Results 1 to 4 of 4

Thread: Help, accidently installed second xp on same drive

  1. #1
    Junior Member
    Join Date
    Nov 2004
    Posts
    1

    Help, accidently installed second xp on same drive

    Windows xp pro was freezing after boot up. Popped in installation cd and accidently installed a second windows xp pro on same drive. Now when I choose my old xp version it runs fine. Would like to know how to get rid of newer version of xp pro safely?

  2. #2
    Hardware guy Super Moderator FastGame's Avatar
    Join Date
    Apr 2002
    Location
    Blasters worm farm
    Posts
    3,089
    I say backup your needed data and start over fresh.

  3. #3
    Titanium Member efc's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2002
    Location
    North Central Arkansas
    Posts
    2,103
    Fastgame is right. You will never be able to return to the setup before the second xp install.
    Linux Mint Debian Edition

  4. #4
    all bets are off... TZ Veteran SupaStar's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jul 2002
    Location
    Australia
    Posts
    1,459
    Hang on guys...lumin is saying that he can choose to start the old version and it runs fine. I'd say that all you have to do is modify the boot.ini file and remove the second entry under the list of operating systems.

    Once you boot up, if all is going well, you can just delete the new WinXP folder.

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •