Removing XP Dual Boot

[JellyC]

Hi,

After a system crash i could not manage to repair but have managed to install a second version of XP Home onto my machine (when i say second version i used the system restore disk that came with the machine). The problem i have is that i now have two versions of XP, one that works (WINDOWS.0) and one that doesnt (WINDOWS). How can i get rid of the old one that doesnt work but keep the new one.

They are both installed on the same HDD, i would like to keep all of the data that is stored on the drive if possible.

Any help would be much appreciated,
Thanks.

 

[tehNellie]

You should be able to simply delete the old \windows directory.

To remove the reference to the non working windows on startup you'll need to edit boot.ini:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/289022

 

[stuartthomas]

Hello,
Goto controlpanel and open system and click on system settings and in this select advanced and click on starrup and recovery settings properties and change time(0 min) it is vista in xp it is easy to remove