Uninstall Windows XP

[Daryl Foster]

I have two drives on my system, with XP loaded on each one. Currently I'm
only using the installation on the D: drive. I'd like to uninstall the
version on the C: drive and turn it into a data drive, but I need to be
carefull because I think that the MBR and NTLDR are on the C: drive.

What's the best way to go about this?

--
Daryl Foster

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

Boot into the XP install you wish to run and go to Control Panel, System,
Advanced, Startup and recovery. You can edit the BOOT.INI file from there.
Remove the entry that points to the C: drive and save the file. If you're
not sure about what you're deleting, post the contents of BOOT.INI here
first.

The only files you need to leave on the C: drive are:

BOOT.INI
NTLDR
NTDETECT.COM
AUTOEXEC.BAT
CONFIG.SYS
PAGEFILE.SYS
HIBERFIL.SYS
IO.SYS
MSDOS.SYS
BOOTSECT.DOS (if it exists)

Other than that you should be able to clean off anything on the C: drive you
don't want.

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Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes
http://www.dougknox.com
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"Daryl Foster" > wrote in message
gy.com...
> I have two drives on my system, with XP loaded on each one. Currently I'm
> only using the installation on the D: drive. I'd like to uninstall the
> version on the C: drive and turn it into a data drive, but I need to be
> carefull because I think that the MBR and NTLDR are on the C: drive.
>
> What's the best way to go about this?
>
> --
> Daryl Foster
>
>
>

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

Boot into the XP install you wish to run and go to Control Panel, System,
Advanced, Startup and recovery. You can edit the BOOT.INI file from there.
Remove the entry that points to the C: drive and save the file. If you're
not sure about what you're deleting, post the contents of BOOT.INI here
first.

The only files you need to leave on the C: drive are:

BOOT.INI
NTLDR
NTDETECT.COM
AUTOEXEC.BAT
CONFIG.SYS
PAGEFILE.SYS
HIBERFIL.SYS
IO.SYS
MSDOS.SYS
BOOTSECT.DOS (if it exists)

Other than that you should be able to clean off anything on the C: drive you
don't want.

--
Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows XP/ Windows Smart Display
Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes
http://www.dougknox.com
--------------------------------
Associate Expert
ExpertZone - http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
--------------------------------
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Unsolicited e-mail is not answered.

"Daryl Foster" > wrote in message
gy.com...
> I have two drives on my system, with XP loaded on each one. Currently I'm
> only using the installation on the D: drive. I'd like to uninstall the
> version on the C: drive and turn it into a data drive, but I need to be
> carefull because I think that the MBR and NTLDR are on the C: drive.
>
> What's the best way to go about this?
>
> --
> Daryl Foster
>
>
>

[Michael Stevens]

Daryl Foster wrote:
> I have two drives on my system, with XP loaded on each one.
> Currently I'm only using the installation on the D: drive. I'd like
> to uninstall the version on the C: drive and turn it into a data
> drive, but I need to be carefull because I think that the MBR and
> NTLDR are on the C: drive.
>
> What's the best way to go about this?

Remove a dual boot.
http://michaelstevenstech.com/xpfaq.html#Remove
--

Michael Stevens MS-MVP XP

http://michaelstevenstech.com

[Michael Stevens]

Daryl Foster wrote:
> I have two drives on my system, with XP loaded on each one.
> Currently I'm only using the installation on the D: drive. I'd like
> to uninstall the version on the C: drive and turn it into a data
> drive, but I need to be carefull because I think that the MBR and
> NTLDR are on the C: drive.
>
> What's the best way to go about this?

Remove a dual boot.
http://michaelstevenstech.com/xpfaq.html#Remove
--

Michael Stevens MS-MVP XP

http://michaelstevenstech.com

[Kadaitcha Man]

Doug Knox MS-MVP wrote:

MS-MVP, a euphemism for unpaid prostitute.

[Kadaitcha Man]

Doug Knox MS-MVP wrote:

MS-MVP, a euphemism for unpaid prostitute.

[David Candy]

They are paid in free software.=20

Anyway you come from a country with a population of 2500 - must be a bit =
of interbreeding there. And stop using Australian names - you're a =
dependancy not Australia - We only have you cause no one else wanted you =
(Australia has been looking after them for the last 45 years when the =
brits dumped them - they were part of singapore - obviously they didn't =
want them either).

