How to uninstall windows2000server including registry entries

G

Guest

Hi,
I have dual bootable system, C: drive has win98 and D: drive has windows
2000 server.I don't want to disturb C: drive. What is the best way to
uninstall windows 2000 server from D: drive including registry entries and
from boot file of win2000server.Don't tell me format that drive, anything
other than this.If suppose if I try t o format that drive(ie d: drive) will
it remove from registry and bootable file, what ever was written at the time
of installation..

And another question is, if I have saved anything (example document or
image or vedio or internet download application/object)in d:drive which has
win2000server, then how do I make sure that what ever I have saved or
downloaded should be deleted completely so that if some one tries to recover
it also it shouldn't be recovered.

Thanks
Ram
 
B

Bruce Sanderson

If you really want everything on the d drive to disappear, then the easiest
way is to format it.

The boot menu information is not stored in any "registry", it is in the
c:\boot.ini file. You can edit this file using Notepad. However, before
doing so, I recommend you make a boot floppy and test that it works:

1. start Windows 2000 Server
2. put a floppy disk into the floppy drive
3. in Windows Explorer, right click on the floppy drive and select Format
4. DO NOT select "Create an MS-DOS startup disk"
5. click Start
6. when the format is finished, copy these files from c:\
ntldr
ntdetect.com
boot.ini
7. boot the system from the boot floppy to make sure it works (you may have
to enable the boot from floppy in your system's BIOS)


Make sure you can start both Windows 98 and Windows 2000 Server when booting
from the boot floppy.

Actually removing the boot manager installed along with Windows 2000 Server
is tricky and I suggest, unnecessary. The Windows 2000 Server installation
process writes stuff into the Master Boot Record on the disk and the
Partition Boot Record for the C partition. Replacing this with Windows 98
equivalent is tricky and not worth the effort in my opinion.

Instead, just edit the c:\boot.ini file as suggested below. DO NOT DELETE
ntldr, ntdetect.com or boot.ini - doing so will prevent your system from
booting at all. In Notepad, the boot.ini content will look something like
this:

[boot loader]
timeout=10
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Windows 2000 Server"
/fastdetect
C:\WINDWS

The "default=" line specifies which OS to start by default.

If it is as shown above, the default is to start Windows 2000 Server. To
get Win98 to start by default, replace the text after the "default=" with
the text from the last line (e.g. C:\WINDWS). If you don't want to use
Windows 2000 Server any more, you can delete its line below the [operating
systems] line. If there is only one choice in the [operating systems]
section, you won't see the boot menu and the OS will start automatically.

If, after you make this change, your system won't boot from the hard disk
and start Windows 98, boot from the floppy (which you tested earlier!) and
restore the boot.ini file from the floppy to c:\.

If the d drive is formated FAT or FAT32 and you have some files on the d
drive you want to keep, then you have two choices:
1. copy them somewhere else (e.g. c drive, CD or DVD) then format the d
drive
2. boot from Win98, then on the d drive, delete:
a. the Windows (or Winnt) folder
b. the Program Files folder
c. the Documents and settings folder
This will effectively remove the operating system from the d drive.

If the d drive is formatted NTFS, then either just ignore it, or format it.
You can't access files in an NTFS partition from Windows 98.

--
Bruce Sanderson MVP Printing
http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders

It is perfectly useless to know the right answer to the wrong question.
 
G

Guest

Hi,
Thanks a lot for the solution given to me. I hope you will give
solution to my second Question.

And another question is, if I have saved anything (example document or
image or vedio or internet download application/object)in d:drive which
has
win2000server, then how do I make sure that what ever I have saved or
downloaded should be deleted completely so that if some one tries to
recover
it also it shouldn't be recovered.

Thanks
Ram
Click to expand...



Bruce Sanderson said:
If you really want everything on the d drive to disappear, then the easiest
way is to format it.

