I just did an install of W2K over W98 and now at boot up I get the option of booting to W2k or W98. Can I just wipe out the old windows folder and get rid of that? I don't intend to use W98 anymore.

Yes... but be sure you delete the correct OS-folder...; and first set default OS to boot to be W2K and verify it does just that... Then proceed as you suggest ...

I'd start from scratch by backing up any data, then formatting during a clean install. Unless this is an upgrade CD, I believe a fresh install is the way to go. Life's more painless for the brainless.

I'd be inclined to agree with a clean-install rather than an upgrade from '98 to W2K... But I think on this occasion the poster actually went for a clean-install (intentionally or not) and appears to have a dual-boot? Presuming (s)he does have a dual-boot... simply deleting the old '98 folder etc. will be OK... Wouldn't worry about deleting the '98 boot/startup files etc; they take so little space. However if '98 is in c: and W2K in another partition... there will be nice vacant space (the c: partition) ahead of W2K... with not much in it - apart from boot/startup files? Not usually an issue but likewise not the norm...? If willing to start fresh (as per Jefiner...) then back up (as in copy off to optical media - or another external drive) all data etc; then start afresh and install W2K in Primary and use the Extended for data (only)... Depending on size of existing Primary may not be necessary to rconfigure the drive afresh; but rather simply reformat c: and install W2K... All depends really just what is existant now; and configuration of hard-disk as is?

Yeah, it sounds like a dual boot 98/2K was created. The Win98 partition contains all the boot info so if you delete it, you'll no longer be able to access 2K again, at least until you jump threw a few hoops to fix it. I agree with the others...back up any important data that you have, wipe the HDD, repartition, then do a clean install of Win2K.

Well, for what it's worth, I kept the old Windows folder and just edited the boot.ini file so the boot option screen doesn't come up. Now it boots to W2000 normally and works fine. Thanks for everybody's input.