John John wrote:
> Bob wrote:
>
>> I initially had win98 installed on C
>> I then used Acronis to partition into C & D leaving win 98 unharmed.
>> I then installed winxp from within win98, Start, run, etc. (Winxp
>> refused to install from dos.)
>> During installation I was asked if I wanted to install winxp on the
>> empty partition D, which I did. Then winxp automatically set up the
>> boot manager.
>> I realise that I could have simply used the winxp partition facility
>> but not being too sure what the results would be I did it my way (no
>> pun intended) It all worked very easily and I am hoping my deletion of
>> win98 will be the same.
>
>
> You will not be able to remove the Windows 98 partition. It is the
> common System Partition and the XP boot files reside there. The only
> easy way around that would be to completely reinstall XP on the System
> Partition.
>
> John
>
>
Thank you all very much for your expert advice. I have not actually
done the deed yet, I am still working up the courage to do so! I will
post if it works OK

Bob