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Accidently installed 2 copys of XP Pro


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bobbobagan

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Hi there,

I just accidently installed XP Pro onto my pc twice by accident. I chose keep system files intact at the setup menu and it installed 2 copys. (I was orignally trying to repair)

How do I remove the old (Non-working) XP.

Everytime I boot my pc now I get asked what XP I would like to use. Choosing the top one makes it run the working version and the bottom one loads the old non-working version of XP. Can I just delete some files to uninstall the copy I do not want?

Thanks for your help,

Bobbobagan
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Adrenalin

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Well,

I do know how to remove the two options at start up

Go to >>> start >>> run >>> type in 'msconfig' >>> click on boot.ini and remove the invalid entry

Please be *extremely very super dooper* careful when you remove one of them, this is not a good file to be messing around with unless you know what you are doing.

Hope this helps?!
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yeh never mind, I already done that :whistling:

I made a backup of it to my C:\ drive so I could access it in the recovery console if something went wrong. Thanks anyway.
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