thunderstormjack
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Hello,
A few years ago, a friend was trying to fix my computer and ended up deleting a necessary file. So I went to re-install Windows XP from the CD (which I don't have anymore). I left for a bit and came back to find that it had not completed correctly, so I simply started over again.
I now have a Windows folder on two different partitions (C and E) on the same hard drive. As far as I can tell, everything updates and runs from the E folder, which I am assuming was the second install. There are more files and folders in there and they have more recent dates for the Last Modified column - most of the folders in the C:\ directory have a last modified date in 2002.
The only folder that has a date after 2002 in C:\Windows is called CatRoot2 - that one says 2/4/2009, but all files inside that folder have a date in 2002.
I'm afraid to just delete the C:\Windows folder, if it would even let me. Is there a way to "uninstall Windows" on just the incomplete system?
A few years ago, a friend was trying to fix my computer and ended up deleting a necessary file. So I went to re-install Windows XP from the CD (which I don't have anymore). I left for a bit and came back to find that it had not completed correctly, so I simply started over again.
I now have a Windows folder on two different partitions (C and E) on the same hard drive. As far as I can tell, everything updates and runs from the E folder, which I am assuming was the second install. There are more files and folders in there and they have more recent dates for the Last Modified column - most of the folders in the C:\ directory have a last modified date in 2002.
The only folder that has a date after 2002 in C:\Windows is called CatRoot2 - that one says 2/4/2009, but all files inside that folder have a date in 2002.
I'm afraid to just delete the C:\Windows folder, if it would even let me. Is there a way to "uninstall Windows" on just the incomplete system?