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by srojas

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Hi, I have installed an additional copy of windows XP. So everytime I boot up I have to pick between two WindowsXP installations. How do I get rid of one? I looked in Control Panel and there is no uninstall. Help!

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by shasca

In system applet under advanced startup and recovery turn of the time to display operating systems. This will eliminate the startup screen.

by srojas

Thank you for your help. I went ahead and re-installed it, deleting the partition and re-creating it!

by w2ktechman

If you know what you are doing you can edit the boot.ini file. You will need to remove the entry that either doesnt work or is unwanted.

If you are unsure of how to do this do a search on microsofts knowledge base.

Then it will no longer appear in the menu. Then you may need to remove the files from your system. Find the OS that is not in use (the one pointed to from the removed boot.ini file) and delete these files.

NOTE If done wrong you may totally destroy your useable operating system. If you have any doubts about this, leave it alone, it's not hurting the system.

by srojas

Thank you but I just re-installed it, deleting the partition and re-creating it.

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