Win98 to Win2000 (full install) Plus De-partition Help Needed

jvickers01 · #1 April 8th, 2005, 08:36 PM

Hi Ya'll,

I have a laptop that is currently on Win98 that has a partition that I want to get rid of. Someone else did this, so I have no clue how it's done or how to undo it. Once the partition is gone I want to install Win2000, but I'm not sure if this is the right order of things, or if there are any "gotchas" I need to be aware of before attempting the new install.

I've done a new install of XP over Win95 before with no problem, but that was *my* computer and was willing to risk it. The laptop is not mine, so I want to make sure I don't kill it

Any tips, tricks, suggestions for a.) de-partitioning and b.) Win98 to Win2000 new install would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks,
-Jill

DELTREE · #2 April 8th, 2005, 08:47 PM

There should be NO problems. I installed W2k, had 98se.

If you have the cd and 4 floppies?

Just pop in the cd and do what it tells you to.It does all the work!

jvickers01 · #3 April 8th, 2005, 09:21 PM

That's what I was hoping about the new install.

Now about that partition...I can't actually see it anywhere on the computer, but it was intended to separate the system files from the data files. I'm told there is a total of 6GB on the laptop, but C: only shows 2.92GB. The other three drives (A:, D:, & E

are for the floppy and disc drives.

I want to delete the partition, but I'm afraid of losing data. Help!!

**degsy** · #4 April 8th, 2005, 10:59 PM

Deleting the partitions will loose all data.
That is the point.

jvickers01 · #5 April 8th, 2005, 11:14 PM

Sooo.....deleting or otherwise removing the partition is not an option unless I want to wipe the drive completely clean and start over?

If that is the case, what do I do with the 3GB that I cannot see? Is it useable for anything?

csk · #6 April 12th, 2005, 03:39 AM

that's my question also, what happens to the unallocated files.

**degsy** · #7 April 12th, 2005, 03:44 AM

It depends on the circumstances.

If you have Unallocated Space then you can create a new partition. It should not effect your current partition.

If you want to merge the unallocated space to create one full partition then you will need Non-Destructive partition software such as Partition Magic.