Unwanted XP-XP dual boot

[SBCat]

For reasons that would only underscore my stupidity, I now have a dual
boot system, with Windows XP Home (upgrade from Windows 98) installed on
both my C and D drives. I want to get rid of the D installation, and I
want to recover the space that is otherwise monopolized by the
files/directories associated with that installation. I have to do it
manually, because Windows XP doesn't show up when I go through the
control panel's "Add or Remove Programs" routine.

I know about editting boot.ini on the C drive -- that seems simple
enough. And I know I can safely get rid of hiberfil.sys and
pagefile.sys on D:\, as well as the D:\Windows, D:\Documents and
Settings, and D:\Program Files folders. There is also a D:\WUTemp
folder, which is empty so I assume it's OK to get rid of that?

That leaves one mystery folder on the D: drive -- a hidden system folder
called D:\System Volume Information. It has two subdirectories, one of
which seems to be associated with the D: Drive XP installation, the
other with the C: installation. Directories and sub-directories with
the same names appear on the C: and E: drives. Is it safe to delete the
subdirectories of the System Volume Information directories associated
with the D: installation?

Anything else I need to watch out for?

Thanks for any help.

[Ken Christensen]

Hi "SBCat",

well, the easiest way to get rid of _ALL_ information on the drive (D:), is
going to:
Control Panel - Administrative Tools - Computer Management - Storage - Disk
Management & format the drive.
This will delete _ALL_ data from the drive.


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Best Regards
Ken Christensen

www.kenman.tk
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"SBCat" > wrote in message
...
> For reasons that would only underscore my stupidity, I now have a dual
> boot system, with Windows XP Home (upgrade from Windows 98) installed on
> both my C and D drives. I want to get rid of the D installation, and I
> want to recover the space that is otherwise monopolized by the
> files/directories associated with that installation. I have to do it
> manually, because Windows XP doesn't show up when I go through the
> control panel's "Add or Remove Programs" routine.
>
> I know about editting boot.ini on the C drive -- that seems simple
> enough. And I know I can safely get rid of hiberfil.sys and
> pagefile.sys on D:\, as well as the D:\Windows, D:\Documents and
> Settings, and D:\Program Files folders. There is also a D:\WUTemp
> folder, which is empty so I assume it's OK to get rid of that?
>
> That leaves one mystery folder on the D: drive -- a hidden system folder
> called D:\System Volume Information. It has two subdirectories, one of
> which seems to be associated with the D: Drive XP installation, the
> other with the C: installation. Directories and sub-directories with
> the same names appear on the C: and E: drives. Is it safe to delete the
> subdirectories of the System Volume Information directories associated
> with the D: installation?
>
> Anything else I need to watch out for?
>
> Thanks for any help.
>

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi,

The WUTemp folder is created by Windows Update. It is safe to delete, =
and will be recreated if needed. The update site creates that folder on =
drives with available space to download the setup files. It does not =
matter which drive the system is housed on.

The System Volume Information folder is created by System Restore, one =
will exist on each drive on the system, even if SR is disabled for that =
drive. You can delete the subdirectories if you wish.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x - =
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone -
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org

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