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I need help please!

I GOT this old computer and it had Windows XP loaded. I upgraded to Windows XP Service Pack 2.
Needless to say, I HATE IT!
I put Windows 2000 professional on the computer.
Problem is....I still have Windows XP as well as Windows XP 2 on my system.
How do I get rid of windows XP and XP2? I hate to use up space that isn't needed.
Any help you could give would be greatly appreciatedReload Windows 2000 and format the drive as part of the process. Or just delete the partition and create a new one.

Fed will be happy you went for Win2000. There is nothing wrong with XP as long as you backup you registry, download the patches, have SP2, and a firewall up running the Opera Browser. ^_^

Just do a clean install though, create a Boot disk.
Use FDISK in DOS
Delete partition
Create new partition
Restart
Format Partition
restart
then install 2000 or what ever


That is the cleanest install ^_^

So do you have a duel boot or something?Quote

Reload Windows 2000 and format the drive as part of the process. Or just delete the partition and create a new one.

Fed will be happy you went for Win2000.



LOL, okay...I know silly question to come. But how do I do a Clean install?Quote

Best way is to format and do a clean install.

I like using XP Professional. What do you hate so much about it?

Mac, I don't have XP professional...I have 2000 professional.
I hate XP no matter what version I have! I guess 95 and 98 had me used to a certain format and 2000 is closest to it.Molly, you have chosen a wise path to follow with w2k
Set you cdrom as the first boot device in bios and then boot to the w2k disk.
Set your partition/s according to your needs, format and enjoy
w2k will let you do it all.Quote
There is nothing wrong with XP as long as you backup you registry, download the patches, have SP2, and a firewall up running the Opera Browser. ^_^

Just do a clean install though, create a Boot disk.
Use FDISK in DOS
Delete partition
Create new partition
Restart
Format Partition
restart
then install 2000 or what ever


That is the cleanest install ^_^

So do you have a duel boot or something?



IT,
I am computer illiterate. Say what??Quote
Molly, you have chosen a wise path to follow with w2k
Set you cdrom as the first boot device in bios and then boot to the w2k disk.
Set your partition/s according to your needs, format and enjoy
w2k will let you do it all.


Fed.
Bless you! Can you walk me through how to do that?Not an expert, just a w2k fan, it has all the xp GOOD parts and none of the bad parts.

Molly, your only decisions will be if you partition or not, and what file system to choose. (ntfs)You can make WinXP look just like Win2k and Win98.
Start--Settings--Taskbar and Start Menu--Start Menu TAB--Select "Classic Start Menu", select "Customize"--Check all except last 3 (unless you like small icons, next to last).Quote
Not an expert, just a w2k fan, it has all the xp good parts and none of the bad parts.

Fed, what are the better points of using w2k compare to XP?
I used to run on w2k but somehow some softwares I need is not working fine enough with w2k :-/From your description, it seems that when you installed Windows 2000, it was just added to your system instead of replacing Windows XP. If that was the CASE, then, when you boot the computer, you will get a list of operating systems to choose from. It might be that Windows XP will be the default on that list, if so then Windows XP will still start up by itself even if you have installed Windows 2000.

Do the following.

1) At the boot menu, select Windows 2000.

2) Open "System Properties", choose "Advanced" and "Startup and recovery". Set "Default operating system" to "Windows 2000".

3) Edit the file C:\boot.ini and remove all references to Windows XP. (Be careful here, if you remove too much you might not be able to boot up at all.)

4) Delete the directory containing Windows XP.

5) Reboot, and Windows XP will be gone.

If you had some documents and data stored in the My Documents folder under Windows XP, you will not find these again in the My Documents folder in Windows 2000. These will reside in the folder belonging to the user account that was being used under Windows XP (i.e. in the Documents and Settings folder). You can copy them from here to your new Windows 2000 account.Thanks Knut Arne Vedaa!
Sounds easy enough. I'll give it a TRY.


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