raptor18 Posted August 18, 2006 Share Posted August 18, 2006 Just squeezed win xp to 156 mb. Problem is when i boot, it shows up two windows xp's at the boot list. one works one doesnt. I dont want to delete the none working windows boot, i want to make a new CD with win xp without it making two xp boots. How can i do this?BTW, why did it make two partitions? Ive used this CD to install windows before without problems.Thanks!RegardsRaptor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiki Burgh Posted August 18, 2006 Share Posted August 18, 2006 hi raptor18! you might have not done a clean install of your XP ... another possibility is that you used a different partition for your installation (perhaps what used to be an unpartitioned space in your hard drive) ... nonetheless you would have to reformat that unusable partition eventually Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raptor18 Posted August 18, 2006 Author Share Posted August 18, 2006 Thanks mate, i will try now to wipe out whole hdd.Raptor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiki Burgh Posted August 18, 2006 Share Posted August 18, 2006 alright ... with your 150mb OS, i'll bet installation would just be so quick if there would still be any existing partition ... delete all partitions 1st (no need to create ... unless you want to divide you hdd space) & just hit enter to install in the defautl unpartitioned space ... oh well i trust you know this just coundn't stop my fingers from typing ... he! he! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponch Posted August 18, 2006 Share Posted August 18, 2006 I think it happens when you do not install to the active partition. So the boot record of the active aprtition is modified, just adding the install you created to the existing one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bledd Posted August 18, 2006 Share Posted August 18, 2006 I think it happens when you do not install to the active partition. So the boot record of the active aprtition is modified, just adding the install you created to the existing one.correct, and loads of crap files are left over, so its best to format the windows partition/drive before installing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanVM Posted August 18, 2006 Share Posted August 18, 2006 If you're looking for a quick and dirty solution, you can always just edit boot.ini and remove the non-working entry from the list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponch Posted August 22, 2006 Share Posted August 22, 2006 There is a quick and easy solution aswell: uncheck a box in the advanced System Properties (Startup part). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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