I have to operating systems and need help removing one

[Devin1809]

Well what has happened was my computer was bought with windows xp
professional edition...my friend had my computer for a while and he screwed
my whole computer up by installing windows 98....So what I did was I tried to
go back to the windows xp pro edition but it did not work so I got a windows
xp home edition cd and installed it...now every time I start up my computer
it gives me an option to pick an operating system...windows xp home and
windows 98.....can some one please help me remove the windows 98 so I only
have one operating system.......

I already tried to format the drives but that doesnt work or im not doing it
correctly...the windows 98 seems to be in the C:drive and the xp seems to be
in the E:drive.......PLEASE HELP ME

 

[philo]

"Devin1809" <Devin1809@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:8D65C140-064E-4FC8-9367-5BE253742B18@microsoft.com...
> Well what has happened was my computer was bought with windows xp
> professional edition...my friend had my computer for a while and he
screwed
> my whole computer up by installing windows 98....So what I did was I tried
to
> go back to the windows xp pro edition but it did not work so I got a
windows
> xp home edition cd and installed it...now every time I start up my
computer
> it gives me an option to pick an operating system...windows xp home and
> windows 98.....can some one please help me remove the windows 98 so I only
> have one operating system.......
>
> I already tried to format the drives but that doesnt work or im not doing
it
> correctly...the windows 98 seems to be in the C:drive and the xp seems to
be
> in the E:drive.......PLEASE HELP ME


Start, run===> msconfig


now go to the boot.ini tab and have it check all install paths

assuming win98 is gone, you can have it automatically remove that entry.

if win98 is still there, you can just delete the win98 option

 

[Don Phillipson]

"Devin1809" <Devin1809@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Well what has happened was my computer was bought with windows xp
> professional edition...my friend had my computer for a while and he
screwed
> my whole computer up by installing windows 98....So what I did was I tried
to
> go back to the windows xp pro edition but it did not work so I got a
windows
> xp home edition cd and installed it...now every time I start up my
computer
> it gives me an option to pick an operating system...windows xp home and
> windows 98.....can some one please help me remove the windows 98 so I only
> have one operating system.......
>
> I already tried to format the drives but that doesnt work or im not doing
it
> correctly...the windows 98 seems to be in the C:drive and the xp seems to
be
> in the E:drive.......PLEASE HELP ME

WinXP prefers the NTFS hard drive format which
Win98 cannot use. So one way out of your problem
may be to boot WinXP, then use it to reformat drive C
in NTFS. If unsure that you can safely lose everything
on drive C:, you could clone all its contents somewhere
else for the time being.

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)

 

[Jeff Richards]

Boot into Windows XP. Do Start / Control Panel / System and select the
Advanced tab. If the XP bootmanager is managing your startup you will see
two options listed under Default Operating System.

You can select XP as the default and set the wait time to a smaller value,
such as 5 seconds, or you can choose to edit the startup options manually,
and remove the line referring to W98. The edit option opens the startup
configuration file in Notepad - be sure to save any changes you have made
when closing notepad.

If some other bootmanager is managing your startup you need to find out what
it is and use the facilities within that utility to change the options.
--
Jeff Richards
MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User)
"Devin1809" <Devin1809@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:8D65C140-064E-4FC8-9367-5BE253742B18@microsoft.com...
> Well what has happened was my computer was bought with windows xp
> professional edition...my friend had my computer for a while and he
> screwed
> my whole computer up by installing windows 98....So what I did was I tried
> to
> go back to the windows xp pro edition but it did not work so I got a
> windows
> xp home edition cd and installed it...now every time I start up my
> computer
> it gives me an option to pick an operating system...windows xp home and
> windows 98.....can some one please help me remove the windows 98 so I only
> have one operating system.......
>
> I already tried to format the drives but that doesnt work or im not doing
> it
> correctly...the windows 98 seems to be in the C:drive and the xp seems to
> be
> in the E:drive.......PLEASE HELP ME

 

[Jeff Richards]

OP should not do anything that may affect the W98 system files while W98 is
still an option available at system boot. The correct sequence is to remove
the unwanted operating system as a boot option before touching any of its
files.
--
Jeff Richards
MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User)
"Don Phillipson" <e925@SPAMBLOCK.ncf.ca> wrote in message
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> "Devin1809" <Devin1809@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:8D65C140-064E-4FC8-9367-5BE253742B18@microsoft.com...
>
>> Well what has happened was my computer was bought with windows xp
>> professional edition...my friend had my computer for a while and he
> screwed
>> my whole computer up by installing windows 98....So what I did was I
>> tried
> to
>> go back to the windows xp pro edition but it did not work so I got a
> windows
>> xp home edition cd and installed it...now every time I start up my
> computer
>> it gives me an option to pick an operating system...windows xp home and
>> windows 98.....can some one please help me remove the windows 98 so I
>> only
>> have one operating system.......
>>
>> I already tried to format the drives but that doesnt work or im not doing
> it
>> correctly...the windows 98 seems to be in the C:drive and the xp seems to
> be
>> in the E:drive.......PLEASE HELP ME
>
> WinXP prefers the NTFS hard drive format which
> Win98 cannot use. So one way out of your problem
> may be to boot WinXP, then use it to reformat drive C
> in NTFS. If unsure that you can safely lose everything
> on drive C:, you could clone all its contents somewhere
> else for the time being.
>
> --
> Don Phillipson
> Carlsbad Springs
> (Ottawa, Canada)
>
>
>

 

[Tawny Port]

the windows 98 seems to be in the C:drive and the xp seems to be
> in the E:drive.......PLEASE HELP ME

is it bugging you??? is your system running fine? how big is your hard-drive?

many many ppl have two o/s's, including me. when i reboot, i get the 'choice' of whether to boot
into xp or 98,, and i simply choose.

it has many advantages to have what is known as a dual-boot system.

personally, i have my xp in fat32, that way my win98 can see xp as well as xp seeing 98,,,,
others here may prefer to have their xp in ntfs,, different strokes for different folks.

either way, dont have a heart attack, read some replies that will follow,, its not the end of the
world, but rather a door to another.

chill.

 

[Tony Yarwood]

On Mon, 17 Mar 2008 20:19:32 +1100, "Jeff Richards"
<JRichards@msn.com.au> wrote:

>Boot into Windows XP. Do Start / Control Panel / System and select the
>Advanced tab. If the XP bootmanager is managing your startup you will see
>two options listed under Default Operating System.
>
Hi Jeff

You're a saint, solved a problem that's pi**ed me off for about two
weeks now http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=202867

Best regards

Tony

 

[Jeff Richards]

Glad to hear that the comments were helpful.
--
Jeff Richards
MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User)
"Tony Yarwood" <Tony.Yarwood@XXXfreeuk.com> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 17 Mar 2008 20:19:32 +1100, "Jeff Richards"
> <JRichards@msn.com.au> wrote:
>