2 Questions

[aykutc]

Quick Summary: I have two partitions. With the help of you guys, I have WIN ME installed on C and WIN XP on D. Now that I experimented with XP for a few days and saw that everything works fine, my drivers, programs etc.. I decided to remove WIN ME completely from C and install XP only. At this point I have 2 questions in my mind.

1- If I format C and install XP after that, at some point I will have XP on both C and D. (Of course I will remove the one on D later, but for some time this will be the case. ) Does that cause a problem? If yes, should I do that on this order?

1-Remove XP on D first
2-Format C
3-Install XP on C?
Which is the right order?

2- When removing XP on D, which is the best way to do it? I don't want to format D because I have a lot of data files in it. So is it OK if I go to DOS and type like 'Deltree D:\windows" ?

Any other tips and recommendations are welcome.

Thanks.

[onetrueday]

I would just put the winxp disk in and do a format from there on c and install. You might have to make up another master boot file, but that shouldb e a problem. I wouldnt delete the D partition or anything on it either. If you are running programs there, .dll's might be in the windows folder. Just leave winxp intact on that drive as well.

[AMPLIFRIER]

id like to know if .....reinstallin on C:.....will xp find the other xp installation and rebuild the boot.ini to show it or will it ignore it?
hmmmmm
ive been building my partitions the same way for such a long time.
but anyhow......you can format and intall on C: and you will still be able to see the data on the other hard drive....(granted you dont blow out that partition in fdisk or setup)

AMP

[monty]

You can have XP on the D: partition and then install it again on the C: partition. The boot menu will actually have Windows XP listed twice; the top one will be the more "current" one. I noticed that when I decided I no longer needed ME and installed XP on the C: partition.