Re: recover HD space from dual boot

From: Dave Patrick (mail_at_NoSpam.DSPatrick.com)
Date: 03/21/04 

Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2004 20:52:55 -0700

Using third party tools (or win98 startup disk) you can format the
partition. But do not remove the partition and or otherwise change the
active partition. Then boot the recovery console and from a command prompt
fixboot
to repair the Windows 2000 boot sector.

To start the Recovery Console, start the computer from the Windows 2000
Setup CD or the Windows 2000 Setup floppy disks. If you do not have Setup
floppy disks and your computer cannot start from the Windows 2000 Setup CD,
use another Windows 2000-based computer to create the Setup floppy disks.
Press ENTER at the "Setup Notification" screen. Press R to repair a Windows
2000 installation, and then press C to use the Recovery Console. The
Recovery Console then prompts you for the administrator password. If you do
not have the correct password, Recovery Console does not allow access to the
computer. If an incorrect password is entered three times, the Recovery
Console quits and restarts the computer. Once the password has been
validated, you have full access to the Recovery Console, but limited access
to the hard disk. You can only access the following folders on your
computer: %systemroot% and %windir% 

-- 
Regards,
Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect
"Rich Abrams" wrote:
| I recently upgraded from Win95 to 2KPro as a dual boot set
| up. Now, I'm ready to recover the space on my hard drive
| that is taken up by the old Win95 system.  I read how to
| get rid of the dual boot option listed above but before I
| do that, is there a way to "erase" all of the files
| associated with Win95? Or will I need to access Win95,
| remove all the programs, dump the trash first? I only have
| safe mode access to Win95, which is why I upgraded.  My
| options are limited but simply deleting the Windows
| folder, as one chap suggested, does not sound like a wise
| move.

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