How To Remove Window

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Dear All,

I have 4 partition on my PC and 3 copy of window which I don't know
reside on which partition. How do I remove the other 2 copy of window
that I dont want?
 
Dear All,

I have 4 partition on my PC and 3 copy of window which I don't know
reside on which partition. How do I remove the other 2 copy of window
that I dont want?
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Since they are on different partitions this should be easy. Boot into the
installation you want, then delete the other XP installations. Then from
Start | Run | msconfig on the boot tab click on Check all boot paths. It
should identify the installations entries that are no longer valid and offer
to remove them.

If the installation you want to keep is not on the boot drive, (and so
probably not labeled the C: drive), then you'll have to live with it being
on a different lettered drive. Keep the boot.ini, ntdetect.com and ntldr
files on the boot drive.
 
Since they are on different partitions this should be easy. Boot into the
installation you want, then delete the other XP installations. Then from
Start | Run | msconfig on the boot tab click on Check all boot paths. It
should identify the installations entries that are no longer valid and offer
to remove them.

If the installation you want to keep is not on the boot drive, (and so
probably not labeled the C: drive), then you'll have to live with it being
on a different lettered drive. Keep the boot.ini, ntdetect.com and ntldr
files on the boot drive.
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I got this "It appears that all BOOT.INI lines for microsoft operating
systems are OK", when click on the check all boot paths. No offer to
remove anything.
 
faeiz2 said:
I got this "It appears that all BOOT.INI lines for microsoft operating
systems are OK", when click on the check all boot paths. No offer to
remove anything.
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Did you first delete all the installations?
 
faeiz2 said:
I do nothing, they are still there.
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Well then that's why nothing is happening. I gave you a procedure. The
first step was to boot into the installation you wanted to keep; the next
step was to delete the windows xp installations on the other partitions.
Then do the msconfig. Did you delete the other installations? If not
that's why you're seeing what you are seeing.
 
Dear All,
I have 4 partition on my PC and 3 copy of window which I don't know
reside on which partition. How do I remove the other 2 copy of
window
that I dont want?
Since they are on different partitions this should be easy. Boot into
the
installation you want, then delete the other XP installations. Then
from
Start | Run | msconfig on the boot tab click on Check all boot paths.
It
should identify the installations entries that are no longer valid and
offer
to remove them.
If the installation you want to keep is not on the boot drive, (and so
probably not labeled the C: drive), then you'll have to live with it
being
on a different lettered drive. Keep the boot.ini, ntdetect.com and
ntldr
files on the boot drive.
--
Rock [MVP - User/Shell]
I got this "It appears that all BOOT.INI lines for microsoft operating
systems are OK", when click on the check all boot paths. No offer to
remove anything.
Did you first delete all the installations?
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I do nothing, they are still there.
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Well then that's why nothing is happening. I gave you a procedure. The
first step was to boot into the installation you wanted to keep; the next
step was to delete the windows xp installations on the other partitions.
Then do the msconfig. Did you delete the other installations? If not
that's why you're seeing what you are seeing.
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How do i delete the other installation? just delete the window folder?
how do I ensure the running xp folder is not deleted?

Thank you for your kind help.
 
"Rock" wrote:
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How do i delete the other installation? just delete the window folder?
how do I ensure the running xp folder is not deleted?
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Yes, just delete the windows folders. Boot into the version of windows you
want to keep and not the position of that entry in the boot menu.

From Start | Run type
echo %windir%

This will show the current windows folder. Write down the path. Now delete
the windows folders on the other drives.

If your not sure post the boot.ini file , and indicate which selection you
choose when booting up. The boot.ini file is a hidden, system file in the
root directory of the boot drive. From Windows Explorer | Tools | Folder
Options | View tab, make put a tick mark in Show hidden files and folders,
and untic Hide extensions for known file types and Hide protected operating
system files. Then the boot.ini file should be seen. Open it in notepad
and copy the contents to your reply.

Here is a link with info on how to delete other installations of XP.

http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/xpfaq.html#020
 
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