DUAL BOOT SYSTEM

[LESLIE]

Hi
Does any body know (but "NUTCASE" inparticular)the
following: 1)I'm using a dual boot system with XP home os
on the C drive and W2K os on the E logical drive, if I
delete the W2K os will the NTFS file system that I
installed for the W2K remain and can I use the E
partition to store files and folders? 2)If I delete the E
drive altogether will the C drive remain unaffected,
i.e., will I have to reinstall the XP home os?
Thanks, Leslie

 

[Mike Brannigan [MSFT]]

Hi
Does any body know (but "NUTCASE" inparticular)the
following: 1)I'm using a dual boot system with XP home os
on the C drive and W2K os on the E logical drive, if I
delete the W2K os will the NTFS file system that I
installed for the W2K remain and can I use the E
partition to store files and folders?

Yes - if you just boot into Windows XP and delete all the files on the E: it
will still be available for you to store anything you want on there.

2)If I delete the E
drive altogether will the C drive remain unaffected,
i.e., will I have to reinstall the XP home os?
Thanks, Leslie

Yes - of you boot into Windows XP and then use the Computer Management tool
\ Disk Management to remove the E: partition then the C partition should
remain.
However - there may be issues with the way you installed Windows XP and the
naming of your drives/partitions.

Is this a PC with 2 physical drives C and E or are C and E 2 partitions on
one hard disk.
Did you install Windows 2000 first and then Windows XP - as is the supported
and recommended way or have you used third party tools to put Windows 2000
on after Windows XP?
If 2 disks then which one is the boot disk or if 2 partitions which one is
the Primary partition.

We need to know more about the actual configuration before anyone provide
more detailed advice.

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Regards,

Mike
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[LESLIE]

Dear Mike,
Thanks for the good information! I have an even more
fundamental question and that is: Is there any advantage
to keeping the E partition? Since, my os is xp home, I
can't create a dynamic disk but would I be better off
useing just the c drive only? I have no objection to
keeping the E drive but just wounder if there is any
advantage to do so. By the way, to the best of my memory
I loaded the XP OS first and then the W2K OS. Also, when
I delete the W2K line in Boot.ini, assuming I delete the
E drive, will it do away with having to chose the OS at
boot? Just one more thought, can one delete an OS from
the "add/remove component screen or just from "my
computer?
Thanks
Leslie