Yes, it worked! One 18GB partition, and a machine that now works. My next question is ... how do I stop XP dialling my ISDN connection every 5 minutes? Anyway, I will search the forums and find out.
Thank you for your help.
Mike
I am in the UK, and was fast asleep while you guys here discussing my problem ... that's what I call an efficient service!
I think the mistake I made was not booting from the upgrade disk. I am going to try that.
My understanding is that before I get to the 'delete partition' bit the...
Thank you for your help ...
I re-installed XP, and found that:
1. my data is mostly still there (I wanted a completely fresh start)
2. all the programs are uninstalled (good!)
3. the second partition is gone.
I want to try again with a completely clean disk. I have two questions:
1. How do I...
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I am in the middle of upgrading to Windows XP Home for the second time after a dody upgrade to Win 98 that left my machine unstable. I chose to do a clean install having read the forums. My hard drive had 2 partitions, both FAT. I chose to delete the second partition during install, because I...
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