Computing.Net > Forums > Windows XP > How to delete windows?

Computer Problems? Computing.Net has over 1,000,000 posts about all things technology related! Over 90% answered within 24 hours! Click here to start participating now! Also, be sure to check out the New User Guide.

How to delete windows?

Reply to Message Icon

Name: Tuyen Ly
Date: May 15, 2005 at 15:36:54 Pacific
OS: Xp Pro
CPU/Ram: 2.6ghz/512mb
Comment:

Hi, i accidently installed 2 windows xp, and now i want to delete/uninstall one of them, how do i do this?

thanks in advance



Sponsored Link
Ads by Google

Response Number 1
Name: dewtea
Date: May 15, 2005 at 16:07:00 Pacific
Reply:

Are they both on the same partition? If not, then run one of them and delete the other one. The folders 'Windows' 'Program Files' and 'Documents and Setting', present in the partion of the surplus xp should be deleted. The boot menu entry can be deleted from the C:\boot.ini file, though you'll have to remove the read-only atribute of the file first.


0

Response Number 2
Name: Tuyen Ly
Date: May 15, 2005 at 18:26:08 Pacific
Reply:

ok, i got it to delete but now everytime it starts, it asks for boot disk.

like everytime i start windows, it says, bootdisk failure, please insert boot disk.
then i put windows xp disk and restart, then the windows loads. i want to be able to load without the disk, any idea?



0

Response Number 3
Name: Richard59
Date: May 16, 2005 at 02:38:18 Pacific
Reply:

Did you by any chance delete the file Boot.ini?
Dewtea's instructions were to remove only the part of boot.ini that related to the second operating system. If you are missing boot.ini file then you can create another easily enough. If your operating system is installed in C drive being first partitiion on primary IDE channel then paste the following into notepad and save it as boot.ini in the root of your C drive. ie c:\boot.ini

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn


Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day.
Teach him to fish and his wife will never forgive you.


0

Sponsored Link
Ads by Google
Reply to Message Icon

Related Posts

See More


Windows Media player erro... Firefox multiple bookmark...



Post Locked

This post is quite old and has been locked from receiving new replies. Please create a new posting instead.


Go to Windows XP Forum Home


Sponsored links

Ads by Google


Results for: How to delete windows?

How to delete Windows Folder www.computing.net/answers/windows-xp/how-to-delete-windows-folder/166132.html

Auto Fill entries, how to delete? www.computing.net/answers/windows-xp/auto-fill-entries-how-to-delete/167564.html

Recycle Bin tries to delete Windows www.computing.net/answers/windows-xp/recycle-bin-tries-to-delete-windows/86718.html