Cleaning off several Win XP installs and Boot Disks

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I'm working on a computer that has different versions of Win XP installed
several times. I changed setup to boot from CD, reformatted and installed
with no problem, but, on startup it still shows 4 version options to boot
from so apparently reformatting didn't clean that off. So I decided to do
obtain a boot disk, but there's no floppy drive.
The last install is good, but how do I get rid of all the previous installs?
I haven't tried saving boot files to CD, didn't think it would work.
 
Try msconfig...boot.ini tab...check all boot paths.

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| I'm working on a computer that has different versions of Win XP installed
| several times. I changed setup to boot from CD, reformatted and installed
| with no problem, but, on startup it still shows 4 version options to boot
| from so apparently reformatting didn't clean that off. So I decided to do
| obtain a boot disk, but there's no floppy drive.
| The last install is good, but how do I get rid of all the previous
installs?
| I haven't tried saving boot files to CD, didn't think it would work.
 
Thanks for the info. I checked all boot paths in msconfig....boot.ini.....it
removed 3 of the boot paths and changed it to selective startup. When I
change it back to normal startup, the additional boot paths come back. Do I
have to leave it in selective startup?
 
Yes

shetech52 said:
Thanks for the info. I checked all boot paths in msconfig....boot.ini.....it
removed 3 of the boot paths and changed it to selective startup. When I
change it back to normal startup, the additional boot paths come back. Do I
have to leave it in selective startup?
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