conflict between XPs

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ilysminysm

Hi!
I've reinstalled win xp home without removing the former version. Now
often (not always) at the boot I'm asked which version to run, but only
the newer runs indeed..
Thank you 4 any help!
 
I've reinstalled win xp home without removing the former version. Now
often (not always) at the boot I'm asked which version to run, but only
the newer runs indeed..
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If you reinstalled expecting a clean install, you need to format first to
remove the old Windows install before you reinstall or you'll get what
you're getting now.
 
Baloo said:
If you reinstalled expecting a clean install, you need to format first to
remove the old Windows install before you reinstall or you'll get what
you're getting now.
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Yes, in fact I had upgraded the first partition from 98 to xp but the
2nd one became unbootable: so I reinstalled xp there, without
formatting not to loose data..
 
Yes, in fact I had upgraded the first partition from 98 to xp but the
2nd one became unbootable: so I reinstalled xp there, without
formatting not to loose data..
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I know, that's what caused your problem. You should have moved your data to
a backup or another partition first.
 
Baloo said:
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I know, that's what caused your problem. You should have moved your data to
a backup or another partition first.
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Yes, I should have done. I didn't expect that installing xp on a
partition would cause troubles on the other..
 
Yes, I should have done. I didn't expect that installing xp on a
partition would cause troubles on the other..
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I have two instances of XP on separate partitions on the same drive.
The only problems I have had were with file permissions (unable to
access or change files of one installation while running the other
installation) and I had to make sure not to have both installations'
system restore monitoring the same partitions.
 
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