Removing dual boot

Hi!
I think it's a simple case of editing the boot.ini file. This file appears in the root of the C: i think, and holds the information telling Windows XP where there are bootable partitions in the system.
All you should have to do is remove the partition information for Windows 98 from this file. It is a Hidden System file so you will have to ensure that you have made Explorer show all hidden and system files.
When Windows next comes to check boot information it will only find the entry forXP and so boot into that. You should then be safe to move/delete/reformat the information on the C: drive.
Windows 2000/XP don't mind being on a different partition from C:. I've had one of my machines boot from E: before and have no C: at all...
Hope this helps
I'm sure someone will correct/amend this if there is any more information but I think this is all there is!

To remove Windows 98,start XP and then delete the folder that contains Windows 98 which should be C:Windows on the hard disk

If their are any Programs in Windows 98 you may want to uninstall them before deleting the folder

Edit the Boot.ini file:
1)In WWindows Explorer,click Folder Options on the View menu

2)On the View tab,click Show all Files,and then click OK

3)Click the root folder of the hard disk, right-click the Boot.ini file and then click Properties

4)Click to clear the Read-Only,Hidden, and Syste check boxes,and then click OK

5)Open the Boot.ini file in Notepad

6)Remove any entries that no longer point to valid installations in Windows
Save changes and exit.

The other option is to switch the drives,by setting the jumpers on XP to Master and the other drive to Slave,wipe the drive clean and then try converting to NTFS.

I agree with Answer1. Just modify BOOT.INI to only include the ARC pathing to your XP install on D: You can just delete the reference to Win98, and set the XP install as the default operating system.
Please read Technet article Q311578 on the Boot.ini structure:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q311578
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You can delete the folders on C: drive since you don't need them for XP (unless you installed applications for XP on C:). Then just convert C: to NTFS (from the Command Prompt> convert C: /fs:ntfs)

Now, as to trying to modify the XP install to be drive C: instead of D:, I really do not think that will happen. Sure, you could open Disk Management and change drive letters around, so yourXP install is drive C: and the other drive is D:
But the problem is in the Registry. There are hundreds and hundreds of hard-coded paths that point to D: in XP in your install. The Registry is full of the drive letter you installed XP on. I just did a count on my system, and stopped at 100 instances of C: (where I have XP installed on), and I did not even get out of HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT (which is the first hive!) So, the problem you will have is all of that pathing that would have to be changed. And I do not know of any utility or software package out there that can do this.
Basically, you are stuck with XP being on D: unless you reinstall. And if you reinstall XP, then I would change the 40GB drive as the Master drive and the 42GB drive asthe Slave, so the 40GB drive will be the first drive seen by the XP install (so it will then be C:)

hope this helps

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