installing windows xp

[Guest]

I reformatted using windows xp pro... the first time it was loading it
stopped half way and said i was missing root>\system32\hal.dll so I
restarted loading xp again and everything loaded good, however when my
computer is starting I am given a screen that asks which op syst i want to
run, they both are winxp pro, the first one is the good copy, the second is
the bad copy....how do I get rid of the second.... do I have to reformat
again??

 

[Guest]

Hi,
i have the same issue except it's not showing it to be invaild. I have
windows xp on 2 partitions..C and F

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi,

So what is your objective? Which one do you want to retain, and which do you
want to lose?

In addition, click start/run, type C:\boot.ini and click ok. From the
resulting notepad, click edit/select all/edit/copy. Open a response to this
post and answer the above questions. Then start a new line and hit ctrl+v to
paste the contents of boot.ini so we can tell you how to fix it.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

 

[Guest]

Hi Rick, Thanks for such simple directions. I would like to retain C: because
it has much more space. The F: has hardly any.

[boot loader]
timeout=20
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home
Edition" /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home
Edition" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn

 

[Guest]

Hi Rick..Did you get my info?
--
nabgirl

Hi Rick, Thanks for such simple directions. I would like to retain C: because
it has much more space. The F: has hardly any.

[boot loader]
timeout=20
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home
Edition" /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home
Edition" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn

--
nabgirl

Hi,

So what is your objective? Which one do you want to retain, and which do you
want to lose?

In addition, click start/run, type C:\boot.ini and click ok. From the
resulting notepad, click edit/select all/edit/copy. Open a response to this
post and answer the above questions. Then start a new line and hit ctrl+v to
paste the contents of boot.ini so we can tell you how to fix it.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi,

Sorry, I had missed it. Go to the control panel/system/advanced tab, click
on startup and recovery settings. Click the edit button, remove the second
entry from the [operating systems] section, leaving only:

[boot loader]
timeout=20
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home
Edition" /fastdetect

Then close saving the changes. You can delete the files on F that are part
of the unwanted system and reboot at your leisure.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

Hi Rick..Did you get my info?
--
nabgirl

Hi Rick, Thanks for such simple directions. I would like to retain C:
because
it has much more space. The F: has hardly any.

[boot loader]
timeout=20
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home
Edition" /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home
Edition" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn

--
nabgirl

Hi,

So what is your objective? Which one do you want to retain, and which
do you
want to lose?

In addition, click start/run, type C:\boot.ini and click ok. From the
resulting notepad, click edit/select all/edit/copy. Open a response to
this
post and answer the above questions. Then start a new line and hit
ctrl+v to
paste the contents of boot.ini so we can tell you how to fix it.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

Hi,
i have the same issue except it's not showing it to be invaild. I
have
windows xp on 2 partitions..C and F
--
nabgirl


:

THANK YOU THANK YOU, it worked perfectly. Thank you again!!!!!!

:

Hi,

No, you don't have to start again. Click start/run, type msconfig
and
click
ok. Go to the boot.ini tab, click the button to 'check all boot
paths'.
It
should offer to remove the invalid one.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

message
I reformatted using windows xp pro... the first time it was
loading it
stopped half way and said i was missing root>\system32\hal.dll
so
I
restarted loading xp again and everything loaded good, however
when
my
computer is starting I am given a screen that asks which op syst
i
want to
run, they both are winxp pro, the first one is the good copy,
the
second
is
the bad copy....how do I get rid of the second.... do I have to
reformat
again??

 

[Guest]

Thanks Rick, I will try that. Can you be more specific about deleting files
on F?
Thanks again
--
nabgirl

Hi,

Sorry, I had missed it. Go to the control panel/system/advanced tab, click
on startup and recovery settings. Click the edit button, remove the second
entry from the [operating systems] section, leaving only:

[boot loader]
timeout=20
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home
Edition" /fastdetect

Then close saving the changes. You can delete the files on F that are part
of the unwanted system and reboot at your leisure.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

Hi Rick..Did you get my info?
--
nabgirl

Hi Rick, Thanks for such simple directions. I would like to retain C:
because
it has much more space. The F: has hardly any.

[boot loader]
timeout=20
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home
Edition" /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home
Edition" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn

--
nabgirl


:

Hi,

So what is your objective? Which one do you want to retain, and which
do you
want to lose?

In addition, click start/run, type C:\boot.ini and click ok. From the
resulting notepad, click edit/select all/edit/copy. Open a response to
this
post and answer the above questions. Then start a new line and hit
ctrl+v to
paste the contents of boot.ini so we can tell you how to fix it.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

Hi,
i have the same issue except it's not showing it to be invaild. I
have
windows xp on 2 partitions..C and F
--
nabgirl


:

THANK YOU THANK YOU, it worked perfectly. Thank you again!!!!!!

:

Hi,

No, you don't have to start again. Click start/run, type msconfig
and
click
ok. Go to the boot.ini tab, click the button to 'check all boot
paths'.
It
should offer to remove the invalid one.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

message
I reformatted using windows xp pro... the first time it was
loading it
stopped half way and said i was missing root>\system32\hal.dll
so
I
restarted loading xp again and everything loaded good, however
when
my
computer is starting I am given a screen that asks which op syst
i
want to
run, they both are winxp pro, the first one is the good copy,
the
second
is
the bad copy....how do I get rid of the second.... do I have to
reformat
again??

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi,

You said you had an installation on C and F. Simply delete the system
folders that were created on F by the installation you are removing.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

Thanks Rick, I will try that. Can you be more specific about deleting
files
on F?
Thanks again
--
nabgirl

Hi,

Sorry, I had missed it. Go to the control panel/system/advanced tab,
click
on startup and recovery settings. Click the edit button, remove the
second
entry from the [operating systems] section, leaving only:

[boot loader]
timeout=20
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home
Edition" /fastdetect

Then close saving the changes. You can delete the files on F that are
part
of the unwanted system and reboot at your leisure.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

Hi Rick..Did you get my info?
--
nabgirl


:

Hi Rick, Thanks for such simple directions. I would like to retain C:
because
it has much more space. The F: has hardly any.

[boot loader]
timeout=20
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home
Edition" /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home
Edition" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn

--
nabgirl


:

Hi,

So what is your objective? Which one do you want to retain, and
which
do you
want to lose?

In addition, click start/run, type C:\boot.ini and click ok. From
the
resulting notepad, click edit/select all/edit/copy. Open a response
to
this
post and answer the above questions. Then start a new line and hit
ctrl+v to
paste the contents of boot.ini so we can tell you how to fix it.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

Hi,
i have the same issue except it's not showing it to be invaild. I
have
windows xp on 2 partitions..C and F
--
nabgirl


:

THANK YOU THANK YOU, it worked perfectly. Thank you again!!!!!!

:

Hi,

No, you don't have to start again. Click start/run, type
msconfig
and
click
ok. Go to the boot.ini tab, click the button to 'check all boot
paths'.
It
should offer to remove the invalid one.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

message
I reformatted using windows xp pro... the first time it was
loading it
stopped half way and said i was missing
root>\system32\hal.dll
so
I
restarted loading xp again and everything loaded good,
however
when
my
computer is starting I am given a screen that asks which op
syst
i
want to
run, they both are winxp pro, the first one is the good copy,
the
second
is
the bad copy....how do I get rid of the second.... do I have
to
reformat
again??