Uninstalling windows XP profesional

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I have both Windows XP Home edition and Windows profesional on my computer
as OS
Can I safely remove Profesional version ?
And how do I do this ?
 
gordy said:
I have both Windows XP Home edition and Windows profesional on my computer
as OS
Can I safely remove Profesional version ?
And how do I do this ?
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Where exactly is each version installed?
 
Both OS systems are in the start up
I have tried "safe Mode" but am unsure whether I can remove it and how ?

It only comes up with option on which OS to use!
 
What I meant is: Which folder did you install each
version in? C:\Windows? D:\Windows? Some other
folder?
 
Pegasus (MVP) said:
What I meant is: Which folder did you install each
version in? C:\Windows? D:\Windows? Some other
folder?
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As I stated previously in start up mode I get the option of which OS system
I wish to use.

I thought I could uninstall it from start up but there are no options.

I have also tried from the Disk but again no options avaliable.

A friend suggested re formatting the Hard drive and re loading the original
version only. I think this is a bit drastic though ?
 
is in C/Windows. However I am unable to detect it when I browse the files.
As I stated previously in start up mode I get the option of which OS system
I wish to use.

I thought I could uninstall it from start up but there are no options.

I have also tried from the Disk but again no options avaliable.

A friend suggested re formatting the Hard drive and re loading the original
version only. I think this is a bit drastic though ?
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Removing an unwanted version of Windows is easy and
it does not require formatting the hard disk. Unfortunately
you do not appear to understand the essential question:
Where exactly did you install the unwanted version?
When you install multiple versions of Windows then it
is essential that you develop some awareness of what
goes where. If you skip this step then you can easily and
inadvertently damage one of your installations.

You should now do this:
1. Launch WinXP Professional.
2. Click Start / Run / cmd {OK}
3. Type this: set systemroot {Enter}
4. Make a note of the response. This is where
WinXP Professional is installed.
5. Reboot.
6. Launch WinXP Home.
7. Click Start / Run / cmd {OK}
8. Type this: set systemroot {Enter}
9. Make a note of the response. This is where
WinXP Home is installed.
10. Post the results from Steps 3 and 8.
 
gordy said:
Both OS systems are in the start up
I have tried "safe Mode" but am unsure whether I can remove it and how ?

It only comes up with option on which OS to use!
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Thanks for being patient - As you can see I'm a bit of a novice!

WinXP Professional - C:\Documents and settings\Administrator>

WinXP Home - C:\Documents and settings\Gordon
 
No this can't be right. The folders you have given are for Documents.
Windows is always in:

c:\Windows

unless you changed the default path at time of installation.

Can you check again and come back.
 
ANONYMOUS said:
No this can't be right. The folders you have given are for Documents.
Windows is always in:

c:\Windows

unless you changed the default path at time of installation.

Can you check again and come back.
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That's where they are according to instructions - Start - Run - cmd !!
I then looked in these files and sure enough , that's where they are !!
 
What you have done is gone to the cmd prompt. Now type:

c:\
cd c:\windows

Alternatively, launch Windows Explorer and see what is on your hard
drive. To launch Windows Explorer, do this:

Start, All Programs, Accessories, Windows Explorer

hth
 
gordy said:
That's where they are according to instructions - Start - Run - cmd !!
I then looked in these files and sure enough , that's where they are !!
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No, this is not correct - you forgot to run Step 8 and
report its output. You must carry out my instructions
verbatim and omit nothing!
 
gordy said:
That's where they are according to instructions - Start - Run - cmd !!
I then looked in these files and sure enough , that's where they are !!
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Please copy and paste from the command prompt window into your next post
the command you enter and the response you get that leads you to your
conclusion about locations.

(That's a little tricky to do: In the command prompt window, right-click
and select Mark; left-click-&-drag to highlight lines you want to copy;
press <CTRL>+C; click your mouse in your reply message and press <CTRL>+V )
 
I appear to have "\windows" under
my computer\local disk (c:) \windows
and also
my computer \local disk(c:)\windows.0


??

gordy
 
Let me revise my instructions in order to reduce
errors caused by your interpretation of what you see:

1. Launch WinXP Professional.
2. Click Start / Run / cmd {OK}
3. Type this:
echo Professional >> c:\test.txt {Enter}
set systemroot >>c:\test.txt {Enter}
5. Reboot.
6. Launch WinXP Home.
7. Click Start / Run / cmd {OK}
8. Type this:
echo Home >> c:\test.txt {Enter}
set systemroot >> c:\test.txt {Enter}
notepad c:\test.txt {Enter}
9. Copy and paste the data from this screen
into your reply.
 
gordy said:
I appear to have "\windows" under
my computer\local disk (c:) \windows
and also
my computer \local disk(c:)\windows.0
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What made you say that you have both home edition and Professional? If
you haven't installed either of them then I can tell you for sure that
your OEM will not install both versions! It costs too much to them to
give you what you don't actually need!!

Just editing boot.ini will solve your problems if it is what I think it
is!!

hth
 
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