Unwanted dual copy of Win XP Home Ed

[Guest]

Some how a "dataminer" of substance got loaded on my computer that tied up
the CPU sush than on reboot computer failed to start and would only go so far
as indiciation error reading disk -

Got it to boot on the restore disk that came with the computer (Gateway)
First tired repair - that process would not go to completion- put me back to
error reading disk

Rebooted after several tires to Restore disk - selected new installation.
That loaded successfully and allowed deletion of some files not desireable -
Then computer rebooted showing to instances of Windows XP - To versoin being
the newly loaded on and the second being the original - Have the original now
working well -

Have no idea where the new version is loaded - Desire to delete or at least
make the boot process default to the original versoin. The new version does
not show up on C:\

Thanks

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

I have two installations of XP on the same partition
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/xpfaq.html#two

[Courtesy of MS-MVP Michael Stevens]

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect Your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/default.aspx

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| Some how a "dataminer" of substance got loaded on my computer that tied up
| the CPU sush than on reboot computer failed to start and would only go so far
| as indiciation error reading disk -
|
| Got it to boot on the restore disk that came with the computer (Gateway)
| First tired repair - that process would not go to completion- put me back to
| error reading disk
|
| Rebooted after several tires to Restore disk - selected new installation.
| That loaded successfully and allowed deletion of some files not desireable -
| Then computer rebooted showing to instances of Windows XP - To versoin being
| the newly loaded on and the second being the original - Have the original now
| working well -
|
| Have no idea where the new version is loaded - Desire to delete or at least
| make the boot process default to the original versoin. The new version does
| not show up on C:\
|
| Thanks
| --
| d Clare

 

[Guest]

Followed the directions except for one step (bding cautious) (1) Renamed
WINDOWS rather than delete it until problem corrected.
Original boot.ini is as follows
[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home
Edition" /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Microsoft Windows XP Home
Edition" /fastdetect

Changing time out to 0 and deleting the third line did not work - error
windows can't load due to missing file (I forgot to wirte down) Used restore
disk to reboot on repair and recoverd to the orignal boot.ini

Does the line "default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]" need to be modified as well to WINNT? or is deleting
the WINDOW directory required?