The boot menu information is not stored in any "registry", it is in the
c:\boot.ini file. You can edit this file using Notepad. However, before
doing so, I recommend you make a boot floppy and test that it works:

1. start Windows 2000 Server
2. put a floppy disk into the floppy drive
3. in Windows Explorer, right click on the floppy drive and select Format
4. DO NOT select "Create an MS-DOS startup disk"
5. click Start
6. when the format is finished, copy these files from c:\
ntldr
ntdetect.com
boot.ini
7. boot the system from the boot floppy to make sure it works (you may have
to enable the boot from floppy in your system's BIOS)


Make sure you can start both Windows 98 and Windows 2000 Server when booting
from the boot floppy.

Actually removing the boot manager installed along with Windows 2000 Server
is tricky and I suggest, unnecessary. The Windows 2000 Server installation
process writes stuff into the Master Boot Record on the disk and the
Partition Boot Record for the C partition. Replacing this with Windows 98
equivalent is tricky and not worth the effort in my opinion.

Instead, just edit the c:\boot.ini file as suggested below. DO NOT DELETE
ntldr, ntdetect.com or boot.ini - doing so will prevent your system from
booting at all. In Notepad, the boot.ini content will look something like
this:

[boot loader]
timeout=10
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Windows 2000 Server"
/fastdetect
C:\WINDWS

The "default=" line specifies which OS to start by default.

If it is as shown above, the default is to start Windows 2000 Server. To
get Win98 to start by default, replace the text after the "default=" with
the text from the last line (e.g. C:\WINDWS). If you don't want to use
Windows 2000 Server any more, you can delete its line below the [operating
systems] line. If there is only one choice in the [operating systems]
section, you won't see the boot menu and the OS will start automatically.

If, after you make this change, your system won't boot from the hard disk
and start Windows 98, boot from the floppy (which you tested earlier!) and
restore the boot.ini file from the floppy to c:\.

If the d drive is formated FAT or FAT32 and you have some files on the d
drive you want to keep, then you have two choices:
1. copy them somewhere else (e.g. c drive, CD or DVD) then format the d
drive
2. boot from Win98, then on the d drive, delete:
a. the Windows (or Winnt) folder
b. the Program Files folder
c. the Documents and settings folder
This will effectively remove the operating system from the d drive.

If the d drive is formatted NTFS, then either just ignore it, or format it.
You can't access files in an NTFS partition from Windows 98.

--
Bruce Sanderson MVP Printing
http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders

It is perfectly useless to know the right answer to the wrong question.



Ram said:
Hi,
I have dual bootable system, C: drive has win98 and D: drive has windows
2000 server.I don't want to disturb C: drive. What is the best way to
uninstall windows 2000 server from D: drive including registry entries and
from boot file of win2000server.Don't tell me format that drive, anything
other than this.If suppose if I try t o format that drive(ie d: drive)
will
it remove from registry and bootable file, what ever was written at the
time
of installation..

And another question is, if I have saved anything (example document or
image or vedio or internet download application/object)in d:drive which
has
win2000server, then how do I make sure that what ever I have saved or
downloaded should be deleted completely so that if some one tries to
recover
it also it shouldn't be recovered.

Thanks
Ram
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B

Bruce Sanderson

Well, Ram, I'm not sure I understand the question.

Is it that you have data files on the d drive you want to preserve?

or

Is it that you want everything on the d drive to disappear (so it can't be
recovered)?

Please try to explain your question more clearly.

--
Bruce Sanderson MVP Printing
http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders

It is perfectly useless to know the right answer to the wrong question.



Ram said:
Hi,
Thanks a lot for the solution given to me. I hope you will give
solution to my second Question.

And another question is, if I have saved anything (example document or
image or vedio or internet download application/object)in d:drive which
has
win2000server, then how do I make sure that what ever I have saved or
downloaded should be deleted completely so that if some one tries to
recover
it also it shouldn't be recovered.

Thanks
Ram
Click to expand...



Bruce Sanderson said:
If you really want everything on the d drive to disappear, then the
easiest
way is to format it.

