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02-04-2009, 06:41 PM
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removing second partial install of XP home
Hello people ...Well I can't remember how to do this ...Inadvertently got two (2) installs of XP home going. One finished but when I reboot the screen shows two XP installs the top is fine and works great the lower is a incomplete install I need to get rid of I for got ..I think i remember a edit ????? but I can't remember or is there a better way ...
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02-05-2009, 06:43 AM
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Right Click on My Computer and select Properties .. from the System Properties dialog box go to the Advanced Tab > Startup & Recovery - Settings button > and click the EDIT button to edit the boot.ini manually.
In the boot.ini .. look for the [operating systems] section .. you should see 2 lines. Remove the unwanted line completely - in your case, the second one. |
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02-05-2009, 11:48 AM
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Hey Statica thanks for responding ...What it is ..is there is a small partition 4 gig or so and the other is about 76 gig .. I inadvertently deleted and partitioned the wrong partition ( not sure it was me or the computer (Compaq) and it started to install I saw it was doing the small partition and stopped the install. Then repartition the larger partition and installed window XP home.
When it reboots I see two Xp home selections.... the top one is the full install and the lower is the partially installed and looking for a cd. WHEN i GET INTO BOOT.INI i AM NOT SURE which to delete I cant remember how to read dsk, part etc. It shows part 1 and part 2 but I can't correlate which is which and certainly don't want to delete the full install.. Do I make any sense ???
Last edited by Al Pollock; 02-05-2009 at 11:52 AM. Reason: spelling |
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02-05-2009, 12:03 PM
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Okay...I removed the second one took a chance it was the right one ....now big questio can I format that partion ?? it still shows as C: and there is still part of the install and the partition F: is the main partion with the full install.
If I format can I change the partion F: to make it the C: partion as it should be ????
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02-05-2009, 10:52 PM
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No, I think you would be best off by wiping the drive and starting over.
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02-06-2009, 09:02 AM
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thanks GLC thats what I wound up doing..
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