Hi

My PC didn't shut down properly yesterday & when I came to re-boot an eror
message stated a file was corrupt, windows couldn't load & a recovery disk
was required. I inserted the recovery disk but it appears windows partioned
the hard drive & installed a second Windows XP (my first installation does
indeed now work) . I have deleted the second Windows XP folder however on
re-boot I still have to choose which version of Windows XP I want to load, I
simply want my original Windows to load just as it used to with out having to
select it on start up - how can I remove the second installation/partition on
my PC - any ideas?

Cheers

Go here:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...90c84f.xml.asp


MD



"Robbie" wrote:

> Hi
>
> My PC didn't shut down properly yesterday & when I came to re-boot an eror
> message stated a file was corrupt, windows couldn't load & a recovery disk
> was required. I inserted the recovery disk but it appears windows partioned
> the hard drive & installed a second Windows XP (my first installation does
> indeed now work) . I have deleted the second Windows XP folder however on
> re-boot I still have to choose which version of Windows XP I want to load, I
> simply want my original Windows to load just as it used to with out having to
> select it on start up - how can I remove the second installation/partition on
> my PC - any ideas?
>
> Cheers

Check All Boot Paths

Start | Run | Type: msconfig | Click OK |
Boot.ini tab | Check All Boot Paths button |
A dialog box will open detailing the location of any invalid operating
system locations | Confirm you want to remove the entry and reboot

[[Check All Boot Paths - This button will check the boot paths for all
operating systems listed in the BOOT.INI to ensure they point to a valid
operating system. ]]

Msconfig image
http://www.winnetmag.com/Files/16/20784/msconfig.gif

If there is only one you will get:
It appears that all BOOT.INI lines for Microsoft operating systems are OK.

A dialog box will open detailing the location of any invalid operating
system locations.
Similar to this...
-------------------
It appears that the following line in the BOOT.INI file does not refer to a
valid operating system:

"multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Micr osoft Windows XP
Professional " /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn"

Would you like to remove it from the BOOT.INI file?
-------------------


I have two installations of XP on the same partition
http://michaelstevenstech.com/xpfaq.html

Scroll down to and expand...
20. I have two installations of XP on the same partition.......


[[You reinstalled Windows XP on your computer thinking it would overwrite
the existing version of Windows XP and now there are two copies when you
boot up. Crap! What to do now? Not to worry, here's the solution.]]
http://www.cyberwalker.net/faqs/rein...copies-xp.html

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:9665D9EE-CE8F-4D80-B633-4C8FC300801F@microsoft.com,
Robbie <Robbie@discussions.microsoft.com> hunted and pecked:
> Hi
>
> My PC didn't shut down properly yesterday & when I came to re-boot an eror
> message stated a file was corrupt, windows couldn't load & a recovery disk
> was required. I inserted the recovery disk but it appears windows
> partioned the hard drive & installed a second Windows XP (my first
> installation does indeed now work) . I have deleted the second Windows XP
> folder however on re-boot I still have to choose which version of Windows
> XP I want to load, I simply want my original Windows to load just as it
> used to with out having to select it on start up - how can I remove the
> second installation/partition on my PC - any ideas?
>
> Cheers