Help to remove Windows XP

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Himlam8484

Hi People,

In the past, I installed 2 operating systems on my computer. Now, I
would like to remove one of them, but i do not know how to do it. I do
not want to format hard disk. Can anyone show me?

I am looking forward hearing from people soon.

Lam
 
When you say installed 2, how did you do it? And what operating systems are
they?
Are they both on one hard drive? One partition or 2?
Was one an upgrade?
 
Himlam8484 said:
Hi People,

In the past, I installed 2 operating systems on my computer. Now, I
would like to remove one of them, but i do not know how to do it. I do
not want to format hard disk. Can anyone show me?

I am looking forward hearing from people soon.

Lam
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Do this:
1. Boot into the OS you wish to delete.
2. Click Start / Run / cmd {OK}
3. Type this command: set systemroot {Enter}.
4. Make a note of the reply.
5. Boot into the OS you wish to keep.
6. Rename the folder from Step 4 to "Windows.bad" (for example).
7. Wait a week.
8. If all is well, delete "Windows.bad" and empty the recycle bin.
9. Click Start / run / notepad c:\boot.ini
10. Delete the line that contains a reference to the deleted OS.
If it is in the "Default" OS line, do not delete that line but
recompose
it to reflect the correct OS.
2. Rename the system fo
 
When you say installed 2, how did you do it? And what operating systems are
they?
Are they both on one hard drive? One partition or 2?
Was one an upgrade?
Click to expand...

I installed 2 different OS, but i make a mistake a installed it in the
same hard drive and the same partition. One is XP sp2, One is Win2000.
I would like to remove a Win2000

Lam
 
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/xpfaq.html#020
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Ronald Sommer

: > When you say installed 2, how did you do it? And what operating systems
are
: > they?
: > Are they both on one hard drive? One partition or 2?
: > Was one an upgrade?
: >
: >
: > : >
: > > Hi People,
: >
: > > In the past, I installed 2 operating systems on my computer. Now, I
: > > would like to remove one of them, but i do not know how to do it. I do
: > > not want to format hard disk. Can anyone show me?
: >
: > > I am looking forward hearing from people soon.
: >
: > > Lam
:
: I installed 2 different OS, but i make a mistake a installed it in the
: same hard drive and the same partition. One is XP sp2, One is Win2000.
: I would like to remove a Win2000
:
: Lam
:
 
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