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To uninstall windows?

J

jsmith

Flightless Bird
My hard drive has 3 partitions, C, E and F.
C has XP. E and F have non working Windows 7 software.

I want to delete all files and folders from E and F.

Until today was presented with three options at booting...W7, W7 or an
earlier windows version XP.
At least that has been sorted today.....used original XP disc/recovery
console/fixboot..now when booting
just loads XP as required...so that's ok.

I did try fixmbr also but whimped out as in unfamiliar territory when
getting the warning...:-
This computer appears to have a non-standard or invalid master boot record.

FIXMBR may damage your partition tables if you proceed

This could cause all the partitions on the current hard disk to be come
inaccessible.

If you are not having problems accessing your drive do not continue!


Further info...when running msconfig/boot.ini

I note there's 4 added lines at the top;-

;

;Warning:Boot.ini is used on Windows XP and earlier operating systems,

;Warning:Use BCDEDIT.exe to modify Windows Vista boot options,

;

...then proceeds as usual with

[boot loader]

timeout=30

etc


When I try to delete the W7 files and folders from E and F..get the
note....Cannot delete ***.**..access denied either write protected or in
use...

Just wondered if the original advice still holds?...am a bit wary to get
down and dirty with stuff I know not much about :)
Any advice appreciated.

========================
>You can edit the boot loader with EasyBCD and remove the Win7 entry:
> http://neosmart.net/dl.php?id=1
 
D

Dave-UK

Flightless Bird
"jsmith" <John@nospamthanks.co.uk> wrote in message news:hlomvv$h3m$1@news.eternal-september.org...
> My hard drive has 3 partitions, C, E and F.
> C has XP. E and F have non working Windows 7 software.
>
> I want to delete all files and folders from E and F.
>
> Until today was presented with three options at booting...W7, W7 or an
> earlier windows version XP.
> At least that has been sorted today.....used original XP disc/recovery
> console/fixboot..now when booting
> just loads XP as required...so that's ok.
>
> I did try fixmbr also but whimped out as in unfamiliar territory when
> getting the warning...:-
> This computer appears to have a non-standard or invalid master boot record.
>
> FIXMBR may damage your partition tables if you proceed
>
> This could cause all the partitions on the current hard disk to be come
> inaccessible.
>
> If you are not having problems accessing your drive do not continue!
>
>
> Further info...when running msconfig/boot.ini
>
> I note there's 4 added lines at the top;-
>
> ;
>
> ;Warning:Boot.ini is used on Windows XP and earlier operating systems,
>
> ;Warning:Use BCDEDIT.exe to modify Windows Vista boot options,
>
> ;
>
> ..then proceeds as usual with
>
> [boot loader]
>
> timeout=30
>
> etc
>
>
> When I try to delete the W7 files and folders from E and F..get the
> note....Cannot delete ***.**..access denied either write protected or in
> use...
>
> Just wondered if the original advice still holds?...am a bit wary to get
> down and dirty with stuff I know not much about :)
> Any advice appreciated.
>
> ========================
>>You can edit the boot loader with EasyBCD and remove the Win7 entry:
>> http://neosmart.net/dl.php?id=1
>
>
>
>

Instead of deleting the files can you format E and F ?
That should delete everything.
 
