Should I even bother???

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May 1st, 2002, 12:27 PM
Tazdrummer

Should I even bother???

Ok, I installed XP on the other computer. When I was installing something must have locked up and as it was "copying files" it stopped and seemed to stay on there for a long time.

I reboot and try again. It installs. Now when ever I boot up it has two selections...
Windows XP Pro
previous operating system on C:

HERE IS THE QUESTION....
I dont have too many programs installed and it wouldnt bother me to wipe it out and reinstall now that I got the sucker partitioned (the problems with an 80 gig where FDISK sees 10gig or so)...

Should I wipe it out or should I leave it alone. I think the other thing has maybe 3 or 4 gig of stuff because it sees the 80 gig as 75 gig. When you are talking that big, it dont matter if you are missing 3 gig I guess.
May 1st, 2002, 01:48 PM
Matridom

Taz, a few things here.. are there more than one windows folder? if so, I'd reinstall. If the OS see's the full harddrive, I'd' leave things alone.

If it's just the second entry at startup that's bothering you, edit the boot.ini file and remove the entry. If the OS is good, and you want to repartition, get Partition magic and use that.
May 1st, 2002, 02:05 PM
Tazdrummer

<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by Matridom:
Taz, a few things here.. are there more than one windows folder? if so, I'd reinstall. If the OS see's the full harddrive, I'd' leave things alone.

If it's just the second entry at startup that's bothering you, edit the boot.ini file and remove the entry. If the OS is good, and you want to repartition, get Partition magic and use that.<hr /></blockquote>Everything works fine. I even installed Jedi Knight 2 to test it. It works great on it! I might do the boot.ini thing and kill that second entry.
May 1st, 2002, 03:01 PM
Stalemate

I was going to suggest that last option you mentioned, but you've already suggested it, haven't you? :rolleyes:
May 1st, 2002, 03:50 PM
Tazdrummer

Where in the BLUE HELL do you find the boot.ini file???
May 1st, 2002, 04:37 PM
Matridom

<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by Tazdrummer:
Where in the BLUE HELL do you find the boot.ini file???<hr /></blockquote>"C:\boot.ini" or..

System properties, advanced, startup and recovery, edit.

should look like this when your done.

"[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOW S
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Micro soft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect"

You'll probably have 2 lines under [operating systems] if they are both IDENTICAL, just remove one.

Edit: the numbers in the brackets() may be differnet dependant on what disk/partition your OS is on.
May 1st, 2002, 04:44 PM
freddy

<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by Matridom:
 <blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by Tazdrummer:
Where in the BLUE HELL do you find the boot.ini file???<hr /></blockquote>"C:\boot.ini" or..

System properties, advanced, startup and recovery, edit.

should look like this when your done.

"[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOW S
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Micro soft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect"

You'll probably have 2 lines under [operating systems] if they are both IDENTICAL, just remove one.<hr /></blockquote>or windows explorer / tools /folder options /view / show hidden files ,,,,,

then u can see it
May 1st, 2002, 04:59 PM
Matridom

<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by freddy:
or windows explorer / tools /folder options /view / show hidden files ,,,,,

then u can see it<hr /></blockquote>A find files/folders will also pull it up, i just gave him two easy ways to access it.
May 1st, 2002, 05:11 PM
freddy

<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by Matridom:
 <blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by freddy:
or windows explorer / tools /folder options /view / show hidden files ,,,,,

then u can see it<hr /></blockquote>A find files/folders will also pull it up, i just gave him two easy ways to access it.<hr /></blockquote>sorry ,,,,,not trying to cramp you ,,,,,just the way i,ve always done it .

cheers alan
May 1st, 2002, 05:41 PM
Matridom

<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by freddy:
sorry ,,,,,not trying to cramp you ,,,,,just the way i,ve always done it .

cheers alan<hr /></blockquote>No problem, you were not "cramping" me.. It just shows ya that with windows there are atleast 5 ways to do anything. Personaly, i do it the explorer also..
May 1st, 2002, 08:20 PM
futuretech

You can also access it through notepad and open C:\boot.ini
May 2nd, 2002, 04:45 AM
NooNoo

or...

Boot with a 98 diskette, use the attrib command -s and -h thus

attrib c:\boot.ini -s -h

then type edit
amend as required
Alt F, S and save it
Alt F, X to leave edit.

I wonder how many ways this could be done :D
May 2nd, 2002, 05:51 AM
freddy

<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by NooNoo:
or...

Boot with a 98 diskette, use the attrib command -s and -h thus

attrib c:\boot.ini -s -h

then type edit
amend as required
Alt F, S and save it
Alt F, X to leave edit.

I wonder how many ways this could be done :D <hr /></blockquote>thats the easy way ,,or is it the "techs" way?
May 2nd, 2002, 10:12 AM
ephmynus

Or Fdisk /mbr
May 2nd, 2002, 11:53 AM
Matridom

<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by Aplustech:
Or Fdisk /mbr<hr /></blockquote>i don't think that would work.. boot.ini is a file on the drive, not located in the MBR. Ontop of that, if the system is setup with NTFS, it definatly won't work.. neither would NooNoo's idea..

another easy way is to type the following at the run menu..

"edit c:\boot.ini"