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Noobish question...
I have an AMD64 based machine running on two os' winxp pro and xp64 (a 360 day trial version) i want to remove the xp64 as i no longer use it...but how do i do that? Both are on seperate partitions. I do have the installation cd if thats required.... Pls help.
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Posted: 2005-12-01 08:31:00
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short answer, set the boot.ini file to default boot to the os you want to keep, and then delete the "Windows", "Documents and Settings", and "Program Files" folders from the drive with the os you want to nuke.
Just be careful not to delete any files such as boot.ini, ntldr, ntdetect.com, msdos.sys, and less importantly autoexec.bat and config.sys.
That's the safe but messy way.
The boot info is still in the boot loader, but you can recover the disc space used by windows in the unwanted installation. By editing boot.ini further you can remove the option to boot to the dead installation (just be careful you remove the right line or the machine won't boot up)
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Posted: 2005-12-01 08:55:23
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Omg
no other simpler way? I'm good only with mobile phones...
I had always thought removing an os was as simple as removing a piece of software..
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Posted: 2005-12-01 09:05:00
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ill send you a set of detailed steps on this in a couple of hours.
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Posted: 2005-12-01 09:10:00
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Aha!! Thanks maddy and max..
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Posted: 2005-12-01 09:28:00
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On 2005-12-01 09:05:00, whizkidd wrote:
Omg
no other simpler way? I'm good only with mobile phones...
I had always thought removing an os was as simple as removing a piece of software..
hehe. No such luck with os's. Sounds like mrao will be able to help out.
My method above is pretty simple but leaves some little bits behind. You don't need to edit boot.ini manually. Boot into the os you want to keep. Go into system properties, and click "advanced" then "startup and recovery" settings. In "Default Operating System", make sure the os you want to boot is selected, then remove the tick from "time to display list of operating systems".
From now on the pc will boot into the chosen os automatically, and you won't have the option to boot into the 64bit os. Now that booting to winxp 64 is disabled, you can delete the windows and program files etc for the Winxp 64 installation. Note, make sure the computer is properly booting into the os you want to keep before you delete any winxp 64 files. That's a quick and dirty windows removal!
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Posted: 2005-12-01 10:46:41
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Could he not just format the partition with xp64 on?
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Posted: 2005-12-01 13:09:56
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hammer and hacksaw
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Posted: 2005-12-01 13:16:48
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On 2005-12-01 13:09:56, joebmc wrote:
Could he not just format the partition with xp64 on?
He could but depending on the dual boot config you can end up with the bootloader on a separate partition than the os needing to be kept. If the bootloader is on the same partition as the winxp 64 install, then deleting that partition will render the main os unbootable.
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Posted: 2005-12-02 09:18:56
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