Window 2k problem

[Guest]

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My win2k became corrupted so i tried the repair. It
didn't work. So I then just reinstalled it to a different
folder on the same drive.When I did this my default drive
changed from C: to I:. The C: drive is now a 15mb
partition. So later when I try to upgrade to WinXP it
won't load because the C: drive is to small.I tried to
use partition magic 8.0 but it wouldn't reboot. So I
reloaded to another folder on the same drive. Now my C:
drive is back where it was before and I now have an
H:drive of 15mb.But I now have 2 folders with system
files. It boots from the newest folder. The other folder
has all of my programs and data. The data I can save but
how can I merge the 2 folders to get my machine back to
the way it was? Is this possible?

 

[Philo]

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derky wrote:
> My win2k became corrupted so i tried the repair. It
> didn't work. So I then just reinstalled it to a different
> folder on the same drive.When I did this my default drive
> changed from C: to I:. The C: drive is now a 15mb
> partition. So later when I try to upgrade to WinXP it
> won't load because the C: drive is to small.I tried to
> use partition magic 8.0 but it wouldn't reboot. So I
> reloaded to another folder on the same drive. Now my C:
> drive is back where it was before and I now have an
> H:drive of 15mb.But I now have 2 folders with system
> files. It boots from the newest folder. The other folder
> has all of my programs and data. The data I can save but
> how can I merge the 2 folders to get my machine back to
> the way it was? Is this possible?


i'd first backup
your data

then run a drive diagnostic.

if your drive is ok...

i's delete all partitions and start over fresh

 

[dl]

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and no, you cannot 'merge' the folders

"philo" <philo@privacy.net> wrote in message
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> derky wrote:
> > My win2k became corrupted so i tried the repair. It
> > didn't work. So I then just reinstalled it to a different
> > folder on the same drive.When I did this my default drive
> > changed from C: to I:. The C: drive is now a 15mb
> > partition. So later when I try to upgrade to WinXP it
> > won't load because the C: drive is to small.I tried to
> > use partition magic 8.0 but it wouldn't reboot. So I
> > reloaded to another folder on the same drive. Now my C:
> > drive is back where it was before and I now have an
> > H:drive of 15mb.But I now have 2 folders with system
> > files. It boots from the newest folder. The other folder
> > has all of my programs and data. The data I can save but
> > how can I merge the 2 folders to get my machine back to
> > the way it was? Is this possible?
>
>
> i'd first backup
> your data
>
> then run a drive diagnostic.
>
> if your drive is ok...
>
> i's delete all partitions and start over fresh
>