J

jsmith

Flightless Bird
"Dave-UK" <Here@Home.com> wrote in message
news:eek:IydnRb5Krnsph3WnZ2dnUVZ8lWdnZ2d@giganews.com...
>
> "jsmith" <John@nospamthanks.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:hlomvv$h3m$1@news.eternal-september.org...
>> My hard drive has 3 partitions, C, E and F.
>> C has XP. E and F have non working Windows 7 software.
>>
>> I want to delete all files and folders from E and F.
>>
>> Until today was presented with three options at booting...W7, W7 or an
>> earlier windows version XP.
>> At least that has been sorted today.....used original XP disc/recovery
>> console/fixboot..now when booting
>> just loads XP as required...so that's ok.
>>
>> I did try fixmbr also but whimped out as in unfamiliar territory when
>> getting the warning...:-
>> This computer appears to have a non-standard or invalid master boot
>> record.
>>
>> FIXMBR may damage your partition tables if you proceed
>>
>> This could cause all the partitions on the current hard disk to be come
>> inaccessible.
>>
>> If you are not having problems accessing your drive do not continue!
>>
>>
>> Further info...when running msconfig/boot.ini
>>
>> I note there's 4 added lines at the top;-
>>
>> ;
>>
>> ;Warning:Boot.ini is used on Windows XP and earlier operating systems,
>>
>> ;Warning:Use BCDEDIT.exe to modify Windows Vista boot options,
>>
>> ;
>>
>> ..then proceeds as usual with
>>
>> [boot loader]
>>
>> timeout=30
>>
>> etc
>>
>>
>> When I try to delete the W7 files and folders from E and F..get the
>> note....Cannot delete ***.**..access denied either write protected or in
>> use...
>>
>> Just wondered if the original advice still holds?...am a bit wary to get
>> down and dirty with stuff I know not much about :)
>> Any advice appreciated.
>>
>> ========================
>>>You can edit the boot loader with EasyBCD and remove the Win7 entry:
>>> http://neosmart.net/dl.php?id=1
===============

>>
>
> Instead of deleting the files can you format E and F ?
> That should delete everything.
==============================================
No, tried that... wouldn't have it said files either protected or being used
etc,,,

...however have since discovered a program called diskpart within windows XP
and with that was able to delete and unformat partitions E and F - so that's
great...

.....However still have the ...

>>;Warning:Boot.ini is used on Windows XP and earlier operating systems,
>>
>>;Warning:Use BCDEDIT.exe to modify Windows Vista boot options,

in msconfig/boot.ini.
Its not causing any problems as far as I can tell...
....but could it cause a problem I wonder?
....but if I wish to sort this one what's the best (safe!) way do you reckon
to tidy up the boot.ini?
Thanks.
==============
 
D

Dave-UK

Flightless Bird
"jsmith" <John@nospamthanks.co.uk> wrote in message news:hlpeuu$euu$1@news.eternal-september.org...
>


> ..however have since discovered a program called diskpart within windows XP
> and with that was able to delete and unformat partitions E and F - so that's
> great...
>
> ....However still have the ...
>
>>>;Warning:Boot.ini is used on Windows XP and earlier operating systems,
>>>
>>>;Warning:Use BCDEDIT.exe to modify Windows Vista boot options,
>
> in msconfig/boot.ini.
> Its not causing any problems as far as I can tell...
> ...but could it cause a problem I wonder?
> ...but if I wish to sort this one what's the best (safe!) way do you reckon
> to tidy up the boot.ini?
> Thanks.
> ==============
>
>

As the entries are preceded by a semi-colon they are just remarks not commands.
Leave them alone if you are unsure.
 
P

Peter Foldes

Flightless Bird
>....but if I wish to sort this one what's the best (safe!) way do you reckon
>to tidy up the boot.ini?

Just delete the unwanted lines in boot.ini . Open boot.ini in Notepad and delete the
unwanted entries. Save and close
--
Peter

Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others
Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged.

"jsmith" <John@nospamthanks.co.uk> wrote in message
news:hlpeuu$euu$1@news.eternal-september.org...
 
S

Seth

Flightless Bird
"jsmith" <John@nospamthanks.co.uk> wrote in message
news:hlpeuu$euu$1@news.eternal-september.org...
>
> ....However still have the ...
>
>>>;Warning:Boot.ini is used on Windows XP and earlier operating systems,
>>>
>>>;Warning:Use BCDEDIT.exe to modify Windows Vista boot options,
>
> in msconfig/boot.ini.
> Its not causing any problems as far as I can tell...
> ...but could it cause a problem I wonder?
> ...but if I wish to sort this one what's the best (safe!) way do you
> reckon
> to tidy up the boot.ini?


Anything in that file that starts with a semicolon ";" is a comment. Also
known as a remark. They are just there for documenting the contents and
commands (like how a programmer would/should have lines that start with the
"remark" command followed by documentation describing what's going on).

You can delete those, or edit the lines to say whatever you want. When the
code is parsed, those lines are completely ignored.
 
