Installed XP Home edition-How do I get rid of Windows 2000 Pro

[Guest]

I bought a used computer that had Windows 2000 Proffessional installed on it.
I didn't have the disks, so I have opted to upgrade to XP Home Edition. I was
advised that I could not simplly upgrade, but rather had to do a clean
install. I have been successful at installing windows XP, but now I have two
operating systems. I don't want or need Windows 2000, but I do need the
space. How do I uninstall Windows 2000 Pro? Can I just go into Windows 2000
Pro and uninstall?

 

[Guest]

You need to do a clean install, that mean when you are prompted for the
partition to install the operating system you need to delete (format) ALL
PARTITIONS, if i'm not mistaken you need to select the partition and press D
and confirm when asking for...Remember you neeed to delete all partition
untill you get an unpartition with the total of Mb of hard drive...after that
is best practice to created two partitions NFT(one to install the os and the
other for your files)

read this article look for "Perform a clean install of Windows XP"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=316941

 

[pitsnake]

I bought a used computer that had Windows 2000 Proffessional installed on it.
I didn't have the disks, so I have opted to upgrade to XP Home Edition. I was
advised that I could not simplly upgrade, but rather had to do a clean
install. I have been successful at installing windows XP, but now I have two
operating systems. I don't want or need Windows 2000, but I do need the
space. How do I uninstall Windows 2000 Pro? Can I just go into Windows 2000
Pro and uninstall?

This would require a level of skill that you sound like you don't
possess. You did a dual-boot install instead of a clean install. You
would need to edit the boot loader files and manually strip the second
OS. I would recommend you save yourself the headache and just backup
whatever data you need and do a clean installation (delete the
partitions and create new ones and format) and then reload the apps and
data.