dual boot/unallocated partition

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Here's the deal. I installed an extra 15GB hd on my HP
Pavilion which had 10. I then put XP on the new hd and
partitioned it (I don't know why!) After realizing how
much space the extra OS was taking up, for no good
reason, I deleted the extra partition (drive E). Since
then the space from E remains unallocated. How do I give
it back to D:? Also in my ramblings I had to reinstall
Win98 (on my old drive) and lost my dual boot choice.
Now to go to Win 98 I have to go into BIOS and change my
hard drive boot sequence. Any idea how to give me back
dualboot choice? Have you heard the old saying "A little
knowledge can be a dangerous thing". How true it is!
Thanks for any help.
 
Since XP was the last OS you installed, it clears out the dual-boot mode.
You will need to add a Windows 98 boot option to XP boot manager, I do not
know how to do this.

However, I know how to give back the unused space. You will need Partition
Magic from Powerquest. This utility allows you to re-size and move
partitions without reformatting the driver.

Y.
 
Here's the deal. I installed an extra 15GB hd on my HP
Pavilion which had 10. I then put XP on the new hd and
partitioned it (I don't know why!)
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I like having the extra OS that I can boot to if my first OS gets all messed up.
After realizing how
much space the extra OS was taking up, for no good
reason, I deleted the extra partition (drive E).
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Why not just format it?
Since
then the space from E remains unallocated. How do I give
it back to D:? Also in my ramblings I had to reinstall
Win98 (on my old drive) and lost my dual boot choice.
Now to go to Win 98 I have to go into BIOS and change my
hard drive boot sequence. Any idea how to give me back
dualboot choice? Have you heard the old saying "A little
knowledge can be a dangerous thing". How true it is!
Thanks for any help.
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You have a couple of choices.
1 Create E: again, format it, and put applications there.
2 Expand the size of D:.
a The easiest way to do this is by buying Partition Magic
http://www.powerquest.com/partitionmagic/
b The hard way is to back up D:, delete it, recreate it big, and restore.
 
Since XP was the last OS you installed, it clears out the dual-boot mode.
You will need to add a Windows 98 boot option to XP boot manager, I do not
know how to do this.
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Then why do I have a computer with Windows XP in two different partitions?
 
Howard Brazee said:
Then why do I have a computer with Windows XP in two different partitions?
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Maybe he has apps that don't play well together, so he puts them
in two groups that *do* play well together.

*TimDaniels*
 
I see your point about the extra OS. It just seemed a
waste to have two XPs and 98 as well. I am reluctant to
spend money for Partition Magic but considering how many
hours I have killed fixing my mistakes on this thing, it
may be my best choice. Thanks for the advice, all.
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Maybe he has apps that don't play well together, so he puts them
in two groups that *do* play well together.
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I guess my question isn't clear. If it is impossible to have two Windows XP
boot partitions, why is my computer set up impossibly?
 
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