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Old December 9th, 2003, 11:13 PM   Digg it!   #1 (permalink)
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2 operating systems (but not really)?

I have 2 hard drives one crashed and so I put in the 2nd HD
I fdisked it and reformated fat32 installed Windows XP

Upon boot it asks if I want to run windows Xp or
Previous operating system

How do I get rid of the second operating system
or at least this option (slows down boot)
and there is not a operating system there
if clicked on it just reboots
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Old December 9th, 2003, 11:17 PM     #2 (permalink)
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you can modify the "boot.ini" file...its a hidden file on the C: drive.....hafta go to folder options "view" and set it to show all files and to NOT hide protected operating systems files.
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Old December 9th, 2003, 11:18 PM     #3 (permalink)
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right click on my computer, click propertise, click advance, click start up and recovering unclick the first two boxes
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