I recently had major problems on my desktop computer running Windows XP Home Edition, SP2. In an effort to "start fresh", I pulled a system restore on my whole computer, with the intention of wiping out the old XP installation and putting on a fresh one. I THOUGHT I copied my important files to an external HD, but it turns out I'm missing nearly 6GB in music.
After I restored my system, I realized that I didn't in fact restore it, but I inadvertently created some kind of partition. The newer installation of XP is running on 19GB of HD space, while the total size of the disk is 71GB. So this tells me that the older installation is still there.
When I realized this, I also realized I was getting a boot menu at start up. So, to allay any confusion for the rest of the users of the computer, I deleted the option to boot the old installation, which has turned out to be my biggest mistake.
How do I fix my BOOT.INI file to recognize my older Windows XP installation again? I know it's there, I just can't figure out how to get to it. Please help! System specs below.
OS: Windows XP Home Edition 2002 SP2
CPU: Intel Dell Dimension Desktop 5100
Pentium 4 CPU 2.80 GHz
512 MB of RAM
71GB Hard Drive Space
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