs. however, i recommend backing up all of your data, formatting
your hdd and performing a clean install of xp.

Dan DeStefano


"Pete Salgado" > wrote in message
...
> I just installed Windows XP into my computer. I had
> Windows 98 first edition. When prompted whether I wanted
> to overwrite the old c:\windows folder, I chose not to,
> and created a new folder in which to install XP,
> c:\windows\xp. How do I remove the old windows, and move
> all of my old files into XP? None of my old programs are
> installed.

[Pete Salgado]

How do I format my HD, and what will that do?

>-----Original Message-----
>you must reinstall all of your programs. when
installing, if you would have
>chosen to upgrade to xp instead of creating a new
installation, then your
>programs would have remained, but now the only thing you
can do is reinstall
>all programs. however, i recommend backing up all of
your data, formatting
>your hdd and performing a clean install of xp.
>
>Dan DeStefano
>
>
>"Pete Salgado" > wrote in message
...
>> I just installed Windows XP into my computer. I had
>> Windows 98 first edition. When prompted whether I
wanted
>> to overwrite the old c:\windows folder, I chose not to,
>> and created a new folder in which to install XP,
>> c:\windows\xp. How do I remove the old windows, and
move
>> all of my old files into XP? None of my old programs
are
>> installed.
>
>
>.
>

[Dale]

Here's a simple step-by-step:

http://pcsupport.about.com/library/weekly/aa082602a.htm