I think the owner of this PC has installed XP again on a second partition.
There is 2 18GB partitions on a 40GB hard drive. XP boot is FAT32 on the end
partition and XP is NTFS is on the 1st partition. Magicjellybean product key
finder tells me there is only one product key. There is a large Windows
folder in each partition and lots of applications which is why I think the
WIndows folder is so large.
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Assuming you have the winxp cd or recovery disk & key, copy all data to
external, clean install winxp, by deleting all partitions in the
installation process

"umwhat" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:A8B155DC-683F-471D-8D5B-(E-Mail Removed)...
>I think the owner of this PC has installed XP again on a second partition.
> There is 2 18GB partitions on a 40GB hard drive. XP boot is FAT32 on the
> end
> partition and XP is NTFS is on the 1st partition. Magicjellybean product
> key
> finder tells me there is only one product key. There is a large Windows
> folder in each partition and lots of applications which is why I think the
> WIndows folder is so large.
> --
> ...scribble scribble scribble...

Hi DL. A problem with copy all the data is this is not my computer and I am
not sure how to approach that so he has all his aplications on the computer.
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"DL" wrote:

> Assuming you have the winxp cd or recovery disk & key, copy all data to
> external, clean install winxp, by deleting all partitions in the
> installation process
>
> "umwhat" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:A8B155DC-683F-471D-8D5B-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >I think the owner of this PC has installed XP again on a second partition.
> > There is 2 18GB partitions on a 40GB hard drive. XP boot is FAT32 on the
> > end
> > partition and XP is NTFS is on the 1st partition. Magicjellybean product
> > key
> > finder tells me there is only one product key. There is a large Windows
> > folder in each partition and lots of applications which is why I think the
> > WIndows folder is so large.
> > --
> > ...scribble scribble scribble...
>
>
> .
>

Hi, I am considering your advice and will reinstall if I have to but it
seems I may be able to solve the problems before I have to do a reinstall
seeing the things that are slowly coming right and after a little research on
the internet.
The computer is not letting me remove the page file which is giving me a
very good reason to do the clean install. WHat holds me back from do a clean
install is this is a NEC Packard Bell computer and I just now discovered the
restore partition may be intact and I may be able to run an F11 restore which
I will attempt after the umpteenth defragment utility process finishes.
fun


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"umwhat" wrote:

> Hi DL. A problem with copy all the data is this is not my computer and I am
> not sure how to approach that so he has all his aplications on the computer.
> --
> ...scribble scribble scribble...
>
>
> "DL" wrote:
>
> > Assuming you have the winxp cd or recovery disk & key, copy all data to
> > external, clean install winxp, by deleting all partitions in the
> > installation process
> >
> > "umwhat" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:A8B155DC-683F-471D-8D5B-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > >I think the owner of this PC has installed XP again on a second partition.
> > > There is 2 18GB partitions on a 40GB hard drive. XP boot is FAT32 on the
> > > end
> > > partition and XP is NTFS is on the 1st partition. Magicjellybean product
> > > key
> > > finder tells me there is only one product key. There is a large Windows
> > > folder in each partition and lots of applications which is why I think the
> > > WIndows folder is so large.
> > > --
> > > ...scribble scribble scribble...
> >
> >
> > .
> >

Go to run,type: diskmgmt.msc In msc,L.click on any hd or partition,go to
actions,all,select properties & get the info on it.Or,go to run,type: cmd
In cmd type: DiskPart In DiskPart type: list disk type: list drives
type:HELP
for all cmds.Also,since most or all drives are probably in use,you wont be
able to delete anything in windows explorer,boot to xp cd,press r at menu,
(recovery console),select 1 for C: press enter for password,type: DiskPart
In DiskPart you can now delete any or all,press ESC to quit,type: EXIT to
leave
recovery.

"umwhat" wrote:

> I think the owner of this PC has installed XP again on a second partition.
> There is 2 18GB partitions on a 40GB hard drive. XP boot is FAT32 on the end
> partition and XP is NTFS is on the 1st partition. Magicjellybean product key
> finder tells me there is only one product key. There is a large Windows
> folder in each partition and lots of applications which is why I think the
> WIndows folder is so large.
> --
> ...scribble scribble scribble...

You wouldnt want to remove any page file

"umwhat" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:5831285E-7896-4D82-A967-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi, I am considering your advice and will reinstall if I have to but it
> seems I may be able to solve the problems before I have to do a reinstall
> seeing the things that are slowly coming right and after a little research
> on
> the internet.
> The computer is not letting me remove the page file which is giving me a
> very good reason to do the clean install. WHat holds me back from do a
> clean
> install is this is a NEC Packard Bell computer and I just now discovered
> the
> restore partition may be intact and I may be able to run an F11 restore
> which
> I will attempt after the umpteenth defragment utility process finishes.
> fun
>
>
> --
> ...scribble scribble scribble...
>
>
> "umwhat" wrote:
>
>> Hi DL. A problem with copy all the data is this is not my computer and I
>> am
>> not sure how to approach that so he has all his aplications on the
>> computer.
>> --
>> ...scribble scribble scribble...
>>
>>
>> "DL" wrote:
>>
>> > Assuming you have the winxp cd or recovery disk & key, copy all data to
>> > external, clean install winxp, by deleting all partitions in the
>> > installation process
>> >
>> > "umwhat" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> > news:A8B155DC-683F-471D-8D5B-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> > >I think the owner of this PC has installed XP again on a second
>> > >partition.
>> > > There is 2 18GB partitions on a 40GB hard drive. XP boot is FAT32 on
>> > > the
>> > > end
>> > > partition and XP is NTFS is on the 1st partition. Magicjellybean
>> > > product
>> > > key
>> > > finder tells me there is only one product key. There is a large
>> > > Windows
>> > > folder in each partition and lots of applications which is why I
>> > > think the
>> > > WIndows folder is so large.
>> > > --
>> > > ...scribble scribble scribble...
>> >
>> >
>> > .
>> >

Thank you for the good tips. I reformatted the hard drives and did a clean
install of XP.
Sorry for the late replies, I do not receive the notifications. Maybe I
tricked myself.

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"Andrew E." wrote:

> Go to run,type: diskmgmt.msc In msc,L.click on any hd or partition,go to
> actions,all,select properties & get the info on it.Or,go to run,type: cmd
> In cmd type: DiskPart In DiskPart type: list disk type: list drives
> type:HELP
> for all cmds.Also,since most or all drives are probably in use,you wont be
> able to delete anything in windows explorer,boot to xp cd,press r at menu,
> (recovery console),select 1 for C: press enter for password,type: DiskPart
> In DiskPart you can now delete any or all,press ESC to quit,type: EXIT to
> leave
> recovery.
>
> "umwhat" wrote:
>
> > I think the owner of this PC has installed XP again on a second partition.
> > There is 2 18GB partitions on a 40GB hard drive. XP boot is FAT32 on the end
> > partition and XP is NTFS is on the 1st partition. Magicjellybean product key
> > finder tells me there is only one product key. There is a large Windows
> > folder in each partition and lots of applications which is why I think the
> > WIndows folder is so large.
> > --
> > ...scribble scribble scribble...