Deleting Operating system

[MH Wessel]

Some how I have Win 2000 installed twice. I would like to
delete one of the operating system so I only have my
original one. When I boot up it asks me to choose the
operating I want to boot up. I want to get rid of the
reference to the second boot choice. They are both listed
as 2000 Professional. It appears one is on the C drive
and the other on the D drive. The one on the D drive is
the one I want to delete, and keep the other. Where would
the hidden files that are used when you boot, I suspect
they are on the C drive. How do I know which of the
hidden files are the ones associated with the D drive when
it boots the operating system for the one I want to delete

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Some how I have Win 2000 installed twice. I would like to
delete one of the operating system so I only have my
original one. When I boot up it asks me to choose the
operating I want to boot up. I want to get rid of the
reference to the second boot choice. They are both listed
as 2000 Professional. It appears one is on the C drive
and the other on the D drive. The one on the D drive is
the one I want to delete, and keep the other. Where would
the hidden files that are used when you boot, I suspect
they are on the C drive. How do I know which of the
hidden files are the ones associated with the D drive when
it boots the operating system for the one I want to delete

- Boot your machine into the version of Win2000 that you
wish to keep.
- Start a Command Prompt
- Run this command:
echo %SystemRoot%
- Make a note of the screen output. This is your current
Win2000 folder. You must keep it.
- Using "My Computer", identify the other folder where
Win2000 is installed. It could be D:\WinNT.
- Rename it to "WinNT.old" (for example)
- If all is well, delete it after a week.
- Unhide & edit the file c:\boot.ini
- Delete the lines that refer to the extra Windows folder.