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Accidently installed two WinXPs what to do?

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pro
pro Original post #1
Apr 3, 2007 at 12:32 AM
hi all,
i ran winXP setup to repair my current xp installation. accidently i made CD drive as 1st boot device before installing and forgot ot turn it off. now after copying files it restarted and installed 2nd copy in d drive then restarted and installed partial 3rd copy in 3rd e drive as i had sensed my mistake. this e drive is a seperate slave hard disk partition (which used to be d drive earlier)

now HOW CANi remove newer 2nd installation from my pc? i see 3 choices in boot menu. i have erased files in partial 3rd installation.
also
i fear if i remove my 2nd harddisk and format primary for installing fresh XP it might become un recognised....is it possible?

i am feeling very bad. help me....
Choto Cheeta
Choto Cheeta #2
Apr 3, 2007 at 1:08 AM
just Go to start, run, type c:\boot.ini edit the file manually to delete the extra installations lines.. just Keep the 1st line,

Code: 
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect

!!
pro
pro #3
Apr 3, 2007 at 4:02 PM
so that will do..... ok i will try and let you know tomorrow

thanks a lot...:)
digiFriend
digiFriend #4
Apr 4, 2007 at 12:40 PM
after editing "boot.ini" also see that you remove all files of windows from D: and E: drive including hidden files like "pagefile" and "hiberfil"
pro
pro #5
Apr 4, 2007 at 10:45 PM
yes i have seen those two files on mainc drive but for unknown reason they are not present in other drives.... for precaution i have made my original xp to default boot OS by editing boot.ini using msconfig. i have moved it to top position and rest of the choices to downward positions.
digiFriend
digiFriend #6
Apr 5, 2007 at 12:16 PM
"pagefile" is virtual memory
"hiberfil" is needed for hibernation.
as you might have not started your OS of D: drive they might not have been created in D:
(if you are not using "hibernation" features of WinXp, you can safely delete "hyberfill" of C: by
display properties-screen saver -power setting-uncheck hibernation.
this will save harddisk space equal to the amount of your "RAM" and it will help to make image backup of your c: drive small.
pro
pro #7
Apr 9, 2007 at 12:10 AM
problem solved ........
peacefully.:)