Cant remove OS or format drive

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Hello
I have both Win2K Pro and WinXP Pro operating systems. I've tried everything to remove Win 2000, including the suggestions I've seen posted (boot disks, etc). The setup CD for 2000 says I have a newer version than on the disk (??). I even tried to format the hard drive through DOS ("cmd") but when it attempts to force a dismount it fails because the c drive is in use by another process - which I assume is Win2K.

Any suggestions
David
 
Why can't you boot off your xp cd then repartition and format the drive..?



CoffeeGuy said:
Hello,
I have both Win2K Pro and WinXP Pro operating systems. I've tried
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everything to remove Win 2000, including the suggestions I've seen posted
(boot disks, etc). The setup CD for 2000 says I have a newer version than
on the disk (??). I even tried to format the hard drive through DOS
("cmd") but when it attempts to force a dismount it fails because the c
drive is in use by another process - which I assume is Win2K.
 
I take that back - I just got it to work with the XP CD instead of the Win2K
Thanks!

You guys are great!
 
Formating the hard disk will destroy all programs and data on your hard disk. Be
sure to backup all of your important data and settings first

To format your hard disk, follow the steps below;

1. Be sure you have a backup of all your important data and settings.
2. Create boot disk. (be sure that fdisk.exe, format.com, mscdex.exe and the
driver for your CD-ROM are on the disk.)
3. Boot from floppy (you may have to change the boot order in the BIOS).
4. Run fdisk.exe and follow the on screen prompts to remove the current
partition than create a new one.
5. Run format.com using the /s switch so that the OS is installed on the hard
disk.
6. Create a new directory on the c: drive (ie. \cdrom )
7. Copy CD-ROM driver and mscdex.exe to the new \cdrom directory
8. Edit config.sys and autoexec.bat to point to the \cdrom directory
9. Re-boot


Hello,
I have both Win2K Pro and WinXP Pro operating systems. I've tried everything to remove Win 2000, including the suggestions I've seen posted (boot disks, etc). The setup CD for 2000 says I have a newer version than on the disk (??). I even tried to format the hard drive through DOS ("cmd") but when it attempts to force a dismount it fails because the c drive is in use by another process - which I assume is Win2K.

Any suggestions?
David
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