--=20
http://www.g2mil.com/Apr2003.htm
http://prorev.com/forbesrussia.htm
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David Candy
http://www.mvps.org/serenitymacros
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"Kadaitcha Man" > wrote in message =
...
> Doug Knox MS-MVP wrote:
>=20
> MS-MVP, a euphemism for unpaid prostitute.
>=20
>=20
>=20

[David Candy]

They are paid in free software.=20

Anyway you come from a country with a population of 2500 - must be a bit =
of interbreeding there. And stop using Australian names - you're a =
dependancy not Australia - We only have you cause no one else wanted you =
(Australia has been looking after them for the last 45 years when the =
brits dumped them - they were part of singapore - obviously they didn't =
want them either).

--=20
http://www.g2mil.com/Apr2003.htm
http://prorev.com/forbesrussia.htm
---------------------------------------------------------------
David Candy
http://www.mvps.org/serenitymacros
---------------------------------------------------------------
"Kadaitcha Man" > wrote in message =
...
> Doug Knox MS-MVP wrote:
>=20
> MS-MVP, a euphemism for unpaid prostitute.
>=20
>=20
>=20

[Kadaitcha Man]

David Candy wrote:
> Kadaitcha Man wrote:
>> Doug Knox MS-MVP wrote:

>> MS-MVP, a euphemism for unpaid prostitute.
> They are paid in free software.

But prostitutes nonetheless.

> Anyway you come from a country with a population of 2500 - must be a
> bit of interbreeding there. And stop using Australian names - you're
> a dependancy not Australia - We only have you cause no one else
> wanted you (Australia has been looking after them for the last 45
> years when the brits dumped them - they were part of singapore -
> obviously they didn't want them either).

Eh? I'm a koori, born and bred in La Perouse, you idiot jakaru.

[Kadaitcha Man]

David Candy wrote:
> Kadaitcha Man wrote:
>> Doug Knox MS-MVP wrote:

>> MS-MVP, a euphemism for unpaid prostitute.
> They are paid in free software.

But prostitutes nonetheless.

> Anyway you come from a country with a population of 2500 - must be a
> bit of interbreeding there. And stop using Australian names - you're
> a dependancy not Australia - We only have you cause no one else
> wanted you (Australia has been looking after them for the last 45
> years when the brits dumped them - they were part of singapore -
> obviously they didn't want them either).

Eh? I'm a koori, born and bred in La Perouse, you idiot jakaru.

[David Candy]

Well you're using a christmas island address.

--=20
http://www.g2mil.com/Apr2003.htm
http://prorev.com/forbesrussia.htm
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David Candy
http://www.mvps.org/serenitymacros
---------------------------------------------------------------
"Kadaitcha Man" > wrote in message =
...
> David Candy wrote:
> > Kadaitcha Man wrote:
> >> Doug Knox MS-MVP wrote:
>=20
> >> MS-MVP, a euphemism for unpaid prostitute.
> > They are paid in free software.
>=20
> But prostitutes nonetheless.
>=20
> > Anyway you come from a country with a population of 2500 - must be a
> > bit of interbreeding there. And stop using Australian names - you're
> > a dependancy not Australia - We only have you cause no one else
> > wanted you (Australia has been looking after them for the last 45
> > years when the brits dumped them - they were part of singapore -
> > obviously they didn't want them either).
>=20
> Eh? I'm a koori, born and bred in La Perouse, you idiot jakaru.
>=20
>=20

[David Candy]

Well you're using a christmas island address.

--=20
http://www.g2mil.com/Apr2003.htm
http://prorev.com/forbesrussia.htm
---------------------------------------------------------------
David Candy
http://www.mvps.org/serenitymacros
---------------------------------------------------------------
"Kadaitcha Man" > wrote in message =
...
> David Candy wrote:
> > Kadaitcha Man wrote:
> >> Doug Knox MS-MVP wrote:
>=20
> >> MS-MVP, a euphemism for unpaid prostitute.
> > They are paid in free software.
>=20
> But prostitutes nonetheless.
>=20
> > Anyway you come from a country with a population of 2500 - must be a
> > bit of interbreeding there. And stop using Australian names - you're
> > a dependancy not Australia - We only have you cause no one else
> > wanted you (Australia has been looking after them for the last 45
> > years when the brits dumped them - they were part of singapore -
> > obviously they didn't want them either).
>=20
> Eh? I'm a koori, born and bred in La Perouse, you idiot jakaru.
>=20
>=20

