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What's the best method ?????
Name: grasshopper Date: July 11, 2004 at 14:02:06 Pacific OS: win 98 se / XP Pro CPU/Ram: 850Athlon / 512
Comment:
Hi Guys,
I have a dual boot system right now with Win98 on the C partition and XP Pro on my F partition. I want to get rid of Win98 and put XP on my C drive and format my F drive after the installation. I suspect I'll get a dual boot option with 2 XP installations on it. That's OK , but what's the easiest way to transfer all my stuff from my current XP (F) to the new installation (C)before removing the old XP system on F. TIA.
When all is said and done More is said than done..
Name: jefro Date: July 11, 2004 at 14:14:03 Pacific
Reply:
I think the official version would be to do a ntbackup of everything. Personally I prefer a total clean install. Gets rid of the cruft.
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Response Number 2
Name: zeb001 Date: July 11, 2004 at 14:23:41 Pacific
Reply:
if it was me,I would install windows xp over windows 98 (over writing it) then once this is done boot up in c drive and then just copy and paste everything (I WANTED) off of f drive, than go to my compter on c drive and right click on f drive and tell it to format it.keep in mind when you install windows xp over 98 you may not have a dual boot anymore.
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Response Number 3
Name: grasshopper Date: July 11, 2004 at 15:27:16 Pacific
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Hey Jefro And Zeb. Thanx for your input.
When all is said and done More is said than done..
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