double boot system problems

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I am running a laptop that has windows 2000 and windows XP
running in a dual boot configuration (the last owner did
this)... WIndows XP is giving me all kinds of problems and
now won't load... I want to uninstall windows XP and
continue using Windows 2000? I was wondering how I can do
this without having loading windows XP. Thanks a lot in
advance..
 
Same or separate partitions? If separate, which is installed to the system
partition?

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| I am running a laptop that has windows 2000 and windows XP
| running in a dual boot configuration (the last owner did
| this)... WIndows XP is giving me all kinds of problems and
| now won't load... I want to uninstall windows XP and
| continue using Windows 2000? I was wondering how I can do
| this without having loading windows XP. Thanks a lot in
| advance..
 
Jay said:
I am running a laptop that has windows 2000 and windows XP
running in a dual boot configuration (the last owner did
this)... WIndows XP is giving me all kinds of problems and
now won't load... I want to uninstall windows XP and
continue using Windows 2000? I was wondering how I can do
this without having loading windows XP. Thanks a lot in
advance..
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Do this:

1. Launch Win2000
2. Start a Command Prompt
3. Type this:
type c:\boot.ini | find /i "XP"
4. Make a note of the folder name that comes after "partition(x)".
Examples:
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP"
The name of the WinXP system folder is "C:\Windows".
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP"
The name of the WinXP system folder is "D:\Windows".
5. Rename the WinXP system folder you noted in Step 4, e.g. rename
D:\Windows to D:\Windows.XP
6. Wait a week.
7. If all is well, delete the WinXP system folder you renamed in Step 5.
 
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