re-installing XP

[Dee]

I have a desk top computer with 700 Gig hard drive. I currently have windows
xp and windows 2003 installed. Windows xpis on drive C: Looking at the
drives I have from drive c:, D; is my applications drive, E: is one of my
developer drive, f: is for my school work, g: is for work I do for a compy,
I; is not using much and is the largest drive, J; has windows 2003 installed
on it.

I would like to re-install windows XP as a fresh install, get reid of
windows xp, but keep my other partitions. I have the software to install
everything else I have. Can this be done?

Thank you
LadyDee

 

[Mark Adams]

I have a desk top computer with 700 Gig hard drive. I currently have windows
xp and windows 2003 installed. Windows xpis on drive C: Looking at the
drives I have from drive c:, D; is my applications drive, E: is one of my
developer drive, f: is for my school work, g: is for work I do for a compy,
I; is not using much and is the largest drive, J; has windows 2003 installed
on it.

I would like to re-install windows XP as a fresh install, get reid of
windows xp, but keep my other partitions. I have the software to install
everything else I have. Can this be done?

Thank you
LadyDee

Applications should be installed on the same partition as the operating
system. If you reformat the C: drive and reinstall XP, the pathways to the
operating system that the applications on the D: drive use will be broken.
They may not work properly or at all. You will probably have to reinstall all
the applications anyway, so why not just put them on the C: partition? Back
up all your data to outside media just in case something goes south, use the
XP disk to delete C: and D: partitions, recreate a single partition from this
space, format it NTFS and reinstall XP and your applications. Use Disk
Management to reassign the other drive letters as necessary.

 

[Dee]

I know I would have to reintall them again, but I still would like to keep
all applications on one partition, and windows xp on another, get rids of
windows 2003.

What I am asking is will getting rid of windows 2003 cause any problems, and
I think doing that will increase the disk space for windows xp when I do a
fresh install is that correct?

Thank you
LadyDee

 

[Mark Adams]

I know I would have to reintall them again, but I still would like to keep
all applications on one partition, and windows xp on another, get rids of
windows 2003.

What I am asking is will getting rid of windows 2003 cause any problems, and
I think doing that will increase the disk space for windows xp when I do a
fresh install is that correct?

Thank you
LadyDee

I'm sorry. When I first read your post, I thought you had Office 2003 on the
J: not Windows 2003. I take it you are running a dual boot system? You will
have to remove the reference to Windows 2003 in the bootloader after you
reformat the J: partition. If any of the applications installed in the D:
partition are for the server operating system, I would uninstall them before
reformating J: I don't think any of your data partitions will care what
happens to the operating system partitions, as long as they don't contain
applications. Make sure you back everything up before you reformat anything
though; just in case something goes south.

 

[Dee]

Mark

thannk you for all your help. This is what I thought could be done, but
wanted to ask before doing. My only problem is I have no way to back
anything up because this hard drive is very large and I have nothing to back
it up to.

LadyDee

 

[Bruce Chambers]

I have a desk top computer with 700 Gig hard drive. I currently have windows
xp and windows 2003 installed. Windows xpis on drive C: Looking at the
drives I have from drive c:, D; is my applications drive, E: is one of my
developer drive, f: is for my school work, g: is for work I do for a compy,
I; is not using much and is the largest drive, J; has windows 2003 installed
on it.

I would like to re-install windows XP as a fresh install, get reid of
windows xp, but keep my other partitions. I have the software to install
everything else I have. Can this be done?

I don't see how you can expect to re-install WinXp and simultaneously
"get reid [sic] of windows xp." I mean, the two actions are mutually
contradictory.


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[Dee]

I would get rid of windows 2003 through disk management, fix the boot, then
install windows xp with a fresh install on partion c:/

I did not think that would afffect the other partions. If it will please
let me know, I can not afford to lose what is on the other partions.

Thank you
LadyDee

I have a desk top computer with 700 Gig hard drive. I currently have windows
xp and windows 2003 installed. Windows xpis on drive C: Looking at the
drives I have from drive c:, D; is my applications drive, E: is one of my
developer drive, f: is for my school work, g: is for work I do for a compy,
I; is not using much and is the largest drive, J; has windows 2003 installed
on it.

I would like to re-install windows XP as a fresh install, get reid of
windows xp, but keep my other partitions. I have the software to install
everything else I have. Can this be done?

I don't see how you can expect to re-install WinXp and simultaneously
"get reid [sic] of windows xp." I mean, the two actions are mutually
contradictory.


--

Bruce Chambers

Help us help you:


http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/555375

They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ~Benjamin Franklin

Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. ~Bertrand Russell

The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has
killed a great many philosophers.
~ Denis Diderot

 

[1PW]

I know I would have to reintall them again, but I still would like to keep
all applications on one partition, and windows xp on another, get rids of
windows 2003.

What I am asking is will getting rid of windows 2003 cause any problems, and
I think doing that will increase the disk space for windows xp when I do a
fresh install is that correct?

Thank you
LadyDee

Reallocating your partition space is easily done with utilities like
Partition Magic, GParted and others. Reallocating your partition space
is quite reliable with those utilities.

What is compelling you to do a clean install of XP?

A day may come when you may wish you had the Windows in your J partition.

Pete