Deleting old win98 partition

>>>NTLDR and NTDETECT.COM and the BOOT.INI file


These three filse are system file for Win2000 and are needed to boot into WIn200

Listening.

>>>These three filse are system file for Win2000 and are needed to boot into WIn200

And they need to be on C

Editing the boot.ini File
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/ddtools/hh/ddtools/bootini_4elv.asp

To configure the target computer, edit the boot.ini file by adding the appropriate debugger options to notify Microsoft® Windows® to load the kernel debugger.

To edit the boot.ini file in Notepad

Start Windows Explorer. Go to Tools | Folder Options | View. Make sure that Show Hidden Files and Folders is selected, and Hide File Extension for Known File Types is cleared.
Go to the root directory of the boot volume of your computer (on single-boot machines, usually C:\). Right-click on boot.ini. Select Properties, and remove the read-only attribute of this file. Click OK.
Double-click the file icon to start Notepad with boot.ini loaded.
If you are using an MS-DOS® Command Prompt window, use the following commands instead of steps 1, 2, and 3:
c:
cd \
attrib -s -h -r boot.ini
notepad boot.ini

Edit the file. (For a description of the boot.ini syntax, see Contents of the boot.ini File.)
Save the boot.ini file and quit Notepad. (You do not have to restore the original file attributes.)
Shut down the computer and restart Windows.


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Also if you use the following tool and open it up
click on the BOOT.INI tab
click the Check All Boot Paths button it will automaticall remove invalid boot paths

download thiw so you do what I just said bout removing invalid boot pathes.
MSCONFIG for Win 2000
http://www.insideproject.com/showguide.cfm?guideid=31
http://www.insideproject.com/downloads/msconfig2k/msconfig.zip

Whoope your question just put me over the 3,000,000 point over all. :)   :)   :)

I knew this was about to happen. I also knew you were lurking around out there Spencer. Let me be the first to say;
Congratulations!

Hey congratulations Crazyone / Spencer. Got more points for you if u answer this one. I'll delete all the files like you said. After that I want to remove the dual boot screen. Then I want to rename my e: as c: so that I have a system which behaves as if only one OS (Win2k) was installed on c:. Is that possible (without reformatting?)


PS - Also tell me how to give u more points if u answer this one (2nd part only). I'm new here.

ketan_kunde...I believe he already has answered most of your question. Read the info on editing the boot.ini file.

:)

>>>Then I want to rename my e: as c:

This is very problematic. To save time and hassel leave it as it is other wise lots of wokr involved to accoplish this. however it this is what you wnat ot do then please post a seperate question so other epxert can get involed an the my be able to answer the quistion bettet than I can. :)

Umm Glenn I think an expert can award up to 1000 points per question. It is my under standing the extra points need to be proved by a mod. I am not looking for the extra points     but     I probably wouldn't tern them down either. Greedy ain't I.

BTW I have a few methods to rearrange your current portions situation. It will require some sweat and time and dedication to get it done. Make suer you really Watt do to this because it can get Tricky and time consuming.

hey dude, i deleted all the files except the 3 u mentioned. everything seems to be running smoothly. however, i cant seem to run msconfig / sysedit etc. i wanted to run sfc too to check my system files. can u help me out on this one?

as regards transferring my OS to another partition, ill post a question soon... ;-)