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accident dual OS

Discussion in 'Windows - General discussion' started by DDRgod922, Nov 20, 2008.

  1. DDRgod922

    DDRgod922 Regular member

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    accidentally dual OS'd windows xp pro. i reformatted the 2nd hard drive that had the 2nd windows xp pro OS on but every time I boot the computer it still asks me which OS i want to load. and the 2nd (now non-existent) windows xp pro is the first choice in the list and some how the timer is always at 0 so unless ur tapping an arrow key while the computer is booting then you'll miss the OS choice screen and it will automatically load the 2nd OS (that I had deleted when reformatting the 2nd hard drive) and will result in an error message. how can I fix this so that it wont do that anymore?
     
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    Right click my computer properties then select advanced- start up and recovery edit the boot log should look like the one below be warned get it wrong and your computer wont start do a system restore point before you try it

    [boot loader]
    timeout=30
    default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
    [operating systems]
    multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn
     
  3. micha_el

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    how would a system restore (if you cannot boot into the os) help?
     
  4. DDRgod922

    DDRgod922 Regular member

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    haha yea i was thinking about that after i restarted my computer lol but it all worked out great. thank you
     
  5. killalot

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    Wile computer is booting up press F8 and select last known configuration that worked :) :(
     

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