Guest John Posted July 16, 2007 Posted July 16, 2007 I have two windows xp operating systems one on C drive and my clean new install on the H drive. I want to remove the one on the C drive, can I just format the C drive. Will some of the progams that I have on the H drive currantly be currupt and not work.
Guest Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM Posted July 16, 2007 Posted July 16, 2007 Re: two windows xp operating systems "John" <John@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:4651427B-08AD-4DB7-AB63-542C924A9934@microsoft.com... >I have two windows xp operating systems one on C drive and my clean new > install on the H drive. I want to remove the one on the C drive, can I > just > format the C drive. Will some of the progams that I have on the H drive > currantly be currupt and not work. No. There is a file on the C: drive telling it to use H:. -- Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM http://www.fjsmjs.com
Guest Gerry Posted July 16, 2007 Posted July 16, 2007 Re: two windows xp operating systems Frank / John There is a file on the C: drive telling it to use H:. -Not if you format C! Installed programmes only work with the copy of the operating system used to install them! This is of course dependent on being able to boot the operating system. -- Hope this helps. Gerry ~~~~ FCA Stourport, England Enquire, plan and execute ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM wrote: > "John" <John@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:4651427B-08AD-4DB7-AB63-542C924A9934@microsoft.com... >> I have two windows xp operating systems one on C drive and my clean >> new install on the H drive. I want to remove the one on the C drive, >> can I just >> format the C drive. Will some of the progams that I have on the H >> drive currantly be currupt and not work. > > No. > There is a file on the C: drive telling it to use H:.
Guest Mike Lowery Posted July 16, 2007 Posted July 16, 2007 Re: two windows xp operating systems "John" <John@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:4651427B-08AD-4DB7-AB63-542C924A9934@microsoft.com... >I have two windows xp operating systems one on C drive and my clean new > install on the H drive. I want to remove the one on the C drive, can I just > format the C drive. Will some of the progams that I have on the H drive > currantly be currupt and not work. You'll be lucky if you can boot any OS if you do that. Your C drive contains a boot sector that starts the system. Remove that and you won't be able to boot at all.
Guest John Posted July 17, 2007 Posted July 17, 2007 Re: two windows xp operating systems Then how do I remove the windows XP from C Drive? "Gerry" wrote: > Frank / John > > There is a file on the C: drive telling it to use H:. -Not if you format > C! > > Installed programmes only work with the copy of the operating system > used to install them! This is of course dependent on being able to boot > the operating system. > > > -- > > > > Hope this helps. > > Gerry > ~~~~ > FCA > Stourport, England > Enquire, plan and execute > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM wrote: > > "John" <John@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > > news:4651427B-08AD-4DB7-AB63-542C924A9934@microsoft.com... > >> I have two windows xp operating systems one on C drive and my clean > >> new install on the H drive. I want to remove the one on the C drive, > >> can I just > >> format the C drive. Will some of the progams that I have on the H > >> drive currantly be currupt and not work. > > > > No. > > There is a file on the C: drive telling it to use H:. > > >
Guest Gerry Posted July 17, 2007 Posted July 17, 2007 Re: two windows xp operating systems The way you should have done it was to install Windows XP with the drive you wished to use in the computer in the master position and the other drive out of the machine. Install all drivers, updates, programmes etc so you have a fully functioning machine and then restore the other drive to the computer. You could then have done whatever you wanted to do with the original drive. What was wrong with the original drive? Why did you install a second copy on a second drive? It would be helpful to know what is on each drive / partition broadly in terms of operating system, programmes and data? Also please confirm whether or not the system is dual booting or not? That is can you choose which version of XP to boot? This information may help. Go to Start, Control Panel, Folder Options, View, Advanced Settings and verify that the box before "Show hidden files and folders" is checked and "Hide protected operating system files " is unchecked. You may need to scroll down to see the second item. You should also make certain that the box before "Hide extensions for known file types" is not checked. Next in Windows Explorer make sure View, Details is selected and then select View, Choose Details and check before Name, Type, Total Size, and Free Space. -- Hope this helps. Gerry ~~~~ FCA Stourport, England Enquire, plan and execute ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ John wrote: > Then how do I remove the windows XP from C Drive? > > "Gerry" wrote: > >> Frank / John >> >> There is a file on the C: drive telling it to use H:. -Not if you >> format C! >> >> Installed programmes only work with the copy of the operating system >> used to install them! This is of course dependent on being able to >> boot the operating system. >> >> >> -- >> >> >> >> Hope this helps. >> >> Gerry >> ~~~~ >> FCA >> Stourport, England >> Enquire, plan and execute >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> >> Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM wrote: >>> "John" <John@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >>> news:4651427B-08AD-4DB7-AB63-542C924A9934@microsoft.com... >>>> I have two windows xp operating systems one on C drive and my clean >>>> new install on the H drive. I want to remove the one on the C >>>> drive, can I just >>>> format the C drive. Will some of the progams that I have on the H >>>> drive currantly be currupt and not work. >>> >>> No. >>> There is a file on the C: drive telling it to use H:.
