REMOVAL METHOD FOR 2nd O.S. WINDOWS XP

Unfortunately, the best method is to boot to the WinXP cd and install & when it asks if you want to format and install.... Take that option.

It will wipe the hdd and you will have to reinstall all applications and copy your data back to the computer.... but the best way is to wipe the hdd.

Sorry, I know this is not the answer you wanted; but I operated with two installs for WinXP (one bad and one good), and ran across inconsistencies and the registry referred to both and i could not clean it completely, so I gave up. Backed up all data, set boot to cd and installed with a quick format. No problem whatsoever since then.

In Windows, click on the start button|Run then type MSCONFIG. There you will see a folder called BOOT.INI. This is where you can begin to get rid of your bad copy of XP. There will be two XP OS' listed usually the bottom one is the first installation (probably the bad copy) the the top one the most recent install. before deleting the line reffering to the one you want to get rid of, type REM on the line that you want to get rid of just to test it. Then reboot. If you selected the right one the you can go back and delete the line. After that go into the Explorer and find your first installation of Windows. Once you know one from the other, you can delete the bad copy.