[David Candy]

[David Candy]

[Kadaitcha Man]

David Candy wrote:
>> David Candy wrote:
>>> Kadaitcha Man wrote:
>>>> Doug Knox MS-MVP wrote:
>>
>>>> MS-MVP, a euphemism for unpaid prostitute.
>>> They are paid in free software.
>>
>> But prostitutes nonetheless.
>>
>>> Anyway you come from a country with a population of 2500 - must be a
>>> bit of interbreeding there. And stop using Australian names - you're
>>> a dependancy not Australia - We only have you cause no one else
>>> wanted you (Australia has been looking after them for the last 45
>>> years when the brits dumped them - they were part of singapore -
>>> obviously they didn't want them either).
>>
>> Eh? I'm a koori, born and bred in La Perouse, you idiot jakaru.

> Well you're using a christmas island address.

Ah, that's part of the kadaitcha emu feathers toolkit. It seems to have
worked.

"A kadaitcha man is the Australian medicine man/witchdoctor. Kadaitcha are
men of knowledge & power and are greatly feared. They only travel at night.
With his feet covered in emu feathers, it's impossible for experienced
trackers to say from whence he came & where he went. If a kadaitcha is sent
after someone, the victim is sung to death & a bone is pointed at them. Once
the offender knows he's been sung, he knows he's had it, sits down, refuses
food & drink, falls into a trance and dies."

[Kadaitcha Man]

David Candy wrote:
>> David Candy wrote:
>>> Kadaitcha Man wrote:
>>>> Doug Knox MS-MVP wrote:
>>
>>>> MS-MVP, a euphemism for unpaid prostitute.
>>> They are paid in free software.
>>
>> But prostitutes nonetheless.
>>
>>> Anyway you come from a country with a population of 2500 - must be a
>>> bit of interbreeding there. And stop using Australian names - you're
>>> a dependancy not Australia - We only have you cause no one else
>>> wanted you (Australia has been looking after them for the last 45
>>> years when the brits dumped them - they were part of singapore -
>>> obviously they didn't want them either).
>>
>> Eh? I'm a koori, born and bred in La Perouse, you idiot jakaru.

> Well you're using a christmas island address.

Ah, that's part of the kadaitcha emu feathers toolkit. It seems to have
worked.

"A kadaitcha man is the Australian medicine man/witchdoctor. Kadaitcha are
men of knowledge & power and are greatly feared. They only travel at night.
With his feet covered in emu feathers, it's impossible for experienced
trackers to say from whence he came & where he went. If a kadaitcha is sent
after someone, the victim is sung to death & a bone is pointed at them. Once
the offender knows he's been sung, he knows he's had it, sits down, refuses
food & drink, falls into a trance and dies."

[Kadaitcha Man]

David Candy wrote:
> Still your service with Bruce Chambers in your hall of fame makes
> almost anything you do forgivable. I'll just repeat the link here
>
> http://kadaitcha.ath.cx/bio.htm#peanut_gallery
>
>
> Pity you used word as the pics aren't [easily] accessable. I wanted
> it as wallpaper but it's too small and a desktop of tiled goobers
> isn't appealing.

The pics were small before I created the website.

> A female MVP also liked your site but doesn't want to wind up on it.

Only sheer stupidity gets someone in the gallery.

> I always get the MVP picture gallery at MS and this site confused
> http://www.somethingawful.com/cliff/ihateyou/

ROFL - nice site.

[Kadaitcha Man]

David Candy wrote:
> Still your service with Bruce Chambers in your hall of fame makes
> almost anything you do forgivable. I'll just repeat the link here
>
> http://kadaitcha.ath.cx/bio.htm#peanut_gallery
>
>
> Pity you used word as the pics aren't [easily] accessable. I wanted
> it as wallpaper but it's too small and a desktop of tiled goobers
> isn't appealing.

The pics were small before I created the website.

> A female MVP also liked your site but doesn't want to wind up on it.

Only sheer stupidity gets someone in the gallery.

> I always get the MVP picture gallery at MS and this site confused
> http://www.somethingawful.com/cliff/ihateyou/

ROFL - nice site.

[David Candy]

So where do you live, just south of me here at randwick or in the middle =
of the indian ocean, or somewhere else entirely.

