removing 200o pro on dual boot

Remove ME:
1 Boot up in Windows 2000.
2. Open Explorer
3. Change the boot.ini file in the root drive (C:\ most likely) from read only.
4. Remove the line that boots ME in the [operating systems] section. This will not be a line that says WINNT="... Windows 2000...". It should be self-evident.
5. Save the file
6. Make it read only again (make sure you do this or you may be installing the entire OS).
7. Delete the C:\Windows folder (not the WINNT folder)

Remove 2000
1. Boot up with the ME boot disk (create one in ME if you do not have one).
2. Run sys C:\ from a command prompt

Reboot and see if ME starts up without prompt screen. If so:

3. Delete WINNT folder
4. Delete from root: NTDETECT, boot.ini, NTLDR.

You will still have straglers in any programs you installed in one OS, but not the other. You can safely delete their install directories after removing the OS.

Of the two, I would prefer the deletion of ME, as it is safer.

Gregory A. Beamer
MCP: +I, SE, SD, DBA