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From: Jorge Cervantes on 1 Jan 2010 09:33
To make a long story short, by a mistake there are two windows folders:
Windows and Windows_0.. It Because of that, whenever I boot the
computer, the following notice is seen on the screen:

Please select the operating system to start

Microsoft Windows XP Pro
Microsoft Windows XP Pro

Use the up and down arrow keys .... blah, blah,

The quick fix is to re-format and re-install Windows XP. That means
re-installing tons of software and drivers. It will take a few days to do
so. So I want to avoid this situation.

My Question is a) how to remove a Windows folder (e.g., Windows_0) safely,
or b) how to remove both windows folders safely (and then re-install Windows
XP without re-formatting c-partition). Your advise would be very much
appreciated. Jorge


From: DL on 1 Jan 2010 13:26
> The quick fix is to re-format and re-install Windows XP. That means
Thats a long fix;
msconfig>check all boot paths
delete Windows_0

"Jorge Cervantes" <machocraig(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:uV%23US9uiKHA.5596(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> To make a long story short, by a mistake there are two windows folders:
> Windows and Windows_0.. It Because of that, whenever I boot the
> computer, the following notice is seen on the screen:
>
> Please select the operating system to start
>
> Microsoft Windows XP Pro
> Microsoft Windows XP Pro
>
> Use the up and down arrow keys .... blah, blah,
>
> The quick fix is to re-format and re-install Windows XP. That means
> re-installing tons of software and drivers. It will take a few days to do
> so. So I want to avoid this situation.
>
> My Question is a) how to remove a Windows folder (e.g., Windows_0) safely,
> or b) how to remove both windows folders safely (and then re-install
> Windows XP without re-formatting c-partition). Your advise would be very
> much appreciated. Jorge
>
>


From: Jorge Cervantes on 3 Jan 2010 10:27
Thanks.
When Windows_0 was removed, I could not boot the computer.
The error on the black screen is that system32\hal.dll is missing.

When I checked the Windows using a PE-based software, hal.dll file is in
Windows\system32.
Any solution? John.




"DL" <notvalid(a)spoofaddress.co.uk> wrote in message
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>> The quick fix is to re-format and re-install Windows XP. That means
> Thats a long fix;
> msconfig>check all boot paths
> delete Windows_0
>
> "Jorge Cervantes" <machocraig(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:uV%23US9uiKHA.5596(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> To make a long story short, by a mistake there are two windows folders:
>> Windows and Windows_0.. It Because of that, whenever I boot the
>> computer, the following notice is seen on the screen:
>>
>> Please select the operating system to start
>>
>> Microsoft Windows XP Pro
>> Microsoft Windows XP Pro
>>
>> Use the up and down arrow keys .... blah, blah,
>>
>> The quick fix is to re-format and re-install Windows XP. That means
>> re-installing tons of software and drivers. It will take a few days to
>> do so. So I want to avoid this situation.
>>
>> My Question is a) how to remove a Windows folder (e.g., Windows_0)
>> safely, or b) how to remove both windows folders safely (and then
>> re-install Windows XP without re-formatting c-partition). Your advise
>> would be very much appreciated. Jorge
>>
>>
>
>


From: Elmo on 3 Jan 2010 22:27
Jorge Cervantes wrote:
> Thanks.
> When Windows_0 was removed, I could not boot the computer.
> The error on the black screen is that system32\hal.dll is missing.
>
> When I checked the Windows using a PE-based software, hal.dll file is in
> Windows\system32.
> Any solution? John.

Add the reference to Windows_0 and remove the reference to Windows.

> "DL" <notvalid(a)spoofaddress.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:%23%23hCs$wiKHA.5520(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>> The quick fix is to re-format and re-install Windows XP. That means
>> Thats a long fix;
>> msconfig>check all boot paths
>> delete Windows_0
>>
>> "Jorge Cervantes" <machocraig(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:uV%23US9uiKHA.5596(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>> To make a long story short, by a mistake there are two windows folders:
>>> Windows and Windows_0.. It Because of that, whenever I boot the
>>> computer, the following notice is seen on the screen:
>>>
>>> Please select the operating system to start
>>>
>>> Microsoft Windows XP Pro
>>> Microsoft Windows XP Pro
>>>
>>> Use the up and down arrow keys .... blah, blah,
>>>
>>> The quick fix is to re-format and re-install Windows XP. That means
>>> re-installing tons of software and drivers. It will take a few days to
>>> do so. So I want to avoid this situation.
>>>
>>> My Question is a) how to remove a Windows folder (e.g., Windows_0)
>>> safely, or b) how to remove both windows folders safely (and then
>>> re-install Windows XP without re-formatting c-partition). Your advise
>>> would be very much appreciated. Jorge




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