Re: Housekeeping after enforced new Windows install

On Wed, 27 Dec 2006 17:57:51 +0100, "Roger Moss"
<roger.moss(BINTHISBIT)@tiscali.fr> wrote:

Had to perform a new (parallel) W2K Pro install, after major boot problems
following repeated attempted Service Pack installs... :-(

Question is, does anyone have a source of information on how to clean up the
remnants of the previous (now redundant) OS files?

You can bin the old C:\Windows folder, and probably some now-dead user
folders out of c:\Documents and Settings. That's the lot - the
remaining items in c:\Program Files\ will have been overwritten.

Did a reinstall over the top not work? That usually fixes w2k boot
issues. As does booting off a handy WinXP disk, going to the recovery
console, and running a chkdsk, fixmbr, fixboot.

Cheers - Jaimie
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