Multiple XP Installs

[evan]

I have two 160GB drives in my PC and 3 different installs of XP pro. The C:
drive now has 2 old XP Pro installs and I want to reformat the C: drive with
a clean install. The D: drive has the latest XP install. I edited the boot
file and removed the two C: installs but couldn't delete the C: windows
directories. I don't understand why when I reinstalled on the D drive, XP
recognized the two old installs on the C drive. I thought since D is a
different partition the install would go as a clean install?

In any case, I'm concernced that even if I reformat the C drive the new XP
install will still recognize the install on the D drive. Suggestions as to
how to get out of this mess is appreciated. I have backed up my data on the
D drive.

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

I have two 160GB drives in my PC and 3 different installs of XP pro. The
C:
drive now has 2 old XP Pro installs and I want to reformat the C: drive
with
a clean install. The D: drive has the latest XP install. I edited the
boot
file and removed the two C: installs but couldn't delete the C: windows
directories. I don't understand why when I reinstalled on the D drive, XP
recognized the two old installs on the C drive. I thought since D is a
different partition the install would go as a clean install?

In any case, I'm concernced that even if I reformat the C drive the new XP
install will still recognize the install on the D drive. Suggestions as
to
how to get out of this mess is appreciated. I have backed up my data on
the
D drive.

You need to report what you see when you try to delete
the two Windows folders on drive C:. Remember - we
can't see your machine!

You should also do this:
- Boot into your new WinXP installation.
- Click Start / Run / cmd {OK}
- Type these commands:
set > c:\set.txt {Enter}
notepad c:\set.txt {Enter}
- Paste what you see into your reply.

By the way - installing two versions of Windows in the
same partition is not a good idea.

 

[evan]

The message when I try to delete the C windows dir is " Cannot delete
flash9e.ocx.
Access is denied. Make sure the disk...."
I ran the CMD command as you asked but don't get anything back. When I run
CMD I go to D: \Documents and Settings\Home> I also tried the commands at
the C: prompt but also nothing. I must be missing something.

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

This sounds like a permission issue - hence the need to
quote the screen messages. Try seizing ownership of the
folders. If unsure how to do this, click Start / Help and
look for help on "Ownership".

If you got nothing when running my commands then you
mistyped them. At the very least you would have gotten
some error message, which you must quote!

 

[evan]

Ok got the CMD info:

ALLUSERSPROFILE=D:\Documents and Settings\All Users.WINDOWS
APPDATA=D:\Documents and Settings\Home\Application Data
CLIENTNAME=Console
CommonProgramFiles=D:\Program Files\Common Files
COMPUTERNAME=HOME-CFF7A4BA4F
ComSpec=D:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe
FP_NO_HOST_CHECK=NO
HOMEDRIVE=D:
HOMEPATH=\Documents and Settings\Home
LOGONSERVER=\\HOME-CFF7A4BA4F
NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS=2
OS=Windows_NT
Path=D:\WINDOWS\system32;D:\WINDOWS;D:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;C:\Program
Files\Pinnacle\Shared Files;C:\Program Files\Pinnacle\Shared Files\Filter
PATHEXT=.COM;.EXE;.BAT;.CMD;.VBS;.VBE;.JS;.JSE;.WSF;.WSH
PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE=x86
PROCESSOR_IDENTIFIER=x86 Family 15 Model 4 Stepping 1, GenuineIntel
PROCESSOR_LEVEL=15
PROCESSOR_REVISION=0401
ProgramFiles=D:\Program Files
PROMPT=$P$G
SESSIONNAME=Console
SystemDrive=D:
SystemRoot=D:\WINDOWS
TEMP=D:\DOCUME~1\Home\LOCALS~1\Temp
TMP=D:\DOCUME~1\Home\LOCALS~1\Temp
USERDOMAIN=HOME-CFF7A4BA4F
USERNAME=Home
USERPROFILE=D:\Documents and Settings\Home
windir=D:\WINDOWS

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Your environment variables suggest that your current Windows
installation is completely on drive D:, not on drive C:. This
means that your inability to delete some folders on drive C:
is a permission issue, as suggested before.

 

[evan]

Thanks - I configured permissions for another folder last night successfully.
I configured both windows folders for access but still can't delete due to
the
"Flash9e.ocx" file. Access is denied message again. Google search the file
name and its a flashplayer file that requires a removal program from Adobe
which I downloaded and ran, but the program only removes the files on the D
drive and there is no search option.

 

[tryintohelp]

evan disconnect the d drive put your xp disk in and boot from cd then you
will be able to format and install xp on your c.

 

[Andy]

Flash9c.ocx Strangeness
<http://grandstreamdreams.blogspot.com/2007/07/flash9cocx-strangeness.html>