expertec Posted November 9, 2004 Report Share Posted November 9, 2004 On a computer with two Windows XP installations:1 on C drive, working. 1 on D drive, :censored:.I want to remove the one on D, I think all I would need to do is remove it from boot.ini and delete it's files. Is that right?Which section(s) of this boot.ini would need to be removed?[boot loader]timeout=10default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS[operating systems]multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetectmulti(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trackrat Posted November 9, 2004 Report Share Posted November 9, 2004 I had a similar problem with two installs on the same drive and just deleted the second entry with no problem.With the other instillation being on another drive though I am not sure.This may be of some help.http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?...b;EN-US;q289022 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted November 9, 2004 Report Share Posted November 9, 2004 On a computer with two Windows XP installations:1 on C drive, working. 1 on D drive, :censored:.I want to remove the one on D, I think all I would need to do is remove it from boot.ini and delete it's files. Is that right?Which section(s) of this boot.ini would need to be removed?[boot loader]timeout=10default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS[operating systems]multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetectmulti(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptInDoes one XP happen to have SP1 or pre SP1?The other certainly has SP2 ;)As The working XP is on the C:\ Drive this would relate to the first line under [operating systems]multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetectSo the :censored: XP would be on D: with SP2 so delete:multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptInI want to remove the one on D, I think all I would need to do is remove it from boot.ini and delete it's files. Is that right?Aye.Format the partition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expertec Posted November 9, 2004 Author Report Share Posted November 9, 2004 Format the partition.It's also got a load of documents and music, so no. ;) The working XP is SP1, the :censored: one is SP2. How can you tell? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted November 9, 2004 Report Share Posted November 9, 2004 :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted November 9, 2004 Report Share Posted November 9, 2004 Format the partition.It's also got a load of documents and music, so no. ;) The working XP is SP1, the :censored: one is SP2. How can you tell?/NoExecute=OptInSP2 only option. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expertec Posted November 9, 2004 Author Report Share Posted November 9, 2004 :rolleyes: Thanks for your help, it worked great. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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