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Help!!!Two XPs on single partition! :(

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Chetan1991
Chetan1991 Original post #1
Mar 1, 2007 at 3:06 PM
Hi to all!
Some days ago,my comp had a virus attack and the WinXP became really slow.So today I Booted with XP installation CD and Installed XP on the same drive on which older XP was already installed.I thought that first the setup will delete all the content on the partition and will install the os.But instead it wrote on the partition without any change and new os was installed in the same drive :eek: .Now there are 2 directories:WINDOWS and WINDOWS.0.How can I uninstall the previously installed XP???I don't want to format the whole drive.:confused: Please help!!
Sukhdeep Singh
Mar 1, 2007 at 3:58 PM
The new Installation has just *repaired* the previous installation. So there is no way you can uninstall Windows LOL
Arsenal_Gunners
Mar 1, 2007 at 4:08 PM
Repairing does not create another windows directory named windows.0
Well take the backup of your data and format it.
piyush gupta
Mar 1, 2007 at 4:32 PM
Better is to take Backup of ur Data and format

also u can check weather there is a option for Uninstallation of windows in Add/Remove Programs