Two Windows XP Operating Systems

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start>run an type

msconfig

select the BOOT.INI tab the click "Check All Boot Paths"

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I reinstalled windows xp a while ago, but it seems that there are now two
operating systems. I don't know how that is possible thoush, because i first
deleted the old operating system. That's not the issue though. The newly
installed operating system works perfectly, but when select the other one,
the screen displays this:

Windows could not start because of a computer disk hardware configuration
problem.
Could not read from the selected boot disk. Check boot path and disk hardware.
Please check the windows documentation about hardware disk configuration and
your hardware reference manuals for additional information.

So i guess my question is how do i uninstall this operating system. i tried
following the direction at microsoft.com, but there is no folder in witch
this system is saved at. At least I don't think there is, i tried looking for
it everywhere.

Please help! The operating system is taking 1.6GB of my hard drive!!
 
See FAQ #20 here: http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/xpfaq.html
Plain text version: http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/twoxp.txt

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://windowsxp.mvps.org


I reinstalled windows xp a while ago, but it seems that there are now two
operating systems. I don't know how that is possible thoush, because i first
deleted the old operating system. That's not the issue though. The newly
installed operating system works perfectly, but when select the other one,
the screen displays this:

Windows could not start because of a computer disk hardware configuration
problem.
Could not read from the selected boot disk. Check boot path and disk hardware.
Please check the windows documentation about hardware disk configuration and
your hardware reference manuals for additional information.

So i guess my question is how do i uninstall this operating system. i tried
following the direction at microsoft.com, but there is no folder in witch
this system is saved at. At least I don't think there is, i tried looking for
it everywhere.

Please help! The operating system is taking 1.6GB of my hard drive!!
 
You should have reformated before reinstall. You did not delete the hidden/
system files.
 
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