--=20
http://www.g2mil.com/Apr2003.htm
http://prorev.com/forbesrussia.htm
---------------------------------------------------------------
David Candy
http://www.mvps.org/serenitymacros
---------------------------------------------------------------
"Kadaitcha Man" > wrote in message =
...
> David Candy wrote:
> > Still your service with Bruce Chambers in your hall of fame makes
> > almost anything you do forgivable. I'll just repeat the link here
> >
> > http://kadaitcha.ath.cx/bio.htm#peanut_gallery
> >
> >
> > Pity you used word as the pics aren't [easily] accessable. I wanted
> > it as wallpaper but it's too small and a desktop of tiled goobers
> > isn't appealing.
>=20
> The pics were small before I created the website.
>=20
> > A female MVP also liked your site but doesn't want to wind up on it.
>=20
> Only sheer stupidity gets someone in the gallery.
>=20
> > I always get the MVP picture gallery at MS and this site confused
> > http://www.somethingawful.com/cliff/ihateyou/
>=20
> ROFL - nice site.
>=20
>=20

[David Candy]

So where do you live, just south of me here at randwick or in the middle =
of the indian ocean, or somewhere else entirely.

--=20
http://www.g2mil.com/Apr2003.htm
http://prorev.com/forbesrussia.htm
---------------------------------------------------------------
David Candy
http://www.mvps.org/serenitymacros
---------------------------------------------------------------
"Kadaitcha Man" > wrote in message =
...
> David Candy wrote:
> > Still your service with Bruce Chambers in your hall of fame makes
> > almost anything you do forgivable. I'll just repeat the link here
> >
> > http://kadaitcha.ath.cx/bio.htm#peanut_gallery
> >
> >
> > Pity you used word as the pics aren't [easily] accessable. I wanted
> > it as wallpaper but it's too small and a desktop of tiled goobers
> > isn't appealing.
>=20
> The pics were small before I created the website.
>=20
> > A female MVP also liked your site but doesn't want to wind up on it.
>=20
> Only sheer stupidity gets someone in the gallery.
>=20
> > I always get the MVP picture gallery at MS and this site confused
> > http://www.somethingawful.com/cliff/ihateyou/
>=20
> ROFL - nice site.
>=20
>=20

[Kadaitcha Man]

David Candy wrote:
> So where do you live, just south of me here at randwick or in the
> middle of the indian ocean, or somewhere else entirely.

Do you know where the reptile show is held? On the Congwong Bay side (left
hand side heading to Bare Island)? Well right next to the reptoile ring is a
burnt out bus shelter. That's my place.

[Kadaitcha Man]

David Candy wrote:
> So where do you live, just south of me here at randwick or in the
> middle of the indian ocean, or somewhere else entirely.

Do you know where the reptile show is held? On the Congwong Bay side (left
hand side heading to Bare Island)? Well right next to the reptoile ring is a
burnt out bus shelter. That's my place.

[David Candy]

Me mum wants me to take her to bare island. I'll have a look for you.

--=20
http://www.g2mil.com/Apr2003.htm
http://prorev.com/forbesrussia.htm
---------------------------------------------------------------
David Candy
http://www.mvps.org/serenitymacros
---------------------------------------------------------------
"Kadaitcha Man" > wrote in message =
s.com...
> David Candy wrote:
> > So where do you live, just south of me here at randwick or in the
> > middle of the indian ocean, or somewhere else entirely.
>=20
> Do you know where the reptile show is held? On the Congwong Bay side =
(left
> hand side heading to Bare Island)? Well right next to the reptoile =
ring is a
> burnt out bus shelter. That's my place.
>=20
>=20

[David Candy]

Me mum wants me to take her to bare island. I'll have a look for you.

--=20
http://www.g2mil.com/Apr2003.htm
http://prorev.com/forbesrussia.htm
---------------------------------------------------------------
David Candy
http://www.mvps.org/serenitymacros
---------------------------------------------------------------
"Kadaitcha Man" > wrote in message =
s.com...
> David Candy wrote:
> > So where do you live, just south of me here at randwick or in the
> > middle of the indian ocean, or somewhere else entirely.
>=20
> Do you know where the reptile show is held? On the Congwong Bay side =
(left
> hand side heading to Bare Island)? Well right next to the reptoile =
ring is a
> burnt out bus shelter. That's my place.
>=20
>=20