Accidentally istalled XP on wrong drive.

[jayscott]

Hi all, recently I noticed my computer acting really weird and I decided it was time to reinstall a fresh operating system (windows XP home). I have done this previously with no problems. this time however when rebooting after the install I get "Please select the operating system to start" and both choices listed are windows xp home edition.

Currently I can look at the folders in the C: drive but D: gives a warning message when trying to view the file structure. I think I accidentally installed the newest version on D: because that was the default when th prompt appeared.


Could someone please advise as to the easiest way to resolve this problem.

Thanks for any suggestions or advice.

[kev7555]

If you are not using the old OS, delete it from the drive or, reinstall and choose to delete all partitions before formatting and installing.

-Kev

[jayscott]

OK, thanks for your help. I will use the Windows XP installlation program to delete all partitions on the C: drive and hopefully that will resolve the issue.

After I delete the partitions on the C: drive do I need to reformat the C: drive to get rid of whatever was causing the computer to act erratically before the reinstall?

Will I need to get into the BIOS to hve the computer to look for the new operating system on the D: drive?

Thanks again.

[FLG]

Delete the partition, when you go to install Windows on C: it will ask you to format. Do you have 2 partitions (c: and d: ) on one HDD? Or is it two HDD's?

If its 2 partitions, when you delete both C: will be ONE drive. If its two HDD's and delete the partitions on both C: and D: and install on C:, D: wont be formatted. After windows is installed you can just find the drive in windows and format D:.