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Name: volcanovoodoo
Date: June 7, 2005 at 15:19:39 Pacific
OS: Windows XP Pro
CPU/Ram: Pen 4
Comment:

Also, my computer was running 2 WinXP's on a the same harddrive in different partitions. I was using partition D while I was fixing partition C, but I was able to fix partition C and now I'm running Windows XP off of it. I reformated partition D, but I'm still getting the option of choosing an OS. I edited the startup boot.ini file but then when I rebooted it changed back so my choices are "Microsoft XP" and "Microsoft XP (original)" How do I get rid of the old one?



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Response Number 1
Name: wanderer
Date: June 7, 2005 at 15:22:34 Pacific
Reply:

That reflects a bad edit of your boot.ini
Post it and we'll tell you what to correct.


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Response Number 2
Name: Kevin The Tech Dude
Date: June 7, 2005 at 15:40:55 Pacific
Reply:

Go to the device mananger. Hold down the windows key and press the Pause/Break key. Go to the Advanced Tab, Then Settings under Startup and Recovery.

You can uncheck to display the startup menu and you can also edit the boot.ini right there. If you need to take a screen shot of it, press the print screen key, open up Paint and choose paste. Once you have the screen shot you can host the pic at imageshack and then post the link here to the pic.

KTTD

WankerDrivers.Com



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Response Number 3
Name: volcanovoodoo
Date: June 7, 2005 at 18:13:12 Pacific
Reply:

Here is the boot.ini file:
"[boot loader]
timeout=0
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional (Original)" /fastdetect /KERNEL=kernel1.exe
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect /KERNEL=kernel1.exe"

I have already made a few changes before. Maybe I just failed in my attempt to delete the other OS??

Anyways, this is what I did. Since the other OS was installed on the fourth partition I made, (the one that doesn't say 'original', it was labelled under 'multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(4)'. So I tried to edit the boot.ini file and I deleted the entry on boot.ini that I thought was unnessesary (the partition(4) OS). When I rebooted the computer it must have rewrote the partition(4) OS as you see it now. So in the startup/recovery I changed it so it automatically picks the (orginial) Windows XP with a 0 time delay. But it's still there on the boot.ini file.

I have more than 1 user on this computer too. Would it help if edited the boot.ini for every profile or is it a system wider change?


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Response Number 4
Name: wanderer
Date: June 7, 2005 at 21:07:21 Pacific
Reply:

Slow down buddy. No profiles involved. Thanks KTTD for the added how to get it here :-)

you have the same entry twice. Only difference is one has "original"

Personally I would delete the "original" entry and be done with it.

I HIGHLY suggest you backup the boot.ini [do a save as] just in case.


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