2 xps installed

Discussion in 'Software' started by jdreggors, Mar 9, 2008.

  1. jdreggors

    jdreggors Private E-2

    hi, i found out that xp is installed on my computer twice. What do i do? How do i delete one without losing everything?
     
  2. dlb

    dlb MajorGeek

    Welcome to Major Geeks :major
    SDo, when the PC starts up, are you given a choice of which XP you want to load into? If so, one of the choices is usually the default OS (usually the top one in the list), and this is where all your docs and programs and the file associations are. If you haven't used the second installation of Windows, the best way to handle this would be to simply modify the boot.ini file so the PC will automatically load into the default XP installation. The 2nd install will still technically be there, but you won't be using it. It isn't taking up much space, so if it's just left alone, there shouldn't be any problems. Here's a link that basically explains what I'm talking about:
    http://support.microsoft.com/kb/888023/en-us
    If you have more questions, feel free to post 'em and we'll do our best to help ;)
    Good luck!
     
  3. jdreggors

    jdreggors Private E-2

    thans a bunch, will try. Greatly apprecited!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
     

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