help!!!!!!!!!! win200 pro setup conflict

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I have a comp with 256mb memory and 80gb hdd. the hard disk is partitioned
into 3 drives (c:,d:,e:). i have win98 on my C: drive, winXP on D: drive and
nothing except a few files on E: drive. i decided to upgrade win98 (on C:)
to win2k pro(from CD). installer told me that it would not upgrade but do a
clean install. after initial steps, win98 restarted. while restarting, i
removed the CD. I got 3 options in OS choices menu - Win XP, Win 98, win2k
pro setup. i decided to install 2k later, so i chose to open winXP.
Shockingly win 2k pro setup (or something like that, but it said 'loading
Win2k') began to load. it said a file setup.alt was missing and that i needed
to repair
the setup files.WHERE HAS MY WINDOWS XP GONE?. i need it back. i want to
kill or remove this win2k pro setup. please tell me how to!!!!!!!!!
 
jackal said:
I have a comp with 256mb memory and 80gb hdd. the hard disk is partitioned
into 3 drives (c:,d:,e:). i have win98 on my C: drive, winXP on D: drive and
nothing except a few files on E: drive. i decided to upgrade win98 (on C:)
to win2k pro(from CD). installer told me that it would not upgrade but do a
clean install. after initial steps, win98 restarted. while restarting, i
removed the CD. I got 3 options in OS choices menu - Win XP, Win 98, win2k
pro setup. i decided to install 2k later, so i chose to open winXP.
Shockingly win 2k pro setup (or something like that, but it said 'loading
Win2k') began to load. it said a file setup.alt was missing and that i needed
to repair
the setup files.WHERE HAS MY WINDOWS XP GONE?. i need it back. i want to
kill or remove this win2k pro setup. please tell me how to!!!!!!!!!
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Let's get some facts for starters:
- On which drive & folder is your WinXP installation?
- What is the contents of the hidden file c:\boot.ini? (Try notepad
c:\boot.ini)
- Did you ever install Win2000? The menu you did not get there by itself -
it relates to some previous activity!
 
The first thing you should do is run Windows XP recovery console to
replace the hidden files ntldr and ntdetect.com in C:\ with the
versions from the Windows XP CD. Then you should be able to boot
Windows XP from the hard drive.
 
Andy said:
The first thing you should do is run Windows XP recovery console to
replace the hidden files ntldr and ntdetect.com in C:\ with the
versions from the Windows XP CD. Then you should be able to boot
Windows XP from the hard drive.
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Thanx a lot dude. my winXP has started workin again. Any idea how i can
remove this Win2000 setup (permanently)?
 
Thanx a lot dude. my winXP has started workin again. Any idea how i can
remove this Win2000 setup (permanently)?
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Right click on My Computer and select Properties.
Click on Advance tab.
Click on Startup and Recovery
For default operating system, select Windows XP
Click OK
Click on Startup and Recovey again
Click on Edit boot.ini
Remove Windows 2000 line.
Save file.
 
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