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05-17-2005, 12:28 AM
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2 XP homes installed
I have two copies of xp home installed on this machine for some reason. I don't want to wipe the disk if I can possibly help it, so how can I remove one copy of xp home safely?
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05-17-2005, 12:42 AM
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Are you sure they are two different copies? Do you get brought to a menu upon booting that allows you to choose XP Home or XP Home, that sort of thing?
That doesn't necessarily mean there are two XP installs(two completely, independently installed versions). You may have an extra boot entry, which ofcourse my mind slipped as to where it is located at the moment anyways. So does each version not have the same things? Like does one have your games and all your previous stuff and the other one is blank, or do they have similar items(such as identicle Users and programs[ones installed by you of course])? |
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05-17-2005, 01:24 AM
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Im fixing it for someone. It had a BSOD and couldnt get into safeM. Then I noticed the other OS (2 xp homes) and booted into that one ok. The other one won't let me in so I don't know if it's a full OS or not? Any suggestions?
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05-17-2005, 09:27 AM
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"Start">Right Click "My COmputer">Properties>Advanced>System Startup and Recovery Options>"Edit" Startup options.
Should open the boot.ini file, which will look similar to the clip below. [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" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect If you have a 2nd entry under [operating systems] and they both point to the same thing, same disk and partition, then you have only 1 install on there in actuallity, as far as I know. Don't remove the 2nd entry, as I would wait for one of those "higher up," since editing that file can mess up the ssytem if it goes wrong. Don't want that to happen. |
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05-17-2005, 04:53 PM
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This often happens with systems that have been formatted and reloaded.
If you highlight the second entry and hit enter, it will likely say that the path to the boot loader is missing. Remember, when a disk is formatted the files are still there, they are simply not accessable through Windows and designated as un-necessary so the OS knows it is OK to overwrite them. Playing with file recovery tools will make this perfectly clear. Faaaget about it... -Kev
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