re: loading XP
Tuesday, January 1, 2008 at 11:21 pm
Windows 2000 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by C K
(6528 messages posted)
You would appear to have an upgrade of your W2K (where you see all the old programs)
and a fresh install (clean install) of XP where normally, only the recycle bin is
on the desktop. This is true if you see none of your programs (on a clean install)
under the programs menu. This is usually a no-no if you have two installs on the
same partition or logical drive.
As Dex suggests, you should start over and do a clean install if you do not need
to save any of your old stuff from W2K. If you do, and the install that has your
old W2K stuff on it seems to function normally and is verified as being XP, then
you can delete the clean install. Trouble is, knowing which is the right folder
so you don't delete the wrong one. That can be determined by looking at the boot.ini
file to see which one is on the top of the list for booting if non is selected by
the user on bootup (or enlist the help of someone knowledgeable to sort it out might
be best)...
On Tuesday, January 1, 2008 at 6:01 pm, cheryle flynn wrote:
>we tried to load XP over Win 2000. it didn't appear to work but i think we shut
>it down before it was finished. we loaded it again and now when the computer comes
>on it shows two os and asks to choose one. one only shows the recycle bin, the
other
>shows all the stuff on the desk top from Win 2000. we looked in add/remove progams
>to see if there was anything in there and there is nothing. how can we fix this
>awful mess??? any advise would be appreciated. we are lost. thanks.
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- loading XP (cheryle flynn: Tuesday, January 1, 2008 at 6:01 pm)
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