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My hard disk is full of versions of Windows and Linux and finally the
boot mechanism failed. My last install was XP and its boot.ini which
took precedence over the earlier Vista one which replaced 2000 (no
upgrade).
Because Repair failed I reinstalled into the previous Vista partition
(which original Vista had re-designated 'C:' although not Primary 1
partition, as I understand it usually does). Afterwards I logged in
and found that Vista was now in F: which meant that it got lost all
the time looking on C: for what was now on F:. No IE, no MMC, no C:
\Windows\Wallpaper! Some old Vista is in \Windows.old which means
that my partiton is now rather full.
No MMC means no chance to run disk management and rename F: as C:.
Would invoking the real Administrator account make my acccess any
easier? 'net user' is probably the only way in...
I tried copying Windows.old over to another NTFS partition with a live
Linux distro but first time around it failed 810 times. I am retrying
it one folder at a time and so far, so good. Might be a waste of
time.
I want - if possible - to hold onto the settings and so on in
Windows.old if it's not too much trouble but I am ok about a re-
install if 'C:' can be guaranteed.
Any idea what to do next?
Pof
boot mechanism failed. My last install was XP and its boot.ini which
took precedence over the earlier Vista one which replaced 2000 (no
upgrade).
Because Repair failed I reinstalled into the previous Vista partition
(which original Vista had re-designated 'C:' although not Primary 1
partition, as I understand it usually does). Afterwards I logged in
and found that Vista was now in F: which meant that it got lost all
the time looking on C: for what was now on F:. No IE, no MMC, no C:
\Windows\Wallpaper! Some old Vista is in \Windows.old which means
that my partiton is now rather full.
No MMC means no chance to run disk management and rename F: as C:.
Would invoking the real Administrator account make my acccess any
easier? 'net user' is probably the only way in...
I tried copying Windows.old over to another NTFS partition with a live
Linux distro but first time around it failed 810 times. I am retrying
it one folder at a time and so far, so good. Might be a waste of
time.
I want - if possible - to hold onto the settings and so on in
Windows.old if it's not too much trouble but I am ok about a re-
install if 'C:' can be guaranteed.
Any idea what to do next?
Pof