I've just installed a second operating system on a computer and would now like to delete the original.

Is there an easy way to do this?

The old O/S is MS 2000 and the new is MS XP
Thanks

I've just installed a second operating system on a computer and would now like to delete the original.

Is there an easy way to do this?

The old O/S is MS 2000 and the new is MS XP
Thanks

you can but it's very tricky and wouldn't advise chopping out files.

Best way is to do a full format via the XP disk and reinstall again. If you want it to boot stright into XP without the DOS OS choise goto ...
right click on my computer
Properties
then on box pops up goto Advanced
then Settings
Remove the Tick box ' time to display list of operating systems'
then the box above that select "microsoft windows xp ect.."

Click OK and thats it job done.

boot using a boot up floppy and format the drive letter of the os you want getting rid of

boot using a boot up floppy and format the drive letter of the os you want getting rid of

There is no FDD and both O/Ss are installed on the same partition. Anyway, one of the 96 Windows updates (yes, 96 of the b'stards!) seems to have screwed up the computer so I'll just format and start again. I :banana: Microsoft!

make life better for yourself. create about 3 partitions when you come to re-install.


one for the operating system and installed programs (id recomend no more than 20Gb for this partition unless your installing loads of big games)
one for your documents, media, whatever else you want thats personal to you.
and one for the swap file (1.5x larger than however much ram you have installed)

have the swap file be partition be the last one you create to ensure it it at the outer edge of the disk and so gets the best continuous read/write times.

this way, if you have to wipe a partition for a OS reinstall, its just the one partition to messs about with and saves a lot of hassle backing up documents etc beforehand. it also eliminates fragmentation of the swap file when the C: starts filling up.
hth

There is no FDD and both O/Ss are installed on the same partition. Anyway, one of the 96 Windows updates (yes, 96 of the b'stards!) seems to have screwed up the computer so I'll just format and start again. I :banana: Microsoft!

2 os's on the same partition????
asking for trouble