installing windows xp

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I reformatted using windows xp pro... the first time it was loading it
stopped half way and said i was missing root>\system32\hal.dll so I
restarted loading xp again and everything loaded good, however when my
computer is starting I am given a screen that asks which op syst i want to
run, they both are winxp pro, the first one is the good copy, the second is
the bad copy....how do I get rid of the second.... do I have to reformat
again??

 

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Hi,

No, you don't have to start again. Click start/run, type msconfig and click
ok. Go to the boot.ini tab, click the button to 'check all boot paths'. It
should offer to remove the invalid one.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"jadentopaz" <jadentopaz@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I reformatted using windows xp pro... the first time it was loading it
> stopped half way and said i was missing root>\system32\hal.dll so
> I
> restarted loading xp again and everything loaded good, however when my
> computer is starting I am given a screen that asks which op syst i want to
> run, they both are winxp pro, the first one is the good copy, the second
> is
> the bad copy....how do I get rid of the second.... do I have to reformat
> again??