removing partition

ankit_biz · 15-06-2005, 09:43 AM

I hav windows 2000 on C drive and windows xp on D drive. Now i want to remove XP. How do i do it. Can smeone help me?

Nimda · 15-06-2005, 09:55 AM

1- Log into Windows 2000 and format D:
2- Boot using the Windows 2000 CD and goto the Recovery console
3- Type the following commands at the prompt.

Code:

fixboot C: [Enter]
fixmbr [Enter]

4- Reboot.

More info on the Win 2000 recovery console here

ankit_biz · 15-06-2005, 12:41 PM

thanx and if i want to keep xp and remove 2000 then??

Choto Cheeta · 15-06-2005, 01:23 PM

this will only help u if u r on FAT system.... as i found NTFS doesnt follow that rule.....

any one knows the how to deal with this question if the format is NTFS??

Nimda · 15-06-2005, 01:34 PM

That shouldn't be too difficult

Replace the following terms in my first post:

1- '2000' by XP
2- 'C:' by 'D:' and vice versa

Just one suggestion though, whichever OS you plan to have, make sure it is installed in C:. It's not a good idea to have Windows on D: and games or songs on C:.

Choto Cheeta · 15-06-2005, 01:43 PM

@nimda

Have u seen my question??

Quote:

Originally Posted by I

this will only help u if u r on FAT system.... as i found NTFS doesnt follow that rule.....

any one knows the how to deal with this question if the format is NTFS??

Nimda · 15-06-2005, 01:50 PM

Hmm.. Long time since I played with Win 2k and XP installations so I'm not fully sure but if I remember correctly, I faced no problems with NTFS.

What error are you getting, Saurav? The dual boot screen not going away? BTW, my name is also Saurav

Choto Cheeta · 15-06-2005, 04:14 PM

well i tell u indetails....

I have 80GB HDD with 10GB each C, D, E, 15GB F & G and a 20GB H partition....

the pramary dos partion is drive c:.... all otheres r logical drives....

C, D, E, G is in NTFS format..... & F, H is FAT32.....

now i had wind2K Server SP4 install in C: & winXP Pro SP2 in drive d:....... some times back i installed win Server 2003 SP1 (Fresh install, no upgrad...) on the c: drive....

system didnt had any problem of ditecting the OS change... BOOT.ini changed it self to config as for those to new OS....

well when i wanted to return to the win2k SP4... i just went with a quick format of the drive c: & install the fresh copy of the OS.....

as win2k is elder than XP thats why i lost the dual boot menu...

so i tryed this.....

Fixboot, fixmbr, bootcfg, copying the ntldr & ntdetect.com from xp sp2 cd...

earlyer i tryed this with FAT32.... there it worked.... but with NTFS i get this error.....

ntldr is compressed
press ctrl_alt_del to restart......

Nimda · 15-06-2005, 06:22 PM

This may not be due to NTFS. It could very well be a coincidence that it worked in FAT32. Logically speaking, that error should be solved using the following commands in the recovery console.

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