Formatting C:/ without messing D:/ ?

[matt_016 0]

OK, I've dual boot with Win 98SE in C:/ and Win XP in D:/

 

I want to format my C:/ partition(FAT32) without messing up with my Win XP files and D:/ partition(NTFS). After that I want to install Win Me on C:/

 

Can any1 gimme a hand??

 

Thanks in advance.

[ScinteX 0]

i think its a fairly simple job (he says, sounding like a car mechanic! )

win 98 cant see your xp partition since it is NTFS. this is good since we cant break it.

 

Im thinking the process through in my haed and im a little worried about what the boot process might end up looking like!

 

Reason that i say this is that normally you would install XP after an older windows version. This is so that xp picks up on the other windows installation and configures the boot.ini file appropriatly and thus gives you a boot menu.

 

However, assuming that this currently works ok, and that you have win98 in the windows folder then putting Me in there should be ok too.

 

Create a boot disk in windows 98.

Change the boot order in your BIOS so that you will boot to a: before c: or d:

Put the floppy in your pc and boot to it.

type 'format c:' and press enter

 

When done, go back into the bios and (i assume) change the boot order so you will boot to cdrom 1st.

Put in the Me Cd and set that up, ensuring you select C: and not D:.

 

Job done, and hopefully the boot menu still exists.

 

Anyhow the bottom line is that the 98/Me OS cannot see ntfs so you'll be just fine. Just dont format the D: partition durng the setup.

I am sure someone else will help out here just in case i have got it wrong.

 

[adamvjackson 0]

That will work, but you'll break the boot menu. After reinstalling 98/ME then you'll most likely need to perform a repair installation of Windows XP, or manually configure it, if you're comfortable doing so.

[ScinteX 0]

ahhh i had a sneaky suspicion! thx for clarifying

[DosFreak 2]

APK is right.

 

 

Why are you installing WinMe?