I mistakenly installed two versions of Win2000 Pro on my PC. So now when I re-boot I have to choose from either or. I won't bore you with the details of how I came to this but what I need to know is...

How do I get rid of one version?
I think it's using up a chunk of my HDD.

33 view and nothing?
Come on somebody has to know.

Anybody?

I would try doing a search on the MS site or in usenet might be better info
??
sorry ;)

Can't you just delete the second partition?

Originally posted by ProSam
I won't bore you with the details of how I came to this...

Please do :D

But sorry, I can't help other than to say mkaufman's idea sounds good. Will one installation let you clear up the partition that the other one is on?

ProSam, Did it install into another partition, or on the same partition. If it was the same partition, did it install into the same directory (i.e. WINNT) if it did, then you probably do not have 2 copies of it, just 2 entries in the boot manager. If it installed into another directory, then you should be able to delete one of the windows directories and then take the entry out of the boot manager. If this is the case I would rename the windows directory first and then make sure you boot into the other one correctly.

You can get to the boot manager entries by right clicking My Computer and selecting Properties, then the Advanced tab and finally the Startup and Recovery button. This will show you everything that is in boot.ini.

Good Luck

Originally posted by ProSam
I mistakenly installed two versions of Win2000 Pro on my PC. So now when I re-boot I have to choose from either or. I won't bore you with the details of how I came to this but what I need to know is...

How do I get rid of one version?
I think it's using up a chunk of my HDD.

this is strange because it detects and searches for pervious version of windows. how did it allowed you to install 2 copies.
:confused:

What I want to know is how you installed it twice... :)

Originally posted by dherman76
What I want to know is how you installed it twice... :)

I just repkied and wrote the whole very long story and when I hit submit I got a screen saying that there was no thread specified and lost everything.

Why did this happen? CHICKEN!!!! Somebody!!!!

I don't feel like writng that whole thing again.
Let's just say I couldn't login after I upgraded to Win2K so I tried re-installing the thing and noticed my mistake was that I had to use "Administrator" as my username. I didn't know that. It had asked for my username during the upgrade and I had put my name and it was't working.

Thanks for your help guys.

EDIT: it happened again. It keeps happenig after I quote somebody

EDIT2: I was finally able to post.

Originally posted by eclipsewebs
ProSam, Did it install into another partition, or on the same partition. If it was the same partition, did it install into the same directory (i.e. WINNT) if it did, then you probably do not have 2 copies of it, just 2 entries in the boot manager. If it installed into another directory, then you should be able to delete one of the windows directories and then take the entry out of the boot manager. If this is the case I would rename the windows directory first and then make sure you boot into the other one correctly.

You can get to the boot manager entries by right clicking My Computer and selecting Properties, then the Advanced tab and finally the Startup and Recovery button. This will show you everything that is in boot.ini.

Good Luck

I don't know, I'll check it out when I get home.

My solution was fdisk, format reinstall. The more I tried to fix it the worst it got. Somehow I din't notice the second install and then ...........

Without knowing the details on how the 2 are installed, it's hard to suggest a fix.

Just backup anything you want to keep (I'm assuming you can load into windows fine... you just don't want to have both versions installed) and reformat and reinstall would be quickest.

I would format the hard drive and reinstall Windows

The thing is that I just went through all that jazz.
It was hard enough getting the compatibility issues resolved, but I must also backup all my info again?
I don't wish to do that unless it is my last resort.

Anyone else have a suggestion?

This is my problem:
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q304/8/95.ASP

But on there it says I must modify the "Boot.ini" file. I can't find that file anywhere on my pc. Does naybody know if this could be named something else.

Eclipse,
I have two directories one is named Windows and the other is WinNT I know I must delete one but I don't want to delete the wrong one.

What should I do?:confused:

Oh, I had this problem before..

Delete the /Windows directory - but back it up first! There may be drivers in there that are still being used...

allright thanks. I'll do that.

Originally posted by ProSam
This is my problem:
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q304/8/95.ASP

But on there it says I must modify the "Boot.ini" file. I can't find that file anywhere on my pc. Does naybody know if this could be named something else.

Eclipse,
I have two directories one is named Windows and the other is WinNT I know I must delete one but I don't want to delete the wrong one.

What should I do?:confused:

It is definitely called boot.ini - you just won't be able to see it in explorer.

Try going to Start -> Run -> 'c:\boot.ini', then press enter

Hope that helps :)

You can 'unhide' the boot.ini in ms dos prompt by issuing the following command:

attrib -r -h -s -a c:\boot.ini


or in windows just goto folder options and choose "Show all files" or it is something else related to hidden files, i dont really remember.