Re: New Install of XP

[Jabez Gan]

Hey,

If you only format C: drive (in DOS or during WinXP Installation), it will
only format the drive C: with your Win98 files on it. Your Win2000 drive
(drive F:) will not be touched and you will not lose any files on your drive
F:.

And once you have installed WinXP on your C: drive, when you boot into
WinXP, you will be able to see the drive F: in WinXP's My Computer. However
you will not be able to boot into Win2000 anymore (unless you further
configure the boot.ini file)

Hope this helps.

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"dwb" > wrote in message
...
>I am currently running a dual boot with Win98 on 'C' Drive and Win2000 on
> 'F' Drive.
> I would like to install WinXP as my only operating system and install it
> to
> the 'C' drive. If I format the 'C' Drive will that also format over the
> boot partition or do I have to take a special step to illiminate the boot
> partition so that when I reboot, the computer will go directly to WinXP?
>
>
>

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Usually setup will detect the Win2K installation and automatically add it to
the bootloader. WinXP will be the timeout default entry though, so after the
pause it should still boot to XP without user intervention. However, if the
OP desires, it's a simple matter to edit it out and remove the option.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"Jabez Gan" > wrote in message
...
> Hey,
>
> If you only format C: drive (in DOS or during WinXP Installation), it will
> only format the drive C: with your Win98 files on it. Your Win2000 drive
> (drive F:) will not be touched and you will not lose any files on your
> drive F:.
>
> And once you have installed WinXP on your C: drive, when you boot into
> WinXP, you will be able to see the drive F: in WinXP's My Computer.
> However you will not be able to boot into Win2000 anymore (unless you
> further configure the boot.ini file)
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> --
> Jabez Gan
> Give me a chance, Let me help you!
> http://www.blizhosting.com
>
>
> "dwb" > wrote in message
> ...
>>I am currently running a dual boot with Win98 on 'C' Drive and Win2000 on
>> 'F' Drive.
>> I would like to install WinXP as my only operating system and install it
>> to
>> the 'C' drive. If I format the 'C' Drive will that also format over the
>> boot partition or do I have to take a special step to illiminate the boot
>> partition so that when I reboot, the computer will go directly to WinXP?
>>
>>
>>
>
>

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi,

It won't, the installation will overwrite it with the XP bootloader.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"dwb" > wrote in message
...
>I really want to be rid of the dual boot process altogether. Once I have
> WinXP installed, I would just like to it. I would no longer need Win2000
> and would just format over it. I am just concerned that the dual boot
> sector would remain after I formatted the 'C' drive and installed Windows
> XP
> and I wouldn't be able to boot into either operating system
>
> If I format
> "Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Usually setup will detect the Win2K installation and automatically add it
> to
>> the bootloader. WinXP will be the timeout default entry though, so after
> the
>> pause it should still boot to XP without user intervention. However, if
> the
>> OP desires, it's a simple matter to edit it out and remove the option.
>>
>> --
>> Best of Luck,
>>
>> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>> Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
>> www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>>
>> "Jabez Gan" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> > Hey,
>> >
>> > If you only format C: drive (in DOS or during WinXP Installation), it
> will
>> > only format the drive C: with your Win98 files on it. Your Win2000
>> > drive
>> > (drive F:) will not be touched and you will not lose any files on your
>> > drive F:.
>> >
>> > And once you have installed WinXP on your C: drive, when you boot into
>> > WinXP, you will be able to see the drive F: in WinXP's My Computer.
>> > However you will not be able to boot into Win2000 anymore (unless you
>> > further configure the boot.ini file)
>> >
>> > Hope this helps.
>> >
>> > --
>> > Jabez Gan
>> > Give me a chance, Let me help you!
>> > http://www.blizhosting.com
>> >
>> >
>> > "dwb" > wrote in message
>> > ...
>> >>I am currently running a dual boot with Win98 on 'C' Drive and Win2000
> on
>> >> 'F' Drive.
>> >> I would like to install WinXP as my only operating system and install
> it
>> >> to
>> >> the 'C' drive. If I format the 'C' Drive will that also format over
> the
>> >> boot partition or do I have to take a special step to illiminate the
> boot
>> >> partition so that when I reboot, the computer will go directly to
> WinXP?
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>
>

[Bud Norris]

If you fromat the C:\ drive you will wipe out everything on that drive
including the Master Boot Record (MBR) and the Boot Loader files (Boot.ini,
NTLDR & NTDETECT.COM). This will in effect stop you from dual booting, since
the boot loader file is gone. So you will only boot to the OS you install on
the reformatted C:\ drive. Windows, no matter the version, always looks to
the C:\ drive first when booting and if it doesn't find a boot loader file
it automatically opens the C:\ drive system.
Windows prefers you install OS in order of version, i.e. Win98 on C:\ then
Win2K then WinXP. To install the OS out of sequence, i.e. WinXP on C:\ then
Win2K or Win98, takes some special work to setup the boot loader file on the
C:\ drive so that you can dual boot to an earlier OS.
Since you don't want to do this putting WinXP on the C:\ drive with out a
boot loader file should be no problem.

NevBud


"dwb" > wrote in message
...
>I really want to be rid of the dual boot process altogether. Once I have
> WinXP installed, I would just like to it. I would no longer need Win2000
> and would just format over it. I am just concerned that the dual boot
> sector would remain after I formatted the 'C' drive and installed Windows
> XP
> and I wouldn't be able to boot into either operating system
>
> If I format
> "Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Usually setup will detect the Win2K installation and automatically add it
> to
>> the bootloader. WinXP will be the timeout default entry though, so after
> the
>> pause it should still boot to XP without user intervention. However, if
> the
>> OP desires, it's a simple matter to edit it out and remove the option.
>>
>> --
>> Best of Luck,
>>
>> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>> Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
>> www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>>
>> "Jabez Gan" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> > Hey,
>> >
>> > If you only format C: drive (in DOS or during WinXP Installation), it
> will
>> > only format the drive C: with your Win98 files on it. Your Win2000
>> > drive
>> > (drive F:) will not be touched and you will not lose any files on your
>> > drive F:.
>> >
>> > And once you have installed WinXP on your C: drive, when you boot into
>> > WinXP, you will be able to see the drive F: in WinXP's My Computer.
>> > However you will not be able to boot into Win2000 anymore (unless you
>> > further configure the boot.ini file)
>> >
>> > Hope this helps.
>> >
>> > --
>> > Jabez Gan
>> > Give me a chance, Let me help you!
>> > http://www.blizhosting.com
>> >
>> >
>> > "dwb" > wrote in message
>> > ...
>> >>I am currently running a dual boot with Win98 on 'C' Drive and Win2000
> on
>> >> 'F' Drive.
>> >> I would like to install WinXP as my only operating system and install
> it
>> >> to
>> >> the 'C' drive. If I format the 'C' Drive will that also format over
> the
>> >> boot partition or do I have to take a special step to illiminate the
> boot
>> >> partition so that when I reboot, the computer will go directly to
> WinXP?
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>
>