Delete a second install of W2K after dopey mistake...

[Guest]

Hi folks --

I have a machine with two partitions, one large (c and one small (d. c:
has an installation of W2K on it, d: was empty. I intended to do a clean
re-install of W2k onto c:, but by mistake I installed a brand new
installation of W2K onto d:.

My system now prompts me when I boot as to which installation I'd like to
choose, both choices saying Windows 2000.

I'd like to get rid of the d: partition completely, lose the mistaken
install, and have the system boot immediately onto c:. Then I can try again
with the clean install trying to be smarter this time

Any suggestions on going about this? It occured to me to just delete the d:
partition, but that doesn't seem to fix my dual-boot issue.

Any suggestions are welcome!

Thanks - Dave

 

[Dave Patrick]

Yes, you can just delete the partition. First Control
Panel|System|Advanced|Startup and Recovery, choose the correct
System Startup option as default, then you'll need to delete the options you
want removed from the boot.ini, it's a system, hidden file in the root of
the system partition. So you'll need to show-all-files in Explorer.
Explorer|Tools|Folder Options|View, then radio button for "Show hidden files
and folders" *and* also uncheck the box for "Hide protected operating system
files". You should end up with something like this (below). The timeout
value is not functional when there is only one startup choice.

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Windows 2000" /fastdetect

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

:
| Hi folks --
|
| I have a machine with two partitions, one large (c and one small (d.
c:
| has an installation of W2K on it, d: was empty. I intended to do a clean
| re-install of W2k onto c:, but by mistake I installed a brand new
| installation of W2K onto d:.
|
| My system now prompts me when I boot as to which installation I'd like to
| choose, both choices saying Windows 2000.
|
| I'd like to get rid of the d: partition completely, lose the mistaken
| install, and have the system boot immediately onto c:. Then I can try
again
| with the clean install trying to be smarter this time
|
| Any suggestions on going about this? It occured to me to just delete the
d:
| partition, but that doesn't seem to fix my dual-boot issue.
|
| Any suggestions are welcome!
|
| Thanks - Dave

 

[Guest]

Thanks Dave, that was a big help. After all that I think the disk is bad.
W2K install won't re-format the partition and throws an error.

So. . .I think my only option is to replace this old, cranky 40GB disk with
a new 250GB disk. In your professional capacity I'm sure you would agree
that's my only, only option, yes?

Thanks again.

--Dave

 

[Dave Patrick]

No way for me to know. What error? How are you formatting?

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

:
| Thanks Dave, that was a big help. After all that I think the disk is bad.
| W2K install won't re-format the partition and throws an error.
|
| So. . .I think my only option is to replace this old, cranky 40GB disk
with
| a new 250GB disk. In your professional capacity I'm sure you would agree
| that's my only, only option, yes?
|
| Thanks again.
|
| --Dave

 

[Guest]

I'm kidding actually I deleted all the partitions using the W2K
install program, created one new big partition, again with the install
program, and then I asked the install program to format it as NTFS. The NTFS
format got nearly to the end, and then came back as unsuccessful, saying that
the disk was probably damaged.

I was fully backed up, so no big deal. I'm going to use it as an excuse to
get a brand new 250GB drive, so please don't tell me anything that would
interfere with that.

Thanks again!

-- Dave

 

[Dave Patrick]

When you get your new drive have a look at this article so you can use all
of it.

48-Bit LBA Support for ATAPI Disk Drives in Windows 2000
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=305098

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

:
|
| I'm kidding actually I deleted all the partitions using the W2K
| install program, created one new big partition, again with the install
| program, and then I asked the install program to format it as NTFS. The
NTFS
| format got nearly to the end, and then came back as unsuccessful, saying
that
| the disk was probably damaged.
|
| I was fully backed up, so no big deal. I'm going to use it as an excuse
to
| get a brand new 250GB drive, so please don't tell me anything that would
| interfere with that.
|
| Thanks again!
|
| -- Dave

 

[Guest]

Ahh, cool. Actully, by the time I was done ordering there was a copy of XP
upgrade and 256M of ram too -- have no idea how those got in there. . .

I have some other machines on our workgroup running W2K that the LBA support
could apply to though, I'll check that out tomorrow.

Sorry, but I have to go sit by the window and look for the Fedex truck.

-- Dave

 

[Dave Patrick]

In that case you'll need this one.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;303013

Be sure to apply SP2 or at least these to your new XP install before
connecting to any network.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...be-3b8e-4f30-8245-9e368d3cdb5a&displaylang=en
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS03-043.mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS03-049.mspx

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

:
|
| Ahh, cool. Actully, by the time I was done ordering there was a copy of
XP
| upgrade and 256M of ram too -- have no idea how those got in there. . .
|
| I have some other machines on our workgroup running W2K that the LBA
support
| could apply to though, I'll check that out tomorrow.
|
| Sorry, but I have to go sit by the window and look for the Fedex truck.
|
| -- Dave