I've answered your question 2 times already. I will try one last time.
The issue of PARTITION is NOT in question. Forget it. It is not part of
this discussion. I know that both are on the same partition.
Do the following:
1. Boot into Windows - the one you want to keep.
2. Open a CMD prompt, type "SET SYSTEMROOT" and press Enter.
3. You will see one of the following. Choose:
(a) SystemRoot=C:\WINDOWS
or
(b) Systemroot=C:\WINDOWS2
4. Now, look at boot.ini. You will two lines similar to this (but not
necessarily in this order):
[operating systems]
(a) multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Windows XP Professional"
(b) multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS2="Windows XP Professional"
Quiz question - what makes those two lines different?
5. If in step 3 you chose (b), then delete the line most similar to (a).
If in step 3 you chose (a), then delete the line most similar to (b).
So do you now understand how the folder names are given in boot.ini?
And you know what folder name you want to keep.
The one that remains is the one to delete.
Carl
-----Original Message-----
From: Windows Home/SOHO [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
Al Christie
Sent: Saturday, April 15, 2006 5:16 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: boot ini
Both are on the SAME partition. Yes, I see two different folder names
(Windows and Windows2). The beginning purpose of my question was to
discern which is the "good" folder, and which "the bad".
Al
Carl Houseman wrote:
> I didn't suggest that you distinguish the two instances based on partition
> number.
>
> Do you not see the two different folder names in your boot.ini?
>
> As in my example where I higlighted it with ^^^^^^^^^^ ?????
>
> I'm presuming of course, that you know which folder name is the good
> instance and which folder name is the bad one.
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