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by mr. h

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I have an older Compaq with a 4GB HDD that was factory partioned into a 2.5 'C' and a 1.5 'E'. I want to reformat the E drive and repartition it so that I can set it up for dual boot with Win2K and Win98SE. The C drive already has Win98, does anyone know a safe way to reformat E, remove the partition and return the space to C?

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by Member 36317532

Bit of a tall order!

You say you want to make the drive dual boot?.
But you will need a partition for each o/s. unless you intend to install another drive of course.
I would suggest partition magic, this will allow you to do a hot partition change and add the remaining partition to 'C' and you'll be sorted.

Good luck

by still_learning

Partition Magic will allow you to merge the two partitions C and E into one partition. You will have to purchase the software unless you know someone that already owns it. I have found it to be a useful utility. Hope this helps.

by pinoy_teknik

Dual Booting!!!!!!

If you want this kind of option, you also need to partition your drive with 2 (in your drive it is maximum of 2 partition.). Why you need yo remove the drive E:?

I agree with the other answer but if you dont have Partion Magic..
Here is my steps..

Start with Win98 Startup Disk...
Partition your drive into 2 (C:50%, D:50%) using fdisk, if your not familiar in using fdisk. Log on to www.fdisk.com for some help in using it...

Format the C:
Install Win98SE first if you...
Install the latest motheboard driver, device driver

Then begin to install Win2k, in Win2k intallation it will give you an option to dual boot your pc...

Pinoy_Teknik

by pinoy_teknik

Dual Booting!!!!!!

If you want this kind of option, you also need to partition your drive with 2 (in your drive it is maximum of 2 partition.). Why you need yo remove the drive E:?

I agree with the other answer but if you dont have Partion Magic..
Here is my steps..

Start with Win98 Startup Disk...
Partition your drive into 2 (C:50%, D:50%) using fdisk, if your not familiar in using fdisk. Log on to www.fdisk.com for some help in using it...

Format the C:
Install Win98SE first if you...
Install the latest motheboard driver, device driver

Then begin to install Win2k, in Win2k intallation it will give you an option to dual boot your pc...

Pinoy_Teknik

by technomancer

Partition Magic or Partition Commander will do the job just fine on combining your two drives into one. And those that say you "need" or "have to have" two drives to dual boot, don't know what they are talking about. You have to have the older OS installed first then install Win2K and it will controll the dual boot process. During the install process, you will be asked if you want to upgrade or do a clean install. Do the clean install and leave the drive with whatever settings it already is. Itwill install Win2k in the Winnt directory and leave your Windows dir alone. The problem may be that it will want to share your Program Files dir when you install your programs in Win2k.

Good luck on the install. And keep us posted.

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