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installed Win2K twice - how do I remove it?

  • 22-10-2009 4:07pm
    #1
    [Deleted User]
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    My sister was booting up her pc when she got an error message about ntoskrnl.exe being missing from the system32 folder. So she got her installation disk and thinking she was repairing things installed Win 2000 to the same partition again!. :rolleyes:

    Is there any way I can get rid of the newer installation? I think there are now three folders on the root called Winnt, Winnt.0 and Winnt.1

    I then would have to find a solution to the ntoskrnl.exe problem. Would it probably be better to format the drive completely and reinstall from scratch? I'm nervous of doing this because I've never installed Windows before...don't I need drivers or something as well? Thanks for any help! :)


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  • #2
    leninbenjamin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,983 ✭✭✭leninbenjamin


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Would it probably be better to format the drive completely and reinstall from scratch? I'm nervous of doing this because I've never installed Windows before...don't I need drivers or something as well? Thanks for any help! :)

    I would say a clean reinstall is in order all right. I've never heard of being able to 'uninstall' an OS, and there would be too many conflicts to be able to delete by hand methinks.

    You will need drivers all right, else some of your devices may not function. Typically it's just a case of going to the manufacturer's website and downloading them to a CD or flash drive. If you can find them all handy enough then a reinstall is probably easiest. If you can't find any, someone here maybe able to direct you if you give make/model.

    As for the reinstall process itself, it's fairly straight forward. put in the disk, format the drive and follow the instructions. There are guides anyway for every single OS under the sun if you google for them, just print one off before you have at it!

    And don't forget to backup everything if you do!


  • #3
    Biggins
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 34,567 ✭✭✭✭Biggins


    Totall agree with leninbenjamin - with everything he says.
    A fresh install is the lesser way of avoiding a lot of pain staking work.

    The routing out of correct directories, files, etc , can be done but unless your 100% sure of what your doing - and why - your better off taking the safer option and doing a full fresh install.


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