Re: Dual Boot - Both Win XP

Thanks Peg -
I tried the repair/reinstall routine a couple of times. No joy.

Is there a way to just remove my corrupt XP on the C:/ drive? Then maybe I
could reinstall/move/whatever the new XP with some hope of it working. \

BTW, if I reinstall onto C:/ but into a different folder, after making that
the default folder, would I be able then to get rid of the corrupt one?

I also vaguely recall that my backup of My Documents (or anything else for
that matter) can only be restored to the same drive (C:/) Does that sound
correct?

Appreciate the help
Haz



"Pegasus (MVP)" <I.can@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "Haz" <a_burkhardt@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> First of all, am I on the right newsgroup?
>>
>> Blue screened my WinXP SP2 system. After much fooling around and minimal
>> advice, reinstalled plain Jane original version of XP off the repair
>> disk.
>>
>> Original XP on C:\ drive, second XP installed on separate partition H:\
>> H version works OK ( but makes me cry when I see how many of my tweaks
> that
>> aren't there.)
>>
>> Fortunately, I had backed up My Documents just prior to the disaster.
>>
>> The question is - is there any way to get the version that works (H) to
>> replace the corrupt version still on the C:\ drive???
>>
>> I really don't want/need a dual operating system setup.
>>
>> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>>
>
> It's possible to move Windows from H: to C: but it's a lot of mucking
> around, with a fair risk of failure. Since you have only just installed
> it,
> I recommend that you re-install it it on drive C:, perhaps in a folder
> other than c:\Windows. Alternatively you coul try to repair your existing
> installation as Timothy suggested.
>
>


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