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Installed XP twice..how do i delete one
Name: Meghan Date: July 22, 2002 at 16:59:16 Pacific
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I have a Gateway Solo 5300 that came with Windows XP installed on it. I decided that I wanted to reinstall XP so I put in the Operating System CD and restarted the computer. I came to a screen that asked if I wanted to install XP on the same partition or on a new one. If you choose a new one it says that you can't because criticle setup files will be destroyed. If you choose to set it up on the same one It says that you could have problems with two OS at the same time. Well, I set up another XP OS on the same partition. Now I have two XP's installed and I have to choose which one I want to go into each time I boot the computer up. How do I install just ONE XP on my computer?
just delete one of the windows folders and the correspondent "all users" and "username" folders. then edit the boot.ini and delete one of the winxp installations
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Response Number 4
Name: justin Date: July 23, 2002 at 03:25:07 Pacific
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the gateway OEM CD will install fine if that's what you used to create 2 OS's in the first place.
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Response Number 5
Name: Webspinner Date: July 23, 2002 at 06:29:15 Pacific
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If you were using Win98, deleting the duplicate files is not enough, you would also need to run the command sys C: this would change the startup and in Win98 this would rewrite the boot code, does anyone know if this will work with XP?
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Response Number 6
Name: Meghan Date: July 23, 2002 at 11:43:01 Pacific
Summary: How do I delete the partition on a Dell 2300 running WinXP? It seems to be different than my pc - which is a Dell, but an 8300. What partition are you trying to delete? You may be deleting the one yo...
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