Re: Cleaning Up the C drive after xp home edition install
- From: "Nepatsfan" <nepatsfan@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 19 May 2005 10:59:33 -0400
Open your C drive in either My Computer or Windows Explorer.
You'll see icons representing several folders. You can safely
delete folders such as Windows, Program Files and My Documents.
You'll also see icons representing twenty or more files with
names like autoexec.bat, boot.ini, config.sys and ntdetect.com.
Rather than pick and choose which of those individual files to
delete I suggested that you leave them all in place. That's what
I meant by "do not delete files, just folders".
Next, as long as you put the check mark in the box, diagnostic
mode is
a one time event. That said, if you then run msconfig it will
show Windows running in "Selective Startup" mode due to the fact
that you're not using the original boot.ini file. This has no
impact on your computers performance. If you want to see "Normal
Startup" selected in msconfig you'd have to manually edit the
boot.ini file per the instructions in the article that Thorsten
mentioned in his response.
In response to your question "is he/she saying the same thing but
with more detail?" the answer would be "Yes, he is." I also
wanted to point out that you had options in reclaiming your hard
drive space.
--
Nepatsfan
"Barry" <Barry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:40BFB145-72B2-4B51-BBF5-185C8B2ACF63@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Thank You Nepatsfan. Seems like option 2 is the safer choice.
> When you say
> do not delete files, just folders, what folders are those files
> contained in?
> Also, when you refer to a dialog box that refers to running in
> diagnostic
> mode, will that only happen once then run the XP operating
> system from then
> on or will it always be in diagnostic mode?
> Barry
>
> "Nepatsfan" wrote:
>
>> How did you run this "upgrade"? Did you start the installation
>> from within Windows ME or did you boot from the XP
>> installation
>> CD and opt to install on your D drive?
>>
>> The reason I ask is because you didn't upgrade ME. What you
>> ended
>> up doing was a clean installation of XP on the D drive. You
>> now
>> have what's called a "dual-boot" system. You're running two
>> versions of Windows on the same machine each on a separate
>> partition.
>>
>> You've got two options if you want to correct this situation
>> and
>> reclaim your hard drive space:
>>
>> 1. Boot into ME. Remove the folders that were created on D by
>> the
>> XP installation. Put the XP CD into the drive and when
>> prompted
>> select Upgrade, not New Installation. This means running the
>> XP
>> installation all over again except this time you would end up
>> with only one operating system, XP.
>>
>> 2. Boot into XP. Remove all the folders on C that are not
>> hidden
>> folders. In other words, you can delete Windows, Program
>> Files,
>> My Documents along with any folders that pertain to the ME
>> installation. Don't delete folders that XP needs such as
>> System
>> Volume Information and Recycled. Do not delete the following
>> files: boot.ini, ntdetect.com, ntldr and bootsect.dos. To be
>> on
>> the safe side, I wouldn't delete any files, just folders.
>>
>> No matter which method you choice, you're going to have to
>> edit
>> your boot.ini file to remove entries that point to the deleted
>> operating system. The easiest way to do that is from within
>> Windows XP. Run msconfig. Click on the Boot.ini tab. Hit the
>> "Check all boot paths" button. Click the Yes button to remove
>> the
>> now invalid entries. Restart your computer. Once your laptop
>> restarts, you'll see a dialog box that refers to running in
>> diagnostic mode. Put a check mark in the box and click OK.
>>
>> --
>> Nepatsfan
>> "Barry" <Barry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:7CC857C1-A77A-4143-90E4-B93475249ACF@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >I upgraded from Windows ME to Windows XP Home Edition on my
>> >laptop.
>> > Everything is OK but on startup, it provides an option to
>> > boot
>> > XP or Windows.
>> > Also, XP is now on the D drive and the C drive seems to be
>> > filled up with
>> > old operation system & files. I don't have any reason to go
>> > back to the
>> > older version of windows so my question is: Can I clean up
>> > the
>> > C drive and
>> > remove all the files in it to recover the space and use it
>> > as a
>> > data drive
>> > without screwing up the XP install?
>>
>>
>>
.
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