- Multiboot Question
- Posted by Jim Davis on March 26th, 2006
Is there any way to uninstall/remove/delete/get rid of an OS from a
multiboot setup? e.g. You have a choice at startup to boot Win 2000 or Win
XP? Is there any way to get rid of Win 2000 and return your system to Win XP
only?
If so, how?
TIA.
- Posted by Kerry Brown on March 26th, 2006
Jim Davis wrote:
Where is the win2k installed? Different partition? Different drive?
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Kerry
- Posted by Jim Davis on March 26th, 2006
"Kerry Brown" <kerry@kdbNOSPAMsys-tems.c*a*m> wrote in message
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Kerry --
On a different drive. Specifically, Win XP on C: drive, Win 2k on another
drive partitioned as D:.
- Posted by Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers on March 26th, 2006
Hi,
Boot to WinXP, click start/run, type 'control sysdm.cpl' and click ok. On
the advanced tab, click startup and recovery settings. Click the 'edit'
button under the startup options to open boot.ini in edit mode. Remove the
line from [operating systems] that loads Win2000. Click file/save and close.
If you haven't already, you can delete the Win2000 system folders from
whatever drive they are residing one.
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Best of Luck,
Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
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- Posted by Kerry Brown on March 26th, 2006
Jim Davis wrote:
Edit the boot.ini file to remove the entry for win2k. Temporarily disable
the D: drive. Run it for a few days to make sure XP isn't using that drive.
Once you're sure re-enable the drive and re-partition and format it.
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Kerry
- Posted by Jim Davis on March 30th, 2006
"Kerry Brown" <kerry@kdbNOSPAMsys-tems.c*a*m> wrote in message
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To Kerry Brown and Rick "Nutcase" Rogers --
My sincerest thanks to you both. I followed your advice and everything
worked perfectly. Several of my "knowledgeable" friends said this could not
be done. Well, they were wrong.
Thanks again to you both. Take care.
Jim Davis.
- Posted by Jim Davis on March 30th, 2006
"Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" <rick@mvps.org> wrote in message
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To Rick "Nutcase" Rogers and Kerry Brown --
My sincerest thanks to you both. I followed your advice and everything
worked perfectly. Several of my "knowledgeable" friends said this could not
be done. Well, they were wrong.
Thanks again to you both. Take care.
Jim Davis.
- Posted by Kerry Brown on March 30th, 2006
Your welcome. Glad it worked out.
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Kerry