Guest dobey Posted July 17, 2007 Posted July 17, 2007 Re: two windows xp operating systems "John" <John@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:08EF3B12-3DA8-49CD-948F-C16961BC3AA7@microsoft.com... > Then how do I remove the windows XP from C Drive? > <snip> You just need to delete the Windows directory from the C:\ drive, and edit boot.ini so it only reflects the H: drive installation of XP, otherwise you will still be prompted to choose an OS to load (I assume you are dual booting). Don't delete any of the files in the C: root directory, boot.ini, ntdetect etc.. bassically leave any file you didn't create yourself. You can probably find specific instructions through google.
Guest Jethro Posted July 17, 2007 Posted July 17, 2007 Re: Re: two windows xp operating systems Re: Re: two windows xp operating systems On Tue, 17 Jul 2007 16:14:55 +0800, "dobey" <a@v.nox> wrote: > >"John" <John@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >news:08EF3B12-3DA8-49CD-948F-C16961BC3AA7@microsoft.com... >> Then how do I remove the windows XP from C Drive? ME is in my C partition - while XP is in my D partition. I don't want to remove XP at all. Just ME. Jethro >> ><snip> > >You just need to delete the Windows directory from the C:\ drive, and edit >boot.ini so it only reflects the H: drive installation of XP, otherwise you >will still be prompted to choose an OS to load (I assume you are dual >booting). > >Don't delete any of the files in the C: root directory, boot.ini, ntdetect >etc.. bassically leave any file you didn't create yourself. > >You can probably find specific instructions through google. >
Guest Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM Posted July 17, 2007 Posted July 17, 2007 Re: Re: two windows xp operating systems Re: Re: two windows xp operating systems "Jethro" <Wilson@somewhere.org> wrote in message news:s54p93hmuudbbm12j0her2j43884923ef4@4ax.com... > On Tue, 17 Jul 2007 16:14:55 +0800, "dobey" <a@v.nox> wrote: > >> Same thing dobey said. The Windows folder you remove on C: is the WinMe folder (I would just rename it for a while). Then, in WinXP do Start | Run | msconfig and on the Boot tab tell it to check boot paths. -- Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM http://www.fjsmjs.com >>"John" <John@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >>news:08EF3B12-3DA8-49CD-948F-C16961BC3AA7@microsoft.com... >>> Then how do I remove the windows XP from C Drive? > > ME is in my C partition - while XP is in my D partition. I don't want > to remove XP at all. Just ME. >> >>You just need to delete the Windows directory from the C:\ drive, and edit >>boot.ini so it only reflects the H: drive installation of XP, otherwise >>you >>will still be prompted to choose an OS to load (I assume you are dual >>booting). >> >>Don't delete any of the files in the C: root directory, boot.ini, ntdetect >>etc.. bassically leave any file you didn't create yourself. >> >>You can probably find specific instructions through google.
