problem with OS

I have somehow managed to get 2 XP pro operating systems on my hard drive. It
is causing problems. How do I get rid of one???? HELP

Hi Angela,
Please read this carefully and apply it to uninstall the unwanted OS;

1. Open Windows Explorer, click My Computer, and click on the Tools menu,
then Folder Options, then the View tab.

2. Under "Hidden files and folders", chose to Show them. Uncheck the box
next to "Hide protected operating system files", and click Yes to confirm,
then OK to exit.

3. Browse to your C: drive, and make a copy of the boot.ini file in the same
folder as a backup.. Next, open the original boot.ini file with Notepad.

4. Look for the [operating systems] section. This is the area shown on the
Boot Menu and will probably show at least two lines, each reflecting a
different installation of Windows XP. It should look similar to this:

multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Micro soft Windows XP
Professional" /fastdetect

multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINDOWS2="Micr osoft Windows XP
Professional" /fastdetect

Note: If you have XP Home, it will indicate "Microsoft XP Home" above
instead. This does not affect any of the subsequent steps.

5. In order to tell the installations apart, we'll modify the portion in
quotes, which is the description you see on bootup. For example, you might
change them to:

multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Micro soft Windows XP
Professional X" /fastdetect

multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINDOWS2="Micr osoft Windows XP
Professional Y" /fastdetect

Note the "X" and "Y" we've added to tell them apart in the boot menu. You
can use anything you want in the quotes.

6. Save your changes to the boot.ini and restart your machine. Make note of
which installation of XP you want to keep. In our example, we want to keep
the installation "Y" since that's the one that is working correctly.

7. When the computer reboots, click on Start, then click Run, type in
"msconfig", and click OK. Select the BOOT.INI tab, and note the [operating
systems] section again. Select the "good" installation, and click the "Set
as Default" button and click OK.

8. Head back to the boot.ini on your C: drive, and edit it again with
Notepad. Under [operating systems], delete the line that will no longer be
used, leaving only the line reflecting your "good" installation of Windows.
Make note of the backslash and folder name of the "bad" installation that
you are no longer using before you delete this line (you'll need this later
in step 15).

9. In the example below, the bad folder name is "\WINDOWS" since I am now
using the installation in the "\WINDOWS2" folder. Again, look for the
folder location immediately after the partition number such as in this
example:

multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINDOWS="Micro soft Windows XP
Professional X" /fastdetect

10. Save the changes to your boot.ini file, and restart your computer. You
should not be prompted with a boot menu and the correct version of Windows
XP should load automatically.
Please report back here
Best of luck
nass
"Angela" wrote:

I have somehow managed to get 2 XP pro operating systems on my hard drive. It
is causing problems. How do I get rid of one???? HELP

Thanks nass for that very detailed list of instructions. just what I needed!
I have saved a copy so that I can carry out your instructions carefully.
Many many htanks. Angela

"Angela" wrote:

I have somehow managed to get 2 XP pro operating systems on my hard drive. It
is causing problems. How do I get rid of one???? HELP

I'm glad to hear that the instructions was a help to you..
Good luck
nass

"Angela" wrote:

Thanks nass for that very detailed list of instructions. just what I needed!
I have saved a copy so that I can carry out your instructions carefully.
Many many htanks. Angela

"Angela" wrote:

I have somehow managed to get 2 XP pro operating systems on my hard drive. It
is causing problems. How do I get rid of one???? HELP