Reloaded xp onto F drive

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I have had to reboot my computer but have found that the Windows XP has been
loaded onto my F drive thus filling its memory.When I have checked the
contents of my C drive the original loading of XP is still there how can I
remove the Windows XP from my F drive?
 
Stuart,
What did you do before this happened(before the last shutdown)? Any new
software added any settings changed ...

Provide more information to get a better response.

yogi
 
Stuart said:
I have had to reboot my computer but have found that the Windows XP has been
loaded onto my F drive thus filling its memory.When I have checked the
contents of my C drive the original loading of XP is still there how can I
remove the Windows XP from my F drive?
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Sounds like you did a parallel installation of XP to get it on the F
drive. First question, why did you reinstall XP? Was there a problem?

If the installation on the C drive is working fine, then just boot into
it, then delete the XP files on the F: drive. After that go to Start |
Run. Type in msconfig. Hit ok. On the boot.ini tab click on the Check
all boot paths button. It will find the one that is no longer valid and
offer to delete it. Let it.
 
looks like you reinstalled windows!!! Reboot??

Did you have a problem booting?

do you have dual boot menu?
 
Thanks for that,however when I try to delete the WINDOWS folder from the F
drive a message pop up says "WINDOWS is a Windows system folder and is
required for Windows to run properly.It cannot be deleted"

Any more thoughts?
 
Stuart said:
Thanks for that,however when I try to delete the WINDOWS folder from the F
drive a message pop up says "WINDOWS is a Windows system folder and is
required for Windows to run properly.It cannot be deleted"

Any more thoughts?

:
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Then you don't have two installations. If you had two working ones and
booted into the installation on the C drive then you could delete the
one on the F drive.

What got you into this in the first place. Post what happened that
resulted in you reinstalling XP and how did you do the reinstall?

What is the system configuration and what peripherals are attached?
 
Rock
Thanks.
The problem arose with my internet/e-mail connection which is prvided via a
broadband connection.My broadband provider ran various remote system checks
which indicated that the system outside of my machine ie router and line
connections were working ok.They then spend time advising of various system
checks that I could run to establish my network connections but with no
success.
As a last reort they suggested that I re-load the entire XP system having
first made back up copies of all my files and folders which thankfully I did.
I inserted the System Restore Floppy Disc provided by my computer provider
and followed the instruction from there on accepting the default prompts as
they appeared on screen.
The only peripherals I am running are a Lexmark printer/scanner/fax and the
connection to thr router which connects me to my email/internet provider.
How do I find out my system configuration ?
Hope this will help you to help me
Thanks
 
Stuart said:
Rock
Thanks.
The problem arose with my internet/e-mail connection which is prvided via a
broadband connection.My broadband provider ran various remote system checks
which indicated that the system outside of my machine ie router and line
connections were working ok.They then spend time advising of various system
checks that I could run to establish my network connections but with no
success.
As a last reort they suggested that I re-load the entire XP system having
first made back up copies of all my files and folders which thankfully I did.
I inserted the System Restore Floppy Disc provided by my computer provider
and followed the instruction from there on accepting the default prompts as
they appeared on screen.
The only peripherals I am running are a Lexmark printer/scanner/fax and the
connection to thr router which connects me to my email/internet provider.
How do I find out my system configuration ?
Hope this will help you to help me
Thanks
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Ok Stuart that clarifies what you did, at least partly. You tried to do
a clean install. Can you post the contents of the boot.ini file? How
many hard drives do you have and how are they partitioned? When you
boot the computer does it give a choice of OS to boot into or does it go
straight into one? Where are the windows files stored?
 
Stuart ,

I'm assuming that this is one PHYSICAL drive .
If not, just recable and make the C drive the primary master .
If it IS one drive:
If you reinstalled XP to F OVER the original, then altough your DATA is still on the C drive, Windows does not know that - you need
to tell it to BOOT the C drive - not your new drive.

HOW you do that is by editing the boot.ini file.

MAKE SURE YOU UNDERSTAND THIS BEFORE DOING SO - MESS THIS UP AND YOU'LL HAVE A BOAT ANCHOR RATHER THAN A PC - IT WILL NOT BOOT.

After you boot to the F drive, double-click on My Computer, then double-click on your C drive.
With that window open, go to Tools - Folder Options - View
UNCHECK the box that is for " hide protected Operating system files"
It will warn you - achknowledge that it's OK
Then under Hidden Files and Folders, selct Show hidden files. Acknowledge
Then click OK.
Now on your C drive you'll see a file called boot.ini
Right-click on it - Open and you'll see something like this:

[boot loader]
timeout=5
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Windows XP Professional x64 Edition" /fastdetect

I have one drive - with XP64 on 1 partition drive and XP on another.


FIRST make a copy of BOOT.INI and MESS with the copy until you're sure of what you're doing.
THEN rename boot.ini to boot.ini.old ( or something different in case you want it later)
THEN save the new one ( that will boot C) as boot.ini.

Big picture ... PARTITION 1 = C drive and each partition has its own number/letter.
See - in my file I boot to a menu where I select which system to boot - XP or XP64 - each is on a different partition.

I don't have the latest info, and have to head out of town, but go to Microsoft.com and search for this:
" BOOT.INI and ARC Path Naming Conventions "

It will explain the (0) (0) (2) etc above - I suspect when you check yours that you'll find the partition is NOT 1 - you need to
make it so to have it boot the C drive.

Bobb
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