Accidental installation of additional version of XP OS

[debbie dot]

Can anyone help a friend of mine who has somehow managed
to install two versions of XP by mistake. He is unable
to access the original version containing all his
files/folders, there is just a blank black screen. The
second version is usable but he cannot access any
previous files and cannot get access to the Internet -
presumet Internet Explorer is not working (hence my
posting this e-mail on his behalf!). Also when he goes
into My Computer there is an additional F drive which
wasn't there before.

His computer initially crashed with a blue screen saying
Fatal Error so I believe he then tried to reinstall XP
using the CD ROMs provided when he bought the computer.

A local computer technician has been unable to fix the
problem.

Any help would be very much appreciated. Many thanks.

 

[Andrew E]

Install xp cd,restart or start computer,boot from cd
when the text appears,then select recovery,if asked for
password just press enter on keyboard,at recovery,get
into wanted drive with old XP,then typeiskPart /?
The /delete cmd should remove the new xp install,recovery
is limited,go to search at microsoft,type:307654
I think the cmd is:volume F: /delete