RE: 2 WinXP on one computer

From: Rami (Rami_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 07/20/05 

Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2005 07:10:10 -0700

Hi,

Few things.

1. Can you boot up into safe mode using F8?
2. You will need to remove the following from boot.ini: "C:\="Microsoft
Windows XP Professional 2".
3. I do not understand the need of 2 Windows XP OS's on same computer. Can
you please explain. (licensing)?

Thanks & Regards,
Rami.

"penguin_skywalker" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I had two OS on my computer - Win 98 SE on drive C and XP Professional on D.
> I decided to upgrade Win98 to XP Professional.
>
> Upgrade was successful, but the computer didn't recognise two OS. The
> original XP was not noticed.
>
> So I went to System Restore settings, and changed boot.ini file as ...
>
>
> [boot loader]
> timeout =12
> default = multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS
>
> [operating systems]
> multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS = "Microsoft Windows XP
> Professional 1"
>
> C:\="Microsoft Windows XP Professional 2"
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Now my computer has stopped working. How should I bail myself out of this?
>
> Thanks!
>
>

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