Cancelling a partially run Setup on second hard drive

[Guest]

I started installing XP on a second hard drive because I had a problem on my
primary drive. Based on various things I have read now I don't want to
finish that install but I can't seem to end it. Everytime I boot up it trys
to finish the install. I can use F8 to pick the original XP install on the
primary disk but this means I have to use F8 everytime on bootup to make sure
it goes to the primary disk. How do I get rid of the partial XP install on
the second hard disk?
Thanks.

 

[NewScience]

Using Control Panel | System | Advanced | Startup and Recovery ....
Settings, modify the boot.ini file and delete the extraneous Windows XP
entry (should be marked with the word Setup).

Make sure the default= line points to the remaining Windows XP OS.

 

[Ayush]

Replied to [Stumped66bc]s message :
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I started installing XP on a second hard drive because I had a problem on my
primary drive. Based on various things I have read now I don't want to
finish that install but I can't seem to end it. Everytime I boot up it trys
to finish the install. I can use F8 to pick the original XP install on the
primary disk but this means I have to use F8 everytime on bootup to make
sure it goes to the primary disk. How do I get rid of the partial XP
install on the second hard disk?
Thanks.

Here are 2 ways :

1. Start > Run
Type msconfig > Click OK
Go to "BOOT.INI" tab
Click the button "Check all boot paths"
Follow the instructions to remove the invalid line.

2. Click Start > Run
Type "notepad \boot.ini" (Without quotes) > Click OK
Click on "Format" menu and untick "Word wrap"
Now remove 2nd line below [operating system] section
Click File - Save


As a precaution, no matter which step you choose, run the first step again.


Finally, Click Start > Run
Type [notepad "\boot.ini"] (Without []) > Click OK
The boot.ini file should be like :

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional"
/fastdetect

 

[NewScience]

In the future, it is best to advise modifying using the Control Panel |
SYstem .... method.
Not everyone's boot.ini is visible and with the readonly setting off.

The Control Panel method circumvents this and resets after the edit.

Replied to [Stumped66bc]s message :
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I started installing XP on a second hard drive because I had a problem on
my
primary drive. Based on various things I have read now I don't want to
finish that install but I can't seem to end it. Everytime I boot up it
trys
to finish the install. I can use F8 to pick the original XP install on
the
primary disk but this means I have to use F8 everytime on bootup to make
sure it goes to the primary disk. How do I get rid of the partial XP
install on the second hard disk?
Thanks.

Here are 2 ways :

1. Start > Run
Type msconfig > Click OK
Go to "BOOT.INI" tab
Click the button "Check all boot paths"
Follow the instructions to remove the invalid line.

2. Click Start > Run
Type "notepad \boot.ini" (Without quotes) > Click OK
Click on "Format" menu and untick "Word wrap"
Now remove 2nd line below [operating system] section
Click File - Save


As a precaution, no matter which step you choose, run the first step
again.


Finally, Click Start > Run
Type [notepad "\boot.ini"] (Without []) > Click OK
The boot.ini file should be like :

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional"
/fastdetect

 

[Ayush]

Replied to [NewScience]s message :
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The Control Panel method circumvents this and resets after the edit.

Didn't know that. Thanks for the info.