ok so i boot and it always comes up with two os's but now i want one of them deleted. one version of xp i have installed has only service pack 1 and the other has service pack 2. i use the one with 2. i would like to delete the one with service pack one. i read up on how to delete os's but the problem is that they are on the same disk. so how do i delete one of these from my c drive with out killing my good one.
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Jump to PostIf you have one logical disk with two partitions with an OS installed on each you can easily delete the unwanted OS by deleting the associated partition via Disk Management. You can access disk management by right click on My computer and clicking Manage. Disk Management is located under Storage.
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Jump to PostOkay, you only have one partition, c:, with both OS's on it, so don't disturb it. Thing to do is to logon with the SP2 OS that you wish to keep, identify the SP1 Windows folder and just delete it. Then you must modify your boot.ini file to remove the …
Jump to PostPull up a cmd window then type in 'cd %systemroot%' and hit enter this will take you to your current OS’s systemroot. On a default installation of xp this command will take you to c:\windows.
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