How remove unwanted multi installs of XP?

go start/run - msconfig/
go boot.ini tab/
go - click on - check all boot paths/
you will then be prompted for deleting any duplicates -
and reply 'yes' to remove them/
and
take it fr there

hth
God Bless
hutch


>-----Original Message-----
>Questions: How do I get rid of a 2nd and 3rd install of
>Win XP Home Ed that were produced by my attempts to
>overlay the first install? Then, how do I get the Win
XP
>install CD to overlay (fix) a fresh install over the
>original one? My original still-not-fixed problem was
>XP's insistence on defective installs of the CD drives
it
>found.
>
>Here's the situation that got me into this mess:
>
>On each startup attempt from the hard disk, the OS sees
>the 2 CD drives (one regular, one CD/RW) and tries to
>install them. However, Device Mgr reports bad drivers
>and shows X'd lines on all attempts, despite my deleting
>the X'd lines and restarting the system. As a result,
the
>drives don't show up in Win Explorer and can't be
>accessed.
>
>I can boot directly from the bootable Win XP install CD
>supplied with the computer, so I know that the CD
>hardware works OK. Also, they are properly jumpered for
>master and slave. But I see no option on that bootable
>install CD to overlay a defective installation, repair
>bad CD drivers, etc.
>
>So, booting from the WinXP CD, I tried twice to
reinstall
>(my intent was to overlay) XP. The install CD presents
>no options to simply overlay or fix a defective first
>install. What I got instead was 2 *additional* installs
>of XP. (Interestingly, the second instance does
>recognize the CD drives properly; but I've got lots of
>software on the first install and want to just fix that
>one instead).
>
>Help! How do I remove those 2 spurious installs, and
fix
>the first one to properly recognize the CD drives?
>
>.
>