re: Two copies of WinXP - One Computer
Monday, February 3, 2003 at 11:48 pm
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Anthony I Bejarano
(1683 messages posted)
The other message was titled "serious errors messages in Windows XP". Four after
yours.
On Monday, February 3, 2003 at 7:58 pm, Jaime wrote:
>Here's the problem in a nutshell:
>
>For whatever reason, WinXP was acting really ate up, and over time, eventually got
>to where it was non-usuable. At first, it wasn't so bad, but you could significantly
>notice a decrease in speed. Soon, the toolbar that rests at the bottom of the screen
>wouldn't respond, and eventually, no icons on my desktop would respond at all.
Before
>it was unable to function, I ran a virus checker and swept the whole computer, so
>that apparently wasn't the problem.
>
>Anyway, I'm not that literate when it comes to Windows XP, and I asked a friend
of
>mine to come take a look at my computer. General troubleshooting-wise...he tried
>everything to fix it. Nothing would work. Eventually he decided that it would
be
>best to completely format the computer, which was no problem because I had all my
>important files backed up on CD-RW's anyway.
>
>He, like me, was pretty inexpierenced when it comes to Windows XP, and after a variety
>of methods trying to uninstall and format the damn thing, he gave up. He tried
it
>numerous times from the DOS-prompt and I think a few ways before the operating system
>even loaded. Nothing. It wouldn't work for whatever reasons.
>
>Anyway, he eventually tried to re-install WindowsXP, thinking that a re-installation
>would overwrite the old one, and we could restore my system without losing my files
>currently on there. Instead of fixing the problem, this added to it. Now, the
new
>installation works PERFECTLY, without a flaw, however, the old installation is still
>on the computer, and the computer asks me which OS I want to use. The old installation
>still has my old files and folders, but it's still refuses to respond and just isn't
>going to give in. I want desperately to get it off my computer completely.
>
>Is there a way I can do this? Also, another question, when my friend was messing
>around with it, trying to format it, the Boot Drive switched to G:, my other slightly
>smaller drive I have in my computer. I need to make this go back to C:, and rid
>my computer of the older XP installation. Is this possible? We tried in DOS, we
>tried formatting it all different kinds of ways while XP was running, nothing happened.
> It just didn't work. We even tried formatting it from the system resources screen
>under Administrative Tools and it just wouldn't work. I don't care what it takes
>as far as my files are concerned, I just want to get rid of the other installation.
> How do I do this? Can I do this?
>
>I would like to keep this version on the computer, but if it takes getting rid of
>it to get rid of the other version, so be it. Please, if you can help me at all,
>respond to this post or e-mail me at jsutherland@s-mail.com . I would really apprieciate
>any help you could give me.
>
>To let you know a little more about the situation, here's a little more info. :::::
>
>This problem with the other operating system progressed, and got worse over time,
>so I assumed it was a virus, however, I swept it and it didn't show any virus findings.
> Also, I have a virus detector on the new installation and it doesn't show any viruses,
>wouldn't it show it if there was one on the other OS too?
>
>After all these problems started occuring (or maybe before, I didn't really pay
attention),
>my computer wouldn't connect to the internet. I have Road Runner, and I remember
>it would work for a few days after the problems started occuring, and then, if I
>was lucky enough for my computer to respond to me clicking on the Internet Explorer
>Icon, it would bring up a page indicating that it couldn't find a connection.
>
>Other than that, if you need to know anything else to help me fix this problem,
let
>me know. I really need to get this taken care of, and I thank you ahead of time
>for all your help.
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