Dual boot with Win 2000 and XP

[Guest]

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As an experiment, I did a clean install of Windows XP to
the same partition as Windows 2000. Both OS's boot
without problems. After confirming the known issues with
program and shared files with this type of setup I would
like to delete the XP OS but leave the Win 2000 OS
untouched. Is there a quick way to do this without doing
a reformat and reinstall of Windows 2000? This is a
classroom experiment so time is limited.
Thanks

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.win2000.setup (More info?)

"K Smith" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> As an experiment, I did a clean install of Windows XP to
> the same partition as Windows 2000. Both OS's boot
> without problems. After confirming the known issues with
> program and shared files with this type of setup I would
> like to delete the XP OS but leave the Win 2000 OS
> untouched. Is there a quick way to do this without doing
> a reformat and reinstall of Windows 2000? This is a
> classroom experiment so time is limited.
> Thanks
>
Simple:
1. Boot into Win2000.
2. Rename c:\Windows to c:\Windows.XP
3. Wait a week.
4. If all is well, delete c:\Windows.XP

 

[Philo]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.win2000.setup (More info?)

> Simple:
> 1. Boot into Win2000.
> 2. Rename c:\Windows to c:\Windows.XP
> 3. Wait a week.
> 4. If all is well, delete c:\Windows.XP
>

and then remove the entry from boot.ini

 

[Guest]

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"philo" <philo@privacy.net> wrote in message
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>
>
> > Simple:
> > 1. Boot into Win2000.
> > 2. Rename c:\Windows to c:\Windows.XP
> > 3. Wait a week.
> > 4. If all is well, delete c:\Windows.XP
> >
>
> and then remove the entry from boot.ini
>
>

Good point!

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.win2000.setup (More info?)

Thanks, I had thought of that but I was unsure if it was
the proper way to go about it. I'll give it a try.
Thanks again.
>-----Original Message-----
>
>"philo" <philo@privacy.net> wrote in message
>news:eHBa5hUoEHA.2356@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>>
>>
>> > Simple:
>> > 1. Boot into Win2000.
>> > 2. Rename c:\Windows to c:\Windows.XP
>> > 3. Wait a week.
>> > 4. If all is well, delete c:\Windows.XP
>> >
>>
>> and then remove the entry from boot.ini
>>
>>
>
>Good point!
>
>
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