formatting hard drive

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I formatted my c: and reloaded xp, when the system boots
i now get what appears to be two operating systems to
pick from. how do I get rid of the second one?
 
It appears that you didn't do a clean installation but instead you did a
"new" installation, which actually means that the system thinks windows is
installed twice on the drive.

You could do the format/install again, but be sure to choose to do a clean
installation.
 
.. Go to Start > Run and type in: MSCONFIG , and hit enter,
2. Click the BOOT.INI tab.
3. Next, click "Check All Boot Paths".
4. This procedure should correct your BOOT.INI file.

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| I formatted my c: and reloaded xp, when the system boots
| i now get what appears to be two operating systems to
| pick from. how do I get rid of the second one?
 
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Edit C:\Boot.ini to remove the unnecessary entries.

Manually:

1) Click Start > Run, Type "Cmd" and then press <Enter>.

2) Type "Cd\" and then press <Enter>

3) Type "Attrib C:\Boot.ini -h -r -s" and then press <Enter>

4) Click Start > Run, Type "Notepad c:\boot.ini" and then press
<Enter>

5) Edit the file as desired, save it, and then exit Notepad.

6) Type "Attrib C:\Boot.ini +h +r +s" and then press <Enter>

7) Close the command console.

Graphically:

From within WinXP, Start > Run > Msconfig, Boot.ini Tab > Check all
Boot Paths.


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you seem to have created two partitions, one should be
your primary partition,containing your operating
system.the other you could format and use as storage. or
start again with one partition.>-----Original Message-----
 
-----Original Message-----
I formatted my c: and reloaded xp, when the system boots
i now get what appears to be two operating systems to
pick from. how do I get rid of the second one?
.
Hi cant help can you help me please. I cant get to
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format my hard drive.Want to clean the lot and install
XP.Transfer wiz wont copy my files and i cant get to the
necessary locations to enter instructions to clean the
damn disc.Any tips/help please.
 
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