Two copies of Xp

[Dr Howard L. Smith]

I just got a new laptop and I tried to partion my hhd into two partitions.
XpPro was installed on both partitions. How do I remove the program from
partition D: I tried to reformat but nothing was accomplished.
Thanking you in advance.

 

[Lee Chapelle]

I just got a new laptop and I tried to partion my hhd into two partitions.
XpPro was installed on both partitions. How do I remove the program from
partition D: I tried to reformat but nothing was accomplished.
Thanking you in advance.

What do you mean, "I tried to partion my hhd into two partitions", and
"XpPro was installed on both partitions"?

Please articulate exactly what you did and how, in detail.

 

[Dr Howard L. Smith]

Sorry for the typo. I tried to PARTITION my harddrive into two
partitions,C:,D:. Windows Xp Pro is installed on both C:and D: drives. How I
did this I'm not sure, I think it occurred when I tried to install NTFS on
D:
Is there a way to remove the copy of WindowsXp off of drive D:?

I just got a new laptop and I tried to partion my hhd into two partitions.
XpPro was installed on both partitions. How do I remove the program from
partition D: I tried to reformat but nothing was accomplished.
Thanking you in advance.

What do you mean, "I tried to partion my hhd into two partitions", and
"XpPro was installed on both partitions"?

Please articulate exactly what you did and how, in detail.

 

[Tom]

Go back to the way you installed it, then delete the the partition you want.
You can then format it in Windows through Disk management.

 

[Lee Chapelle]

Sorry for the typo.

I wasn't confused by the typo, I don't understand what you have done because
you did not give enough detail.

I tried to PARTITION my harddrive into two

partitions,C:,D:.

What do you mean? What EXACTLY did you do? Did you have unpartitioned space
on the disk? What tool did you use, did you format, etc etc etc...

Windows Xp Pro is installed on both C:and D: drives. How I
did this I'm not sure, I think it occurred when I tried to install NTFS on
D:

That would NOT result in Windows being installed a second time, in order for
that to happen you must have re-run Windows Setup and targetted the new
partition.

Is there a way to remove the copy of WindowsXp off of drive D:?

Undoubtedly, IF it exists, but I would never give instructions until I
understood what was going on with your situation. Please take the time to
ARTICULATE what you did EXACTLY.

 

[Lee Chapelle]

Go back to the way you installed it, then delete the the partition you want.
You can then format it in Windows through Disk management.

How can you possibly give this advice, his explanation of what happened
makes no sense.

 

[Tom]

How can you possibly give this advice, his explanation of what happened
makes no sense.

Apparently you didn't read his second reply to you, and it is very
plausible. He stated, "I'm not sure, I think it occurred when I tried to
install NTFS on D:" This tells me he had (or there already were) two
partitions created, went back thinking to format NTFS on the second, as he
(thought he) didn't format that the first time, after the C: install. After
going back and formatting, it goes through the process of copying system
files over afterwards. He may have just ran it again. But he didn't give
complete information. The fact that he couldn't format it, tells me that the
partition is on a logical partition, and he has two installs.

 

[ByTor]

Sorry for the typo. I tried to PARTITION my harddrive into two
partitions,C:,D:. Windows Xp Pro is installed on both C:and D: drives. How I
did this I'm not sure, I think it occurred when I tried to install NTFS on
D:
Is there a way to remove the copy of WindowsXp off of drive D:?

Yes, just delete it from your disk manager....Than create your logical
NTFS partition all over again from there(This is assuming of course you
were just trying to create an empty drive for data?)...
Do you have a "dual" boot option before logging on? You can also get rid
of that by inserting your XP CD, let it boot to it and read it, choose
the recovery console, go to a command prompt and type in fixmbr

Good luck....Hopefully I read your post correctly..... ;0)

 

[Mike Hall \(MS-MVP\)]

Howard

Start over.. forget anything installed so far.. go to the link below..
bookmark it too..

http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html

Michael covers every exit, so there is much to read.. read through the
procedure and ensure that you understand what you have to do.. you can print
it all off if you want something to follow..

When you are up and running, come back to the thread and tell us..

Good luck..

--
Mike Hall
MVP - Windows Shell/user