Not enough room on drive for uninstall files

[Magnum]

I am trying to apply the sp3 pack onto my c: drive.

I am getting this message.

Service Pack 3 setup error

You dont have enuf free space on d: to archive the uninstall files. to install sp3 with backup files for uninstall, an additional 389 mb is required.

D: drive currently has 472 mb free.

Dr. Watson came for a visit this morning when I ran Internet Explorer.

Andy

[Magnum]

I have everything backed up.

Is there a way to get two partitions merged into one without losing my windows installation. ?

I have Easeus Partition Manager.

I hope to avoid  formatting the disk and reinstalling Win 98, my XP Sp2 disk, etc.

Andy

[Magnum]

It looks like d: is my boot drive.

I would like to make c: my boot drive and clean up the mess I made with the unallocated areas.

Andy

[dedndave]

C: is probably the boot partition   :P
that's because the OS always names the boot partition C: when it boots up
the column you are not showing us is - one (and only one) of the partitions is marked as "active"
that's the partition that will be used to boot from

[Magnum]

If you look under status you will see that it shows d: as boot.

When I boot up I get two options to boot into.

I think option one is d: and option 2 is c:

Can you see what the major difficulty is ?

Andy

[boot loader]
timeout=5
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect
;multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect
C:\CMDCONS\BOOTSECT.DAT="Microsoft Windows Recovery Console" /cmdcons

[dedndave]

ahhh

well - you can swap them around so that the first or second partition is first
or - you can temporarily make it a single-boot system

if you want to rename them.....
use the administrator snap-in to rename the non-boot partition to E:
then, boot up on that drive and switch the other name
then, boot up on E: and switch that one

[Magnum]

Before I do any of that, I would like to do some more research and asking more questions.

I think one goal is to get all of the operating "stuff" on one partition.

Then I can either

1. Have a second partition
2. Merge both together to form one partition.

Andy

[Magnum]

Forgot to add the attachment on the last post.

[dedndave]

well - i find it nice to have more than one bootable partition
whether i boot up on the others or not - lol
if my main boot drive has trouble, i can boot on the other

my situation is a little different
i have a number of large drives (fewer and fewer as they crash - lol)
on each one, i create a 4 GB hidden partition to back up my OEM build files
then, i create a bootable partition - usually 60 to 100 GB
then, i create a large data partition
at the end, i usually have a small partition where i put back-up copies of system partition images

in the normal boot partition record, there is space for 4 partitions
i try to use them as "primary" partitions
i am thinking that, for future drives, i may make the large data area a "logical" partition
because those may be used to create additional "extended" partitions

if i have problems, i can go into BIOS at startup, select any drive as the primary, and boot on it

[Magnum]

If I end up having to format my c: drive, I want to make sure that my Windows 98 install disk is intact.

My XP disk is a sp2 disk.

It requires an earlier windows version to be already present on the drive.

Andy

[dedndave]

i would try and get a "normal" xp sp2 image to work with
you should be able to change the WPA key to the one you have
this is completely legal
i can't promise it will work, as i have never tried it

win98 is a very different OS
so, i doubt XP uses any of the files

[dedndave]

i seem to have one
it is XP Pro, with SP2 integrated
607 Mb ISO

[dedndave]

i have a number of images
i got them by torrent
if you google "xp pro sp2 torrent", you will get a number of hits
avoid "OEM", "corporate", "student", or "gold" editions
the gold edition is nice, but i am not sure your WPA key will work with that

[ragdog]

Hi Andy

My XP disk is a sp2 disk.

And why intergrate you not this Sp3 on this CD?

[Magnum]

Windows will not let me.

I even followed the advice of one of Microsoft's Most Valuable Players.

It tells me that there is not enough room on the d: drive for the the backup files.

Drive d: has 105 Mb free.

Andy