re: xp & win 2000 on same computer. want to remove 2000--how?
Thursday, July 30, 2009 at 5:23 pm
Windows 2000 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Robert Neuman
(3 messages posted)
Wow! Thank you for your prompt and detailed reply. I am not sure I understand all
of it, so please permit me one more question. What does this mean "and editing the
boot.ini to delete the entry that points to the W2K Windows folder."? Where do I
find the boot.ini to make the deletion you are talking about? Sorry for being so
thiick. Thanks again.
On Thursday, July 30, 2009 at 3:29 pm, C K wrote:
>Depends on how it was installed.. Did it install to the same drive/partition or
>logical drive that W2K was installed on? I am assuming you are using IE6 for your
>browser? If IE5 then it is a little more complicated if I remember correctly.
Maybe
>not.. Look for a Documents and Settings folder. If you have one, then it is a
simple
>matter of deleting the Windows folder that W2K was installed into and editing the
>boot.ini to delete the entry that points to the W2K Windows folder. Do NOT delete
>anything else on the C drive. Do NOT delete the Docs and Settings folder.. Xp
uses
>that also. Your boot files are on the C drive so don't delete any if you aren't
>sure what they are. They (boot files) are needed to boot XP as well as W2K.
>
>You will probably be left with junk you won't need, so I would usually advise to
>reformat the drive to get rid of everything and start over and install XP clean.
> Some flavors of XP will not upgrade an older operating system, including W2K..
|
All messages in this thread [show all]
 | |  | re: xp & win 2000 on same computer. want to remove 2000--how? (Robert Neuman: Thu, Jul 30, 2009, 5:23 pm) |
| |
| |
Return to the Windows 2000 Discussion Forum
|
|
