Re: recover HD space from dual boot
From: Rich Abrams (rwabrams_at_nospam.mmind.net)
Date: 03/23/04
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Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2004 23:19:25 -0800
One footnote that may make a difference is that my Win95
system is corrupt which is why I upgraded to W2K Pro. All
the boot discs that I have for Win95 do not take into
consideration the current dual boot set up. Will this
emergency disc rewrite the startup files to only one
partition that containing Win95? I would have to work
from either the SAFE mode or DOS for that OS as normal
startup is not possible. Thought I should make clear that
the old OS is buggy and is not working as it should IF
this had been a normal upgrade from one OS to another.
Thanks, Rich
>-----Original Message-----
>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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