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Two instances of XP home

  • 22-05-2006 9:57pm
    #1
    mloc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,567 ✭✭✭


    I just reinstalled XP home on a friend's laptop for him, but now on reboot its showing two instances of XP home are installed and asks me to choose which to boot etc.

    I reformatted the HD before I installed it, so I dunno where this second installation is coming from. There's only one WINDOWS folder on the boot (and only) partition too.

    Any ideas?


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  • #2
    kippy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,984 ✭✭✭✭kippy


    What are the names of the boot options?
    Are you 100% sure you formated the HDD?
    Did you use FDISK to delete all existing partitions or did you use the format option during the install? Are you sure you used the correct format options?
    What happens when you try to boot the second option for XP Home? Does it boot?
    Finally,
    Do a search for boot.ini (should be a hidden file on the root of the C:\ drive) post the contents of the file here.....
    Kippy


  • #3
    mloc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,567 ✭✭✭mloc


    used the format option during install (NTFS, non-quick). Second option boots into the same instance of windows.

    Just edited boot.ini now, forgot about that. Seems to be ok. Problem solved.


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