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I'm reposting this as it seems my additional questions received no notice
after dropping down to pages two and now three. Still looking for a few
answers/ideas if any are able to help out with my problems.
The Original install was corrupt, the reinstall was complete and seems
overall functional. When I reinstalled I selected Setup (not repair). It then
took me to the partition selection screen. I had a partition with 39mb, my
C:\drive, and a partition with 8mb. I deleted the partitioned space (not C:\
drive) and tried setting the install on either of them getting messages back
that it could not be performed (39mb due to not enough space and unable to
redifine size larger than 31mb, and the 8mb one said it contained stuff
important to setup). So, I installed it onto my C:\drive and now have two OS.
I can only access the one from the prompt at startup, and overall it seemed
to work ok.
The closest solutions I've been able to find in others similar questions was
this
http://www.cyberwalker.net/faqs/reinstall-reformat-winxp/two-copies-xp.html
but it goes a little further into the deep end of the pool and I fear causing
more harm the more I try to do to fix it. I'm not very clear on how to take
ownership of the bad files nor how to setup the partitions such that I could
safely reinstall anywhere but the C:\ drive, which at this point makes me
think I'll just endup with a third OS there.
Do I need to remove the old OS? Do I need to remove/reinstall over them both
somehow that I'm not seeing? Can/Should I use the working version I've got
and just edit the startup procedure to only recognize the working version? I
really am not sure how to progress, any help appreciated.
For reference, current BOOTINI file reads as follows;
[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 Home
Edition" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home
Edition" /fastdetect=OptIn
If I hit any button or do nothing it takes me to the working installation,
if I try and select the other it doesn't allow me and reboots. I assume from
that that the working version is the "/NoExecute=OptIn" one and could
probably change the BOOTINI to no longer recognize the other on startup, but
I don't see how that fixes the issue entirely or removes the bad OS from my
computer.
Started the process of reinstalling again but exited out of it at the stage
of selecting a partition. It is not letting me redefine the max size of the
unpartitioned space into a partitioned place large enough for the install.
This leaves me with only the C:\ drive as a valid location at all. I exited
out at this point fearing I would just be putting a third operating system on
the same drive.
After coming back to search out info on partitions I came to this
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/309000/ but am a little unsure how to
proceed.
The Disk Mgmt. utility Lists Volume= (C, Layout= Partition, Type= Basic,
File System= NTFS, Status= Healthy (System), Capacity= 186.22 GB, Free Space=
164.71 GB
Then below that is color breakdown thing with a Black Striped Box that says
39 MB (Unallocated) and a Navy Blue Striped Box with the aforementioned C:
drive info (Primary).
Judging from the install issues I 'think' I need to create a new partition
space in the Unallocated section then I format it? Or reinstall onto it? How
big should it be? How does creating a new partition and installing on it
remove the two operating systems currently on my C:\ drive?
after dropping down to pages two and now three. Still looking for a few
answers/ideas if any are able to help out with my problems.
The Original install was corrupt, the reinstall was complete and seems
overall functional. When I reinstalled I selected Setup (not repair). It then
took me to the partition selection screen. I had a partition with 39mb, my
C:\drive, and a partition with 8mb. I deleted the partitioned space (not C:\
drive) and tried setting the install on either of them getting messages back
that it could not be performed (39mb due to not enough space and unable to
redifine size larger than 31mb, and the 8mb one said it contained stuff
important to setup). So, I installed it onto my C:\drive and now have two OS.
I can only access the one from the prompt at startup, and overall it seemed
to work ok.
The closest solutions I've been able to find in others similar questions was
this
http://www.cyberwalker.net/faqs/reinstall-reformat-winxp/two-copies-xp.html
but it goes a little further into the deep end of the pool and I fear causing
more harm the more I try to do to fix it. I'm not very clear on how to take
ownership of the bad files nor how to setup the partitions such that I could
safely reinstall anywhere but the C:\ drive, which at this point makes me
think I'll just endup with a third OS there.
Do I need to remove the old OS? Do I need to remove/reinstall over them both
somehow that I'm not seeing? Can/Should I use the working version I've got
and just edit the startup procedure to only recognize the working version? I
really am not sure how to progress, any help appreciated.
For reference, current BOOTINI file reads as follows;
[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 Home
Edition" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home
Edition" /fastdetect=OptIn
If I hit any button or do nothing it takes me to the working installation,
if I try and select the other it doesn't allow me and reboots. I assume from
that that the working version is the "/NoExecute=OptIn" one and could
probably change the BOOTINI to no longer recognize the other on startup, but
I don't see how that fixes the issue entirely or removes the bad OS from my
computer.
Started the process of reinstalling again but exited out of it at the stage
of selecting a partition. It is not letting me redefine the max size of the
unpartitioned space into a partitioned place large enough for the install.
This leaves me with only the C:\ drive as a valid location at all. I exited
out at this point fearing I would just be putting a third operating system on
the same drive.
After coming back to search out info on partitions I came to this
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/309000/ but am a little unsure how to
proceed.
The Disk Mgmt. utility Lists Volume= (C, Layout= Partition, Type= Basic,
File System= NTFS, Status= Healthy (System), Capacity= 186.22 GB, Free Space=
164.71 GB
Then below that is color breakdown thing with a Black Striped Box that says
39 MB (Unallocated) and a Navy Blue Striped Box with the aforementioned C:
drive info (Primary).
Judging from the install issues I 'think' I need to create a new partition
space in the Unallocated section then I format it? Or reinstall onto it? How
big should it be? How does creating a new partition and installing on it
remove the two operating systems currently on my C:\ drive?