duplicate operating systems...

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I have my harddrive formatted to two drives... on the c drive I have
installed windows xp but had a glich when I tried going to a cable internet
rather then the old phone line (it wouldn't release the IP address) so I
re-installed XP on that same drive, now I have duplicate OS on the same hard
drive and it has killed my entire space. How do I remove the obsolete system?
I tried going to the windows help site but it is confusing....
 
Hi computer DA,

Follow the instructions here:

http://michaelstevenstech.com/xpfaq.html
Scroll down to #20 and click on the subject text to expand



Regards,

--
Patti MacLeod
Microsoft MVP - Windows Shell/User


"computer DA" wrote:

> I have my harddrive formatted to two drives... on the c drive I have
> installed windows xp but had a glich when I tried going to a cable internet
> rather then the old phone line (it wouldn't release the IP address) so I
> re-installed XP on that same drive, now I have duplicate OS on the same hard
> drive and it has killed my entire space. How do I remove the obsolete system?
> I tried going to the windows help site but it is confusing....
 
sounds about the same as from the microsoft site (broken down alittle better
though) however I'm lost at step 3, how do I know what the duplicate files to
delete are? Every window file I see is identical...

"Patti MacLeod" wrote:

> Hi computer DA,
>
> Follow the instructions here:
>
> http://michaelstevenstech.com/xpfaq.html
> Scroll down to #20 and click on the subject text to expand
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
> --
> Patti MacLeod
> Microsoft MVP - Windows Shell/User
>
>
> "computer DA" wrote:
>
> > I have my harddrive formatted to two drives... on the c drive I have
> > installed windows xp but had a glich when I tried going to a cable internet
> > rather then the old phone line (it wouldn't release the IP address) so I
> > re-installed XP on that same drive, now I have duplicate OS on the same hard
> > drive and it has killed my entire space. How do I remove the obsolete system?
> > I tried going to the windows help site but it is confusing....
 
"computer DA" wrote:

> I have my harddrive formatted to two drives... on the c drive I have
> installed windows xp but had a glich when I tried going to a cable internet
> rather then the old phone line (it wouldn't release the IP address) so I
> re-installed XP on that same drive, now I have duplicate OS on the same hard
> drive and it has killed my entire space. How do I remove the obsolete system?
> I tried going to the windows help site but it is confusing....

Please before performing anything Note down the Correct Operating selection
that worked for you, say when you boot up you get two boot selections:
Windows XP Home Edition
Windows
If you clicked on the "Windows XP Home Edition" and it is working for you
then you need to delete the second one" Windows" from the Boot.ini as
described below.
When logged in Right click " My Computer" Icon and select properties from
the drop down list.
Click on Advanced Tab then click on Settings Button under StartUp and
Recovery, then click on Edit and see what Line of operating system you want
to select:
A Double Boot will look like this:
<Example::>
[boot loader]
timeout=10
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="" <= we removed this
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home
Edition" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn
</Example::>

Tthe final product should look like this:
[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Home Edition" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn

Or through the Misconfig (System Configuration utility):
Msconfig image
http://www.winnetmag.com/Files/16/20784/msconfig.gif


Note: Please don't perform the above if you are in doubt about it or it
doesn't describe your issue and write back with more Info.
HTH.
nass
---
www.nasstec.co.uk
 
Boot into each of the Windows options that are presented at the boot menu.
Perform the echo %windir% command from the command prompt after having booted
into each one and take note of the directory displayed beneath the
command.......one should be C:\Windows and one will be a derivative of
C:\Windows, such as C:\Windows(1) or something like that. Using My Computer
or Windows Explorer, delete the folder that is the derivative of Windows, the
C:\Windows(1) in my example.



Regards,

--
Patti MacLeod
Microsoft MVP - Windows Shell/User


"computer DA" wrote:

> sounds about the same as from the microsoft site (broken down alittle better
> though) however I'm lost at step 3, how do I know what the duplicate files to
> delete are? Every window file I see is identical...
 
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