Removing Windows 2003 Server on a dual boot ?

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I've Windows XP Pro & Windows Server 2003 installed on dual boot system. I
only have one hard disk with partitions. I know that formatting the partition
where Server is installed, is the only way to get rid of it.

My question is, do I still have registry values for Win Server 2003 left
behind?
 
Re: Removing Windows 2003 Server on a dual boot ?


"Trying2Learn" <Trying2Learn@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:12BF19EE-9FC9-4605-9B6D-A7D8662E1F6C@microsoft.com...
> I've Windows XP Pro & Windows Server 2003 installed on dual boot system. I
> only have one hard disk with partitions. I know that formatting the
> partition
> where Server is installed, is the only way to get rid of it.
>
> My question is, do I still have registry values for Win Server 2003 left
> behind?

This is incorrect: There is no need to format a disk in order to
get rid of an unwanted Windows installation.

A good starting point would be to report in details your current
partition structure and what is installed where.
 
Re: Removing Windows 2003 Server on a dual boot ?

I have one 250GB hard disk divided into 3 partitions (C, D & E)
C (97.6 GB): contains Windows XP Pro
D (58.5 GB): contains Windows Server 2003
E (76.5 GB): contains data files etc. No OS.

All of the above are NTFS.
"Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:

>
> "Trying2Learn" <Trying2Learn@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:12BF19EE-9FC9-4605-9B6D-A7D8662E1F6C@microsoft.com...
> > I've Windows XP Pro & Windows Server 2003 installed on dual boot system. I
> > only have one hard disk with partitions. I know that formatting the
> > partition
> > where Server is installed, is the only way to get rid of it.
> >
> > My question is, do I still have registry values for Win Server 2003 left
> > behind?
>
> This is incorrect: There is no need to format a disk in order to
> get rid of an unwanted Windows installation.
>
> A good starting point would be to report in details your current
> partition structure and what is installed where.
>
>
>
 
Re: Removing Windows 2003 Server on a dual boot ?

Fine. Boot into WinXP, then rename d:\Windows to
d:\Windows.Server. Now wait a week. If all is well,
delete d:\Windows.Server. This will be the end of
Windows Server on your machine. Repeat the process
for other folders on drive D: that you're not sure about.

You can also delete the unwanted entries from c:\boot.ini.


"Trying2Learn" <Trying2Learn@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:44654B9D-B10A-41B7-8B2B-C8EB5EDF2B18@microsoft.com...
>I have one 250GB hard disk divided into 3 partitions (C, D & E)
> C (97.6 GB): contains Windows XP Pro
> D (58.5 GB): contains Windows Server 2003
> E (76.5 GB): contains data files etc. No OS.
>
> All of the above are NTFS.
> "Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:
>
>>
>> "Trying2Learn" <Trying2Learn@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:12BF19EE-9FC9-4605-9B6D-A7D8662E1F6C@microsoft.com...
>> > I've Windows XP Pro & Windows Server 2003 installed on dual boot
>> > system. I
>> > only have one hard disk with partitions. I know that formatting the
>> > partition
>> > where Server is installed, is the only way to get rid of it.
>> >
>> > My question is, do I still have registry values for Win Server 2003
>> > left
>> > behind?
>>
>> This is incorrect: There is no need to format a disk in order to
>> get rid of an unwanted Windows installation.
>>
>> A good starting point would be to report in details your current
>> partition structure and what is installed where.
>>
>>
>>
 
Re: Removing Windows 2003 Server on a dual boot ?

Thanks a lot Pegasus

"Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:

> Fine. Boot into WinXP, then rename d:\Windows to
> d:\Windows.Server. Now wait a week. If all is well,
> delete d:\Windows.Server. This will be the end of
> Windows Server on your machine. Repeat the process
> for other folders on drive D: that you're not sure about.
>
> You can also delete the unwanted entries from c:\boot.ini.
>
>
> "Trying2Learn" <Trying2Learn@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:44654B9D-B10A-41B7-8B2B-C8EB5EDF2B18@microsoft.com...
> >I have one 250GB hard disk divided into 3 partitions (C, D & E)
> > C (97.6 GB): contains Windows XP Pro
> > D (58.5 GB): contains Windows Server 2003
> > E (76.5 GB): contains data files etc. No OS.
> >
> > All of the above are NTFS.
> > "Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> "Trying2Learn" <Trying2Learn@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:12BF19EE-9FC9-4605-9B6D-A7D8662E1F6C@microsoft.com...
> >> > I've Windows XP Pro & Windows Server 2003 installed on dual boot
> >> > system. I
> >> > only have one hard disk with partitions. I know that formatting the
> >> > partition
> >> > where Server is installed, is the only way to get rid of it.
> >> >
> >> > My question is, do I still have registry values for Win Server 2003
> >> > left
> >> > behind?
> >>
> >> This is incorrect: There is no need to format a disk in order to
> >> get rid of an unwanted Windows installation.
> >>
> >> A good starting point would be to report in details your current
> >> partition structure and what is installed where.
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>
 
Re: Removing Windows 2003 Server on a dual boot ?


Can someone help me with a similar situation? In my case, I want to
remove the Windows Xp install which is on the primary partition, and
keep the logical partition ith Windows 2003 Server installed:

C: Windows XP (system)
E: Windows 2003 Server

Of course, while in Win 2003, it doesn't let me just delete the primary
partition since it has the MBR. Is there any tool to copy over the MBR,
remove the primary (windows XP), and set my logical partition to
primary?


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