Microsoft MS DOS/95/98/me: Upgrade from Win 98SE to Win XP PRO

  • ljsnyder / 210 / Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:44:00 GMT / Comments (3)

  • I am currently running Windows 98SE on a Chaintech Motherboard with a 900MHZ processor and 128 MB RAM. I have three hard drives: C is 2 GB and D/E is a partitioned 8 GB drive. I want to upgrade to Win XP PRO but drive C does not have the required 1.5 GB space to install. Windows 98SE is intstalled on drive C.

    Is there any way to do this upgrade without losing all my information? A way to install WIN XP PRO to Drive D or E? I am desperate. My husband just spent $100+ to upgrade my motherboard, processor, and memory and as of right now it was all for nothing since the entire idea was to be able to run XP. HELP!!!!!!!
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    1. 3rd party software will let you- Partition Magic 7.0, but it will cost you around $70- have seen it recently with rebate for $30 off.that was at a store, possibly Staples....you can resize partitions, merge them, at will with that. You can also create an image of a partition and reinstall that to a bigger partition or new drive... many options with it. Another program available called Parition Commander. Probably more around...use Search engine...there are some freebie ones, but they are a bit complex...one is called Ranish something...works tho. Hope this helps.

      byteman | Thurs, 28 Feb 2008 12:59:31 GMT |

    2. Couldn't you copy the contents of your present C: to D: or E: and then format C: so it would have enough room for the upgrade?

      John

      bassetman | Thurs, 28 Feb 2008 13:00:33 GMT |

    3. You could also try a program like Norton Ghost or so and copy the contents of the 1.5GB to the 8 GB HDD and then do the upgrade on the 8 GB HDD. There are other free programs too which can be used for creating an image of a partition and then writing it onto another partition. One such is XXCopy.

      XXCopy

      Hope this helps...

      pvc9 | Thurs, 28 Feb 2008 13:01:32 GMT |