And if the boot files happen to be on that partition? Bad idea.
Sounds like a dual boot instead of an upgrade to an existing system. There's
an easier (and safer) way without using a third party tool:
Boot WinXP.
Open Windows Explorer, delete the Win98 system folders from the volume they
are on.
Reboot to WinXP (recommended but not always necessary)
Start/run msconfig, go to the boot.ini tab, click on "check all boot paths".
It will offer to remove the Win98 line which is no longer valid.
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Best of Luck,
Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
Windows help -
www.rickrogers.org