Tried to install a legitimate copy of xp on a non legitimate copy and it split my drive in disc 1 and lecteur2, it does not partition but divided into 2 physical disks. I can't turn the tide.

I bought a second hand computer with win 98 on lojical drive c (partition) and xp pro installed on logical drive d. I used it for several years and then one day she has no control of authentic microsoft. I got a legitimate copy of xp pro and tried to install it on the old copy, but he wouldn't. Then, I started my win 98 computer and installed xp from there, but I found myself with 2 copies of xp. I then deleted my second copy (do not undelete) and read up on how to put the new legitimate copy number in the old xp to solve the problem. Sort - then I found disc 2 on my hard drive and it took all my hard drive space. Can someone tell me how to remove this disk 2 without having to wipe my drive. -This is a public forum so never post private information such as numbers of mail or telephone!

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Hello

1. which type of installation you performed on the partition where Windows 98 has been installed? Was this a new installation or an upgrade installation?

If you did an upgrade of Windows XP installation you efer r to the article below:
How to uninstall Windows XP and revert to a previous operating system
http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/303661

And can be validated to a genuine copy of Windows XP on another partition by running the Windows Genuine Advantage tool.  Reference:
Windows Genuine Advantage does not validate a copy of Windows XP
http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/916247

I hope this helps.

Thank you, and in what concerns:
Shekhar S - Microsoft technical support.

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