i upgraded my computer to windows xp.but i think 98 is still around on my computer how do i get it off?

Question

my computer is running very slow.i also have fat files that are so full it says theres no room to defraganate them and i have ntf file that has almost nothing on it .can you help thankyou.

Answer 1

If you did the upgrade from within windows, you should be able to go to the add/remove programs applet in the control panel and uninstall the Windows 98 operating system. This should allow you to free up some space, but I dont think this is the main issue with the computer being slow The best way to do an upgrade is to start from Scratch with a newly formatted hard drive, However this could be an issue if you dont have your original Windows 98 installation media, in case the Windows XP disk you are using needs to see it in order to install the upgrade for you.

I think that the main problem with the pc running slow will more than likely be that the pc needs to be cleaned up and things removed/uninstalled.
My suggestion is to back up everything you have on the computer that you need, documents, spreadsheets,email, contacts, anything that you use, and format and reload the pc from scratch. You should be able to do this without too much diffuculty. The concern with doing this would be to get all of your applications that you use reinstalled, so you would need to find all of them first, and install what you need, AFTER you have reinstalled windows and applied all the service packs.

The issue you currently have is not only is the file space being taken up, but if you have upgraded from Windows 98 then you have a lot of registry issues as well, and if the registry gets a lot of junk in it, then the pc will be slow to start up and have other problems. Also how much memory (RAM) is in the computer, and what processor and speed does the computer have? If you dont have enough RAM, then XP is going to be swapping a lot of programs from RAM to the virtual RAM (swap file) on the hard drive. And this will slow the computer down as well. And the issue with files that you can not defrag is probably also due to the hard drive being full. The time and effort on making this computer run XP smothly, might not be worth it. You might end up getting frustrated and want to purchase a newer PC as well.\

Below is the list of steps I follow when I upgrade a Microsoft OS for a customer.

1. Backup all important data to at least 2 places off of the computer (ie: network drive, cdrom, thumb drive, external hard drive)

2. Verify data is copied complete and successfully.

3. Locate all installation media for applications that are used.

4. Determine what needs to be done for applications media that is not located.

5 FORMAT hard drive in computer.

6. Install Windows OS on the newly formated drive.

7. Apply all service packs and critical updates.

8. Install applications.

9. Setup printers.

10. Copy all data backed up in step number 1 to computer.

11. Test applications to verify data is there.

Answer 2

XP takes up more space. U might want to check how big your drive is and how big your memory is. Also, do a virus scan. Also shut off the restore feature and reboot and then turn the restore feature back on. This will clear all the old restore points which will save memory. Set internet options to delete temporary files when you close the browser. Do u have a firewall? U should. My guess is that u need more memory. First delete any programs u do not need. If u did an upgrade u may need some of the oldd 98 files. If u did a complete install instead of an upgrade u can delete 98 unless 98 is required for some of your other programs that will not run on xp. Good luck.

Answer 3

toniann m darling how did you INSTALL XP? was it clean INSTALL or not. If you INSTALLED booting from CD and left the FAT(32) then you still might have some file left.

When you INSTALL windows you must use XP clean INSTALL. Meaning you have to format the drive so there wont be any file left on drive. Now reason for this is if you dont format your drive and just INSTALL it then windows only delete sector 0000 where it hide file FAT323 (FILE ALLOCATION TABLE). Therefore other file that you have are still on your drive but you cannot ACCESS IT OR DELETE IT. Now why you cannot delete it is FAT has no INFO left for it to search. so your file is not deleted

Answer 4

Try to format drive C: and D:.
Then install Microsoft Windows XP Pro from your boot CD.
with this way there will not be windows 98 on your computer.
Regards,
Tom Clark

Answer 5

umm, you better buzz me. on im.

if xp has installed seperatly and 98 is still there.
then u check or edit the boot.ini file so xp boots 1st.
then just delete 98 or format the partition 98 is on.

if its allready booting to xp then your safe
no need to go silly as others has suggested.

Answer 6

I guess you are getting a multi boot option which makes you think that 98 is still around. Run bootcfg /rebuild from command prompt. This should solve the problem

Answer 7

un-install any un -necessary programs and delete files you don't need ccleaner works good or if you want just a disk cleanup will do then convert your HD to NTFS and that should help free up some space.

Answer 8

I think your upgrading process was not succesfull.
No choice. Backup your data, format your hard disk, clean install win XP.

Answer 9

you need to format it again because from your problem still not complete clean the window 98 so need to work hard little bit.

Answer 10

you cant have two programs running xp wont allow that to happen when it is installed
it tells you that you have a program in and would tell you to format the drive