Re: How to uninstall windows2000server including registry entries
From: Bruce Sanderson (bsanders_at_junk.junk)
Date: 02/16/05
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Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 21:19:45 -0800
Well, Ram, I'm not sure I understand the question.
Is it that you have data files on the d drive you want to preserve?
or
Is it that you want everything on the d drive to disappear (so it can't be
recovered)?
Please try to explain your question more clearly.
-- Bruce Sanderson MVP Printing http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders It is perfectly useless to know the right answer to the wrong question. "Ram" <Ram@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:7931030B-E148-42D9-A016-59B8DA7652CB@microsoft.com... > > Hi, > Thanks a lot for the solution given to me. I hope you will give > solution to my second Question. > > And another question is, if I have saved anything (example document or >> image or vedio or internet download application/object)in d:drive which >> has >> win2000server, then how do I make sure that what ever I have saved or >> downloaded should be deleted completely so that if some one tries to >> recover >> it also it shouldn't be recovered. >> >> Thanks >> Ram > > > > "Bruce Sanderson" wrote: > >> If you really want everything on the d drive to disappear, then the >> easiest >> way is to format it. >> >> The boot menu information is not stored in any "registry", it is in the >> c:\boot.ini file. You can edit this file using Notepad. However, before >> doing so, I recommend you make a boot floppy and test that it works: >> >> 1. start Windows 2000 Server >> 2. put a floppy disk into the floppy drive >> 3. in Windows Explorer, right click on the floppy drive and select Format >> 4. DO NOT select "Create an MS-DOS startup disk" >> 5. click Start >> 6. when the format is finished, copy these files from c:\ >> ntldr >> ntdetect.com >> boot.ini >> 7. boot the system from the boot floppy to make sure it works (you may >> have >> to enable the boot from floppy in your system's BIOS) >> >> >> Make sure you can start both Windows 98 and Windows 2000 Server when >> booting >> from the boot floppy. >> >> Actually removing the boot manager installed along with Windows 2000 >> Server >> is tricky and I suggest, unnecessary. The Windows 2000 Server >> installation >> process writes stuff into the Master Boot Record on the disk and the >> Partition Boot Record for the C partition. Replacing this with Windows >> 98 >> equivalent is tricky and not worth the effort in my opinion. >> >> Instead, just edit the c:\boot.ini file as suggested below. DO NOT >> DELETE >> ntldr, ntdetect.com or boot.ini - doing so will prevent your system from >> booting at all. In Notepad, the boot.ini content will look something >> like >> this: >> >> [boot loader] >> timeout=10 >> default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS >> [operating systems] >> multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Windows 2000 Server" >> /fastdetect >> C:\WINDWS >> >> The "default=" line specifies which OS to start by default. >> >> If it is as shown above, the default is to start Windows 2000 Server. To >> get Win98 to start by default, replace the text after the "default=" with >> the text from the last line (e.g. C:\WINDWS). If you don't want to use >> Windows 2000 Server any more, you can delete its line below the >> [operating >> systems] line. If there is only one choice in the [operating systems] >> section, you won't see the boot menu and the OS will start automatically. >> >> If, after you make this change, your system won't boot from the hard disk >> and start Windows 98, boot from the floppy (which you tested earlier!) >> and >> restore the boot.ini file from the floppy to c:\. >> >> If the d drive is formated FAT or FAT32 and you have some files on the d >> drive you want to keep, then you have two choices: >> 1. copy them somewhere else (e.g. c drive, CD or DVD) then format the d >> drive >> 2. boot from Win98, then on the d drive, delete: >> a. the Windows (or Winnt) folder >> b. the Program Files folder >> c. the Documents and settings folder >> This will effectively remove the operating system from the d drive. >> >> If the d drive is formatted NTFS, then either just ignore it, or format >> it. >> You can't access files in an NTFS partition from Windows 98. >> >> -- >> Bruce Sanderson MVP Printing >> http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders >> >> It is perfectly useless to know the right answer to the wrong question. >> >> >> >> "Ram" <Ram@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >> news:5A38A642-68C3-4490-9039-60F8183C6E70@microsoft.com... >> > Hi, >> > I have dual bootable system, C: drive has win98 and D: drive has >> > windows >> > 2000 server.I don't want to disturb C: drive. What is the best way to >> > uninstall windows 2000 server from D: drive including registry entries >> > and >> > from boot file of win2000server.Don't tell me format that drive, >> > anything >> > other than this.If suppose if I try t o format that drive(ie d: drive) >> > will >> > it remove from registry and bootable file, what ever was written at the >> > time >> > of installation.. >> > >> > And another question is, if I have saved anything (example document >> > or >> > image or vedio or internet download application/object)in d:drive which >> > has >> > win2000server, then how do I make sure that what ever I have saved or >> > downloaded should be deleted completely so that if some one tries to >> > recover >> > it also it shouldn't be recovered. >> > >> > Thanks >> > Ram >> >> >>
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