The boot menu information is not stored in any "registry", it is in the
c:\boot.ini file. You can edit this file using Notepad. However, before
doing so, I recommend you make a boot floppy and test that it works:

1. start Windows 2000 Server
2. put a floppy disk into the floppy drive
3. in Windows Explorer, right click on the floppy drive and select Format
4. DO NOT select "Create an MS-DOS startup disk"
5. click Start
6. when the format is finished, copy these files from c:\
ntldr
ntdetect.com
boot.ini
7. boot the system from the boot floppy to make sure it works (you may
have
to enable the boot from floppy in your system's BIOS)


Make sure you can start both Windows 98 and Windows 2000 Server when
booting
from the boot floppy.

Actually removing the boot manager installed along with Windows 2000
Server
is tricky and I suggest, unnecessary. The Windows 2000 Server
installation
process writes stuff into the Master Boot Record on the disk and the
Partition Boot Record for the C partition. Replacing this with Windows
98
equivalent is tricky and not worth the effort in my opinion.

Instead, just edit the c:\boot.ini file as suggested below. DO NOT
DELETE
ntldr, ntdetect.com or boot.ini - doing so will prevent your system from
booting at all. In Notepad, the boot.ini content will look something
like
this:

[boot loader]
timeout=10
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Windows 2000 Server"
/fastdetect
C:\WINDWS

The "default=" line specifies which OS to start by default.

If it is as shown above, the default is to start Windows 2000 Server. To
get Win98 to start by default, replace the text after the "default=" with
the text from the last line (e.g. C:\WINDWS). If you don't want to use
Windows 2000 Server any more, you can delete its line below the
[operating
systems] line. If there is only one choice in the [operating systems]
section, you won't see the boot menu and the OS will start automatically.

If, after you make this change, your system won't boot from the hard disk
and start Windows 98, boot from the floppy (which you tested earlier!)
and
restore the boot.ini file from the floppy to c:\.

If the d drive is formated FAT or FAT32 and you have some files on the d
drive you want to keep, then you have two choices:
1. copy them somewhere else (e.g. c drive, CD or DVD) then format the d
drive
2. boot from Win98, then on the d drive, delete:
a. the Windows (or Winnt) folder
b. the Program Files folder
c. the Documents and settings folder
This will effectively remove the operating system from the d drive.

If the d drive is formatted NTFS, then either just ignore it, or format
it.
You can't access files in an NTFS partition from Windows 98.

--
Bruce Sanderson MVP Printing
http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders

It is perfectly useless to know the right answer to the wrong question.



Ram said:
Hi,
I have dual bootable system, C: drive has win98 and D: drive has
windows
2000 server.I don't want to disturb C: drive. What is the best way to
uninstall windows 2000 server from D: drive including registry entries
and
from boot file of win2000server.Don't tell me format that drive,
anything
other than this.If suppose if I try t o format that drive(ie d: drive)
will
it remove from registry and bootable file, what ever was written at the
time
of installation..

And another question is, if I have saved anything (example document
or
image or vedio or internet download application/object)in d:drive which
has
win2000server, then how do I make sure that what ever I have saved or
downloaded should be deleted completely so that if some one tries to
recover
it also it shouldn't be recovered.

Thanks
Ram
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
G

Guest

Hi,
I wanted to know about the second option you mentioned not only that,
2 option: Is it that you want everything on the d drive to disappear (so it
can't be
recovered)?
Click to expand...
Its whole thing as well as some part on D drive but suppose I have some
vedio(wave)file or may be some word doc which shouldn't be recovered after it
has been deleted by any tool or software and it shouldn't leave any trace of
it. Like for example if I have visited some site it shouldn't leave any trail
of it by cookies etc.)

Thanks in advance

Ram

Bruce Sanderson said:
Well, Ram, I'm not sure I understand the question.

Is it that you have data files on the d drive you want to preserve?

or

Is it that you want everything on the d drive to disappear (so it can't be
recovered)?

Please try to explain your question more clearly.

--
Bruce Sanderson MVP Printing
http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders

It is perfectly useless to know the right answer to the wrong question.



Ram said:
Hi,
Thanks a lot for the solution given to me. I hope you will give
solution to my second Question.

And another question is, if I have saved anything (example document or
image or vedio or internet download application/object)in d:drive which
has
win2000server, then how do I make sure that what ever I have saved or
downloaded should be deleted completely so that if some one tries to
recover
it also it shouldn't be recovered.

