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    Triple boot dilema

    I have a system (my main one in fact) and I have a three OS triple boot with win ME, Win 2k pro and XP RC2. I want to get rid of WinME. It resides on the first active partition of the disk. If I delete WinME, will I then wipe out my boot.ini file and no longer have the option to boot into XP and 2k? I'm just making sure but I think it will delete boot.ini, but an fdisk /mbr will restore the boot record.
    All help is appreciated.

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    This is where partition magic comes in handy as it lets you delete partitions and reclaim space to distribute elsewhere without messing up your dual boot plus it also has a boot menu as well if you want to use it. I would try the latest version so it can handle XP.
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    I don't think deleting your WinMe partition will have an effect on the mbr.

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    I will let you know when I try it tonight.
    Thanks for the info

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    If you simply delete everything from C: that's related to winme, everything should work as before and you could use the now nearly-empty C: drive for swap file, storage, installing programs, etc.

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