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Drumbum667

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Because i have a dualboot of XP and Vista, my Boot selector has two options right. Wrong mine has 4 actually, two for Vista only of which one works ( Its because i reinstalled Vista), XP, and an XP setup one for some reason. I really need help on cleaning this out. I had already asked in the Vista section and they gave me an article to read and I read it and I didn't understand. So iwas hoping if someone could help me by explaining it to me in simpler terms on how to make only have the things that exist now. Any help is appreciated a lot.
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hope this helps, let me know if it makes sense or not


to delete an invalid bootpath:

run command
- press keyboard buttons: winkey + r button
- paste this: msconfig
- press: enter
- click tab: boot.ini
- click button: check all boot paths
(computer checks the boot paths and removes invalid ones)
- restart the computer

Edited by fleamailman, 17 October 2006 - 10:14 AM.

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My XP just got screwed up, so I have to reinstall it, then when i reinstall i'll run that and I hope it works. Thanks a lot.
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sounds a lot of work, try
- system restore
- repair with XPcd

then if these two don't work then do a clean install
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I'm gonna do a clean install, but my XP recovery cd is messed up also(Discovered this while trying fix my friends comp), so I ordered new recovery cd's from HP a few days ago so they should be here today or tomorrow.
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good luck
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