J

jsmith

Flightless Bird
"Seth" <seth_lermanNOSPAM@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:hlpi84$l5f$1@news.eternal-september.org...
> "jsmith" <John@nospamthanks.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:hlpeuu$euu$1@news.eternal-september.org...
>>
>> ....However still have the ...
>>
>>>>;Warning:Boot.ini is used on Windows XP and earlier operating systems,
>>>>
>>>>;Warning:Use BCDEDIT.exe to modify Windows Vista boot options,
>>
>> in msconfig/boot.ini.
>> Its not causing any problems as far as I can tell...
>> ...but could it cause a problem I wonder?
>> ...but if I wish to sort this one what's the best (safe!) way do you
>> reckon
>> to tidy up the boot.ini?
>
>
> Anything in that file that starts with a semicolon ";" is a comment. Also
> known as a remark. They are just there for documenting the contents and
> commands (like how a programmer would/should have lines that start with
> the "remark" command followed by documentation describing what's going
> on).
>
> You can delete those, or edit the lines to say whatever you want. When
> the code is parsed, those lines are completely ignored.
================
OK, cheers, TVM
 
R

Roy Smith

Flightless Bird
On 2/20/2010 1:59 PM, jsmith wrote:
> "Dave-UK" <Here@Home.com> wrote in message
> news:eek:IydnRb5Krnsph3WnZ2dnUVZ8lWdnZ2d@giganews.com...
>>
>> "jsmith" <John@nospamthanks.co.uk> wrote in message
>> news:hlomvv$h3m$1@news.eternal-september.org...
>>> My hard drive has 3 partitions, C, E and F.
>>> C has XP. E and F have non working Windows 7 software.
>>>
>>> I want to delete all files and folders from E and F.
>>>
>>> Until today was presented with three options at booting...W7, W7 or an
>>> earlier windows version XP.
>>> At least that has been sorted today.....used original XP disc/recovery
>>> console/fixboot..now when booting
>>> just loads XP as required...so that's ok.
>>>
>>> I did try fixmbr also but whimped out as in unfamiliar territory when
>>> getting the warning...:-
>>> This computer appears to have a non-standard or invalid master boot
>>> record.
>>>
>>> FIXMBR may damage your partition tables if you proceed
>>>
>>> This could cause all the partitions on the current hard disk to be come
>>> inaccessible.
>>>
>>> If you are not having problems accessing your drive do not continue!
>>>
>>>
>>> Further info...when running msconfig/boot.ini
>>>
>>> I note there's 4 added lines at the top;-
>>>
>>> ;
>>>
>>> ;Warning:Boot.ini is used on Windows XP and earlier operating systems,
>>>
>>> ;Warning:Use BCDEDIT.exe to modify Windows Vista boot options,
>>>
>>> ;
>>>
>>> ..then proceeds as usual with
>>>
>>> [boot loader]
>>>
>>> timeout=30
>>>
>>> etc
>>>
>>>
>>> When I try to delete the W7 files and folders from E and F..get the
>>> note....Cannot delete ***.**..access denied either write protected or in
>>> use...
>>>
>>> Just wondered if the original advice still holds?...am a bit wary to get
>>> down and dirty with stuff I know not much about :)
>>> Any advice appreciated.
>>>
>>> ========================
>>>> You can edit the boot loader with EasyBCD and remove the Win7 entry:
>>>> http://neosmart.net/dl.php?id=1
> ===============
>
>>>
>>
>> Instead of deleting the files can you format E and F ?
>> That should delete everything.
> ==============================================
> No, tried that... wouldn't have it said files either protected or being used
> etc,,,
>
> ...however have since discovered a program called diskpart within windows XP
> and with that was able to delete and unformat partitions E and F - so that's
> great...
>
> .....However still have the ...
>
>>> ;Warning:Boot.ini is used on Windows XP and earlier operating systems,
>>>
>>> ;Warning:Use BCDEDIT.exe to modify Windows Vista boot options,
>
> in msconfig/boot.ini.
> Its not causing any problems as far as I can tell...
> ....but could it cause a problem I wonder?
> ....but if I wish to sort this one what's the best (safe!) way do you reckon
> to tidy up the boot.ini?

Those lines were added when you installed Windows 7 in a multi-boot
configuration. You can delete them as they really don't do anything as
they are just comments.

--

Roy Smith
Windows 7 Home Premium

Timestamp: Saturday, February 20, 2010 5:55:23 PM
 
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