Thanks
Ram
Click to expand...



Bruce Sanderson said:
If you really want everything on the d drive to disappear, then the
easiest
way is to format it.

The boot menu information is not stored in any "registry", it is in the
c:\boot.ini file. You can edit this file using Notepad. However, before
doing so, I recommend you make a boot floppy and test that it works:

1. start Windows 2000 Server
2. put a floppy disk into the floppy drive
3. in Windows Explorer, right click on the floppy drive and select Format
4. DO NOT select "Create an MS-DOS startup disk"
5. click Start
6. when the format is finished, copy these files from c:\
ntldr
ntdetect.com
boot.ini
7. boot the system from the boot floppy to make sure it works (you may
have
to enable the boot from floppy in your system's BIOS)


Make sure you can start both Windows 98 and Windows 2000 Server when
booting
from the boot floppy.

Actually removing the boot manager installed along with Windows 2000
Server
is tricky and I suggest, unnecessary. The Windows 2000 Server
installation
process writes stuff into the Master Boot Record on the disk and the
Partition Boot Record for the C partition. Replacing this with Windows
98
equivalent is tricky and not worth the effort in my opinion.

Instead, just edit the c:\boot.ini file as suggested below. DO NOT
DELETE
ntldr, ntdetect.com or boot.ini - doing so will prevent your system from
booting at all. In Notepad, the boot.ini content will look something
like
this:

[boot loader]
timeout=10
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Windows 2000 Server"
/fastdetect
C:\WINDWS

The "default=" line specifies which OS to start by default.

If it is as shown above, the default is to start Windows 2000 Server. To
get Win98 to start by default, replace the text after the "default=" with
the text from the last line (e.g. C:\WINDWS). If you don't want to use
Windows 2000 Server any more, you can delete its line below the
[operating
systems] line. If there is only one choice in the [operating systems]
section, you won't see the boot menu and the OS will start automatically.

If, after you make this change, your system won't boot from the hard disk
and start Windows 98, boot from the floppy (which you tested earlier!)
and
restore the boot.ini file from the floppy to c:\.

If the d drive is formated FAT or FAT32 and you have some files on the d
drive you want to keep, then you have two choices:
1. copy them somewhere else (e.g. c drive, CD or DVD) then format the d
drive
2. boot from Win98, then on the d drive, delete:
a. the Windows (or Winnt) folder
b. the Program Files folder
c. the Documents and settings folder
This will effectively remove the operating system from the d drive.

If the d drive is formatted NTFS, then either just ignore it, or format
it.
You can't access files in an NTFS partition from Windows 98.

--
Bruce Sanderson MVP Printing
http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders

It is perfectly useless to know the right answer to the wrong question.



Hi,
I have dual bootable system, C: drive has win98 and D: drive has
windows
2000 server.I don't want to disturb C: drive. What is the best way to
uninstall windows 2000 server from D: drive including registry entries
and
from boot file of win2000server.Don't tell me format that drive,
anything
other than this.If suppose if I try t o format that drive(ie d: drive)
will
it remove from registry and bootable file, what ever was written at the
time
of installation..

And another question is, if I have saved anything (example document
or
image or vedio or internet download application/object)in d:drive which
has
win2000server, then how do I make sure that what ever I have saved or
downloaded should be deleted completely so that if some one tries to
recover
it also it shouldn't be recovered.

Thanks
Ram
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T

tray

Use a file wiping utility; such as Eraser (free), BCWipe (Jetico-they have a
trial download), Symantec's SystemWorks had a WipeInfo (IIRC) utility that
could be run right off the CD-didn't have to install it. Thats just what
comes to mind right off, there's others. If I understood your question,
that is.


Ram said:
Hi,
I wanted to know about the second option you mentioned not only that,
2 option: Is it that you want everything on the d drive to disappear (so
it
can't be
recovered)?
Click to expand...
Its whole thing as well as some part on D drive but suppose I have some
vedio(wave)file or may be some word doc which shouldn't be recovered after
it
has been deleted by any tool or software and it shouldn't leave any trace
of
it. Like for example if I have visited some site it shouldn't leave any
trail
of it by cookies etc.)

