Two operating systems one wont open

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I have two xp operating systems on one hard drive. I did this by reinstalling
xp when I thought my system crashed. Well I was trying to delete the
operating system that I don't use but I opened it and did a disk clean up and
I deleted the system restore obsolete stores. Now when I try to open the main
operating system( the one that I have been using primarily) it wont open. It
goes through the initial start up but then my computer restarts. Ironically
the other operating system opens up but I can't access any files. I don't
know how to open this now and I don't have my xp installation disk anymore.
What are my options. Thank you.
 
J.Leroyce said:
I have two xp operating systems on one hard drive. I did this by reinstalling
xp when I thought my system crashed. Well I was trying to delete the
operating system that I don't use but I opened it and did a disk clean up and
I deleted the system restore obsolete stores. Now when I try to open the main
operating system( the one that I have been using primarily) it wont open. It
goes through the initial start up but then my computer restarts. Ironically
the other operating system opens up but I can't access any files. I don't
know how to open this now and I don't have my xp installation disk anymore.
What are my options. Thank you.
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Your first step must be to get a WinXP CD (or a copy). Without
it there is very little you can do.
 
Simply go to run,type:cmd In cmd type:DiskPart In DiskPart type:list disk
Type:list volume All volumes (partitions are listed with letter),type:EXIT
Go to run,type:diskmgmt.msc In msc L.click the volume that wont open,go
to actions,all,select make active,close out msc.You should be able to go to
"my computer" R.click the volume,open..
 
J.Leroyce said:
I have two xp operating systems on one hard drive. I did this by reinstalling
xp when I thought my system crashed. Well I was trying to delete the
operating system that I don't use but I opened it and did a disk clean up and
I deleted the system restore obsolete stores. Now when I try to open the main
operating system( the one that I have been using primarily) it wont open. It
goes through the initial start up but then my computer restarts. Ironically
the other operating system opens up but I can't access any files. I don't
know how to open this now and I don't have my xp installation disk anymore.
What are my options. Thank you.
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You could create a new profile and copy the old profile to it, (if it
still exist).
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;811151
 
Pegasus (MVP) said:
Your first step must be to get a WinXP CD (or a copy). Without
it there is very little you can do.
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Found a copy of XP I tried to repair but it would not read my administrator
password. What do I do now?
 
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