Xp

[Darren2050]

Hi Guys,

A buddy of mine tried to install xp on a harddrive he connected on my PC with my hdd still being the C drive and it loaded part of the programme on my hard drive which already has xp on.

now I am sitting with the problem, everytime i restart or boot my machine up it tell me that i need to chose XP professional or option 2 XP profes set up.

i then chose option one which takes me to my log on screen, option 2 wants to install xp.

what do i do t remove this message, because its annoying and am scared that someone might chose option two and remove all of my settings and stuff.

what to do

 

[Rkootknir]

Start \ Run
Run msconfig

Goto BOOT.INI tab

Under [operating systems] delete the appropriate entry (Check the string).

Restart.

 

[Random717]

option 2 should just bomb out without affecting anything, as all the installation files would have been copied onto his drive..

right click on my computer --> properties --> advanced --> "Startup and Recovery" settings --> edit --> delete the line that says install XP etc..

 

[LCBXX]

Hi Guys,

A buddy of mine tried to install xp on a harddrive he connected on my PC with my hdd still being the C drive and it loaded part of the programme on my hard drive which already has xp on.

now I am sitting with the problem, everytime i restart or boot my machine up it tell me that i need to chose XP professional or option 2 XP profes set up.

i then chose option one which takes me to my log on screen, option 2 wants to install xp.

what do i do t remove this message, because its annoying and am scared that someone might chose option two and remove all of my settings and stuff.

what to do

Right-click My Computer, Left-Click Properties, Left-Click on Advanced tab, Left-Click Settings under 'Startup and Recovery', Left-Click Edit under 'System Startup', delete the whole second line under [operating systems].

The first line should read:
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn
or something similar. That is your "option 1" which boots correctly.

The second line below that is the OS that prompts to install all the time, and the line you need to delete.

 

[Darren2050]

thanks guys, hope this works.

let you all know tomorrow

 

[Darren2050]

and it works like a bomb,

thanks guys