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Sociable · 11-02-2004, 18:35

As before use a Win98 or ME bootfloppy and use Fdisk to reset the partitions which will also cause a full format to be needed.

If you cant see the partitions just delete the unknown partition which is actually NTFS but cant be seen by Win 98.

When setting up the new partitions one option would be to use a small C: drive to carry Win 98 and then install XP to the D: partition thus setting up Dual boot which has the advantage of enabling speedy access should XP ever go down and also allow older programs to be installed to run under Win 98.

To do this just choose the non upgrade option in the XP install from Win 98 and also select to nominate which partition to use. This gives a completely clean install of XP too so that is another advantage of doing it that way.

If you want the 98 partition to be able to see the XP partition just select to leave the current file system intact when it asks so it doesnt convert the Fat32 to NTFS as part of the install.

11-02-2004, 18:35	#4
Sociable Inactive Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Knebworth Age: 73 Posts: 1,816	Re: Unpartitioning Drive As before use a Win98 or ME bootfloppy and use Fdisk to reset the partitions which will also cause a full format to be needed. If you cant see the partitions just delete the unknown partition which is actually NTFS but cant be seen by Win 98. When setting up the new partitions one option would be to use a small C: drive to carry Win 98 and then install XP to the D: partition thus setting up Dual boot which has the advantage of enabling speedy access should XP ever go down and also allow older programs to be installed to run under Win 98. To do this just choose the non upgrade option in the XP install from Win 98 and also select to nominate which partition to use. This gives a completely clean install of XP too so that is another advantage of doing it that way. If you want the 98 partition to be able to see the XP partition just select to leave the current file system intact when it asks so it doesnt convert the Fat32 to NTFS as part of the install.