Thanks in advance

Ram

Bruce Sanderson said:
Well, Ram, I'm not sure I understand the question.

Is it that you have data files on the d drive you want to preserve?

or

Is it that you want everything on the d drive to disappear (so it can't
be
recovered)?

Please try to explain your question more clearly.

--
Bruce Sanderson MVP Printing
http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders

It is perfectly useless to know the right answer to the wrong question.



Ram said:
Hi,
Thanks a lot for the solution given to me. I hope you will give
solution to my second Question.

And another question is, if I have saved anything (example document
or
image or vedio or internet download application/object)in d:drive
which
has
win2000server, then how do I make sure that what ever I have saved or
downloaded should be deleted completely so that if some one tries to
recover
it also it shouldn't be recovered.

Thanks
Ram



:

If you really want everything on the d drive to disappear, then the
easiest
way is to format it.

The boot menu information is not stored in any "registry", it is in
the
c:\boot.ini file. You can edit this file using Notepad. However,
before
doing so, I recommend you make a boot floppy and test that it works:

1. start Windows 2000 Server
2. put a floppy disk into the floppy drive
3. in Windows Explorer, right click on the floppy drive and select
Format
4. DO NOT select "Create an MS-DOS startup disk"
5. click Start
6. when the format is finished, copy these files from c:\
ntldr
ntdetect.com
boot.ini
7. boot the system from the boot floppy to make sure it works (you may
have
to enable the boot from floppy in your system's BIOS)


Make sure you can start both Windows 98 and Windows 2000 Server when
booting
from the boot floppy.

Actually removing the boot manager installed along with Windows 2000
Server
is tricky and I suggest, unnecessary. The Windows 2000 Server
installation
process writes stuff into the Master Boot Record on the disk and the
Partition Boot Record for the C partition. Replacing this with
Windows
98
equivalent is tricky and not worth the effort in my opinion.

Instead, just edit the c:\boot.ini file as suggested below. DO NOT
DELETE
ntldr, ntdetect.com or boot.ini - doing so will prevent your system
from
booting at all. In Notepad, the boot.ini content will look something
like
this:

[boot loader]
timeout=10
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Windows 2000 Server"
/fastdetect
C:\WINDWS

The "default=" line specifies which OS to start by default.

If it is as shown above, the default is to start Windows 2000 Server.
To
get Win98 to start by default, replace the text after the "default="
with
the text from the last line (e.g. C:\WINDWS). If you don't want to
use
Windows 2000 Server any more, you can delete its line below the
[operating
systems] line. If there is only one choice in the [operating systems]
section, you won't see the boot menu and the OS will start
automatically.

If, after you make this change, your system won't boot from the hard
disk
and start Windows 98, boot from the floppy (which you tested earlier!)
and
restore the boot.ini file from the floppy to c:\.

If the d drive is formated FAT or FAT32 and you have some files on the
d
drive you want to keep, then you have two choices:
1. copy them somewhere else (e.g. c drive, CD or DVD) then format the
d
drive
2. boot from Win98, then on the d drive, delete:
a. the Windows (or Winnt) folder
b. the Program Files folder
c. the Documents and settings folder
This will effectively remove the operating system from the d
drive.

If the d drive is formatted NTFS, then either just ignore it, or
format
it.
You can't access files in an NTFS partition from Windows 98.

--
Bruce Sanderson MVP Printing
http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders

It is perfectly useless to know the right answer to the wrong
question.



Hi,
I have dual bootable system, C: drive has win98 and D: drive has
windows
2000 server.I don't want to disturb C: drive. What is the best way
to
uninstall windows 2000 server from D: drive including registry
entries
and
from boot file of win2000server.Don't tell me format that drive,
anything
other than this.If suppose if I try t o format that drive(ie d:
drive)
will
it remove from registry and bootable file, what ever was written at
the
time
of installation..

And another question is, if I have saved anything (example
document
or
image or vedio or internet download application/object)in d:drive
which
has
win2000server, then how do I make sure that what ever I have saved
or
downloaded should be deleted completely so that if some one tries to
recover
it also it shouldn't be recovered.

Thanks
Ram
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