Windows 2000 How do I remove the dual boot option?

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I have an old Win98 machine that is being donated to some kids. I wiped the
drive and put a fresh install of Win98 from the original CD. I then
upgraded it to Windows 2000 with the upgrade CD we bought a few years later.
However when I upgraded I had the choice of totally removing W98 or adding
Win2K to Win98. I chose total removal of Win98, and convert to NTFS file
system.
Now when I boot it asks me whether I want to use Microsoft Windows 2000 or
Microsoft Windows.
I didn't want this to be a dual boot machine. There is a Windows folder and
a WINNT folder. How do I remove Windows98 completely (very small hard
drive) and remove the dual boot option at the beginning so it only knows
Windows 2000?
 
"M Skabialka" <mskabialka@NOSPAMdrc.com> wrote in message
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>I have an old Win98 machine that is being donated to some kids. I wiped
>the drive and put a fresh install of Win98 from the original CD. I then
>upgraded it to Windows 2000 with the upgrade CD we bought a few years
>later. However when I upgraded I had the choice of totally removing W98 or
>adding Win2K to Win98. I chose total removal of Win98, and convert to NTFS
>file system.
> Now when I boot it asks me whether I want to use Microsoft Windows 2000 or
> Microsoft Windows.
> I didn't want this to be a dual boot machine. There is a Windows folder
> and a WINNT folder. How do I remove Windows98 completely (very small hard
> drive) and remove the dual boot option at the beginning so it only knows
> Windows 2000?

I typed this into a Google search window:

how to remove Windows 98

and I got several excellent hits, with this one almost at the top:
"How to Remove Windows 98 When It Is Part of a Dual Boot with .."
 
Delete C:\Windows and edit boot.ini - that was easy - thanks!

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> "M Skabialka" <mskabialka@NOSPAMdrc.com> wrote in message
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>>I have an old Win98 machine that is being donated to some kids. I wiped
>>the drive and put a fresh install of Win98 from the original CD. I then
>>upgraded it to Windows 2000 with the upgrade CD we bought a few years
>>later. However when I upgraded I had the choice of totally removing W98 or
>>adding Win2K to Win98. I chose total removal of Win98, and convert to NTFS
>>file system.
>> Now when I boot it asks me whether I want to use Microsoft Windows 2000
>> or Microsoft Windows.
>> I didn't want this to be a dual boot machine. There is a Windows folder
>> and a WINNT folder. How do I remove Windows98 completely (very small
>> hard drive) and remove the dual boot option at the beginning so it only
>> knows Windows 2000?
>
> I typed this into a Google search window:
>
> how to remove Windows 98
>
> and I got several excellent hits, with this one almost at the top:
> "How to Remove Windows 98 When It Is Part of a Dual Boot with .."
>
 
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