Guest dobey Posted July 17, 2007 Posted July 17, 2007 Re: Re: two windows xp operating systems Re: Re: two windows xp operating systems "Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM" <franksaunders@mvps.org> wrote in message news:%23oKu%23sFyHHA.1164@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > "Jethro" <Wilson@somewhere.org> wrote in message > news:s54p93hmuudbbm12j0her2j43884923ef4@4ax.com... >> On Tue, 17 Jul 2007 16:14:55 +0800, "dobey" <a@v.nox> wrote: >> >>> > > Same thing dobey said. The Windows folder you remove on C: is the WinMe > folder (I would just rename it for a while). > > Then, in WinXP do Start | Run | msconfig and on the Boot tab tell it to > check boot paths. > <snip> Correct me if I am wrong but where XP is installed to a partition other than C:, doesn't the Master Boot Record still reside on C: ? Which is why it is a bad idea to format C: in this case.
Guest Gerry Posted July 17, 2007 Posted July 17, 2007 Re: Re: two windows xp operating systems Re: Re: two windows xp operating systems Dobey / Frank Are you absolutely clear what John has done and his reasons for creating a second copy of the operating system? John so far has not made himself clear and we need more information before we suggest how best to rectify the situation! -- Regards. Gerry ~~~~ FCA Stourport, England Enquire, plan and execute ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ dobey wrote: > "Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM" <franksaunders@mvps.org> wrote in > message news:%23oKu%23sFyHHA.1164@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... >> "Jethro" <Wilson@somewhere.org> wrote in message >> news:s54p93hmuudbbm12j0her2j43884923ef4@4ax.com... >>> On Tue, 17 Jul 2007 16:14:55 +0800, "dobey" <a@v.nox> wrote: >>> >>>> >> >> Same thing dobey said. The Windows folder you remove on C: is the >> WinMe folder (I would just rename it for a while). >> >> Then, in WinXP do Start | Run | msconfig and on the Boot tab tell it >> to check boot paths. >> > <snip> > > Correct me if I am wrong but where XP is installed to a partition > other than C:, doesn't the Master Boot Record still reside on C: ? > > Which is why it is a bad idea to format C: in this case.
Guest Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM Posted July 17, 2007 Posted July 17, 2007 Re: Re: two windows xp operating systems Re: Re: two windows xp operating systems "Gerry" <gerry@nospam.com> wrote in message news:%2367ysHJyHHA.5024@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > Dobey / Frank > > Are you absolutely clear what John has done and his reasons for creating a > second copy of the operating system? John so far has not made himself > clear and we need more information before we suggest how best to rectify > the situation! My understanding: He has WinMe of C: and WinXP on H: and wants to get rid of WinMe and boot directly to WinXP In that case deleting or renaming the Windows folder on C: and having msconfig correct boot.ini should do that. He must not format C: I would rename c:\Windows because it may contain data he wants as far as I remember Win9x/ME. -- Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM http://www.fjsmjs.com
Guest Gerry Posted July 17, 2007 Posted July 17, 2007 Re: Re: two windows xp operating systems Re: Re: two windows xp operating systems Frank Where did you get that from? The first sentence in his first post "I have two windows xp operating systems one on C drive and my clean new install on the H drive." -- Regards. Gerry ~~~~ FCA Stourport, England Enquire, plan and execute ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM wrote: > "Gerry" <gerry@nospam.com> wrote in message > news:%2367ysHJyHHA.5024@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... >> Dobey / Frank >> >> Are you absolutely clear what John has done and his reasons for >> creating a second copy of the operating system? John so far has not >> made himself clear and we need more information before we suggest >> how best to rectify the situation! > > My understanding: > He has WinMe of C: and WinXP on H: and wants to get rid of WinMe and > boot directly to WinXP > > In that case deleting or renaming the Windows folder on C: and having > msconfig correct boot.ini should do that. He must not format C: > > I would rename c:\Windows because it may contain data he wants as far > as I remember Win9x/ME.
Guest Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM Posted July 22, 2007 Posted July 22, 2007 Re: Re: two windows xp operating systems Re: Re: two windows xp operating systems "Gerry" <gerry@nospam.com> wrote in message news:%23cCsd6LyHHA.1776@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... > Frank > > Where did you get that from? By mixing up John and Jethro. -- Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM Do not send mail.
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