Re: Uninstalling one version of windows xp

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From: Mark L. Ferguson (marfer_mvpREMOVE_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 11/08/04 

Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2004 06:40:46 -0600

You CAN put the XP OS in two folders on the same partition, but it leads to
conflicts, since items like the %ProgramFiles% folder are the same path on
both systems, and apps like IE can corrupt.

On the format issue, formatting C: will remove NTLDR, NTdetect.com and
Boot.ini, all necessary files for the boot manager to find the XP OS files.
Removing other partitions would not hurt. 

-- 
Mark L. Ferguson (NOT an MS-MVP)
marfers notes for windows xp 
http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/chatNotes.htm
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"Timothy Daniels" <TDaniels@NoSpamDot.com> wrote in message 
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> "Mark L. Ferguson" wrote:
>> HOW TO Edit the Boot.ini File in Windows XP: 
>> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q289022
>>
>> Remove the line for the old OS in [operating systems] by going to 
>> Start/Run, and typing C:\BOOT.INI Be sure 'default=' points to the new OS
>>
>> (or) In XP, press WinKey-Break,(or start/run 'sysdm.cpl'), Advanced Tab, 
>> "Start Up and Recovery" area, Settings button, then edit the old line out 
>> with the edit button. Reboot, and delete the files for the old OS. Don't 
>> format C:, you will need some stuff in the C: root.
>
>
>    He wants to get rid of the French version which he had added by
>    mistake.  That's the *new* version (which he wants to get rid of).
>
>    Once the 1st OS's boot.ini entry for the French version is gone, are
>    you saying it would *not* be OK to simply delete the partition in which
>    the French version resides?  (Presumably, they couldn't have the
>    same root since they are both WinXPs, and they would both have
>    to reside in folders named "Windows" just beneath the root, leading
>    to a naming conflict.)
>
>    - which brings up a question:
>    Could two OSes share the same root if they had different "Windows"
>    folder names, e.g. WINDOWS and WINNT and the boot.ini files
>    pointed to the same partition but specified one at "WINDOWS" and
>    the other at "WINNT"?  That *seemed* to be implied by the answer
>    in another thread.
>
> *TimDaniels*
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