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08-29-2007, 07:37 PM
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Two installations of XP
Hi. my pastor seems to have two installations of XP on his laptop (he had to reinstall after it crashed. How do I get rid of the one he isn't using? He tells me that the first one listed as a choice when booting is the one where his programs and stuff show up.
So, I need to know how to unistall the version he isn't using (the second option) without messing up his registry or programs. Thanks |
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08-29-2007, 10:58 PM
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Open and edit the boot.ini to remove the second installation.
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08-30-2007, 09:01 AM
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How does one do that, and how does one know which installation to remove?
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08-30-2007, 10:01 AM
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Boot it up with the XP CD, use the recovery console, and run bootcfg.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/291980 |
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08-30-2007, 03:55 PM
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Does it matter which one I delete? From what I take from his description only one of the two installations (the first) show the programs and stuff that he uses.
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08-30-2007, 08:17 PM
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Yes it can matter as 1 path leads to the good one and the other to the bad one.
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08-31-2007, 07:29 AM
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That's what I figured. So how do I know which is the one to remove?
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