Deleting A Corrupt Windows XP
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because the repair would not work. But now I have both
the bad version of Windows XP and the working one...like
a mulit-boot system. How can I delete the corrupt one?
because the repair would not work. But now I have both
the bad version of Windows XP and the working one...like
a mulit-boot system. How can I delete the corrupt one?
Re: Deleting A Corrupt Windows XP
Hi,Boot to the good one, delete the "bad" system folders from Windows Explorer.
Then start/run C:\boot.ini and remove the line that references the unwanted
installation from the [operating systems] section.
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Best of Luck,
Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
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<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> I had to re-install Windows XP as a new installation
> because the repair would not work. But now I have both
> the bad version of Windows XP and the working one...like
> a mulit-boot system. How can I delete the corrupt one?
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