Windows XP on both C: and D:. I want only 1.

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Redd Fox

How do I get rid of Windows XP on my smallest drive, D:?
or that startup menu that says choose a system: Windows
XP or Windows XP? I tried a couple of times with
disasterous results. I wound up having to activate
Windows XP over the internet four times already! My
computer works great now (except for one problem not
related to this). But, when I do a virus scan, it has to
scan those extra files on D:. I just don't need it or
want it but my computer can't seem to live without two.
What a greedy ....! :=)
 
Hi, Redd.

Two simple steps:

1. To get rid of the second copy of WinXP and recover the GB or more of
disk space, just boot into the WinXP on C: and delete D:\Windows, including
all the subdirectories and files.

2. To clean up the C:\boot.ini file and eliminate the opening menu, click
Start | Run and type msconfig.exe into the box and press Enter. Click the
boot.ini tab and then Check All Boot Paths... This should offer to delete
the line that runs WinXP from D:; say yes. Click the General tab before
closing msconfig to make sure that the Normal startup button is still
selected.

RC
 
Thanks, RC. I'll (shudder) try that out. Whataheck.
MicroSoft should be used to me activating Windows XP by
now. :=)
 
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