chucko4 Posted December 14, 2005 Share Posted December 14, 2005 Well whenever i boot up there are 2 options i can choose, they are identical in text but i know one does not work, can i get rid of this second os? Will this free up space? ~Old School Scaper~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weezcake Posted December 14, 2005 Share Posted December 14, 2005 The second one isn't the recovery console? It usually is, unless you manually installed two.. ==================================Retired tip.it moderator.Teaching and inspiring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharper Posted December 14, 2005 Share Posted December 14, 2005 When you reformat your computer or do a plain reinstall of Windows sometimes the old autoboot (autoexec) information isn't removed, I can't remember why this happens. But here is the fix for it. Right click your My Computer icon on your desktop (or in your Start Menu) and select Properties from the dropdown menu. On the window that opens select the Advanced tab then click the Settings button under Startup and Recovery. Then click the Edit button at the top. This will open up your autoexec.bat file in your default text editor (probably Notepad). This file will probably look something like this: [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" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /noexecute=optin What you need to do is remove the second line under the [operating systems] heading. So you are only left with one multi(0)disk(0) etc line. It might look something like this before and after. Before: [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" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /noexecute=optin After: [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" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect If for some reason the contents of your autoexec.bat file are nothing like what I have shown above or if you are completely confused by what I have said then could you please post the contents of your autoexec.bat file. I can then tell you exactly how it needs to be altered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercifull Posted December 14, 2005 Share Posted December 14, 2005 Bear in mind the second one could be part of some kind of built in system restore the company that you got ure PC from installed. This will basically format your pc and return your computer to full factory settings Unless it is something you added by accident its best to leave alone. Mercifull <3 Suzi "We don't want players to be able to buy their way to success in RuneScape. If we let players start doing this, it devalues RuneScape for others. We feel your status in real-life shouldn't affect your ability to be successful in RuneScape" Jagex 01/04/01 - 02/03/12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharper Posted December 14, 2005 Share Posted December 14, 2005 Bear in mind the second one could be part of some kind of built in system restore the company that you got ure PC from installed. This will basically format your pc and return your computer to full factory settings Unless it is something you added by accident its best to leave alone. In which case it would look different from the example I gave so he should post it as I requested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chucko4 Posted December 15, 2005 Author Share Posted December 15, 2005 Here is my autoexec.bat file or whatever it's called. I know I had my computer fixed up before and this might be what this was from (1 or 2 years ago). Will deleting my other os free up space on my computer? i dont even have 2gigs of free space on my computer right now, thanks [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 Home Edition" /fastdetect multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition" /fastdetect ~Old School Scaper~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharper Posted December 15, 2005 Share Posted December 15, 2005 One line says WINDOWS and the other WINNT. Look in your c: drive and see which of the two folders exists, either C:\Windows or C:\WINNT. Delete the entry in the autoexec.bat file that isn't on your c: drive. Also how big is your computer's harddrive? Below 2gb is quite low. Do you have alot of files on your computer? Games, Movies, Mp3's etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chucko4 Posted December 15, 2005 Author Share Posted December 15, 2005 i have about 3 gigs in music and games and my hd is only 19gigs total but i still think there should be a lot more free space, i know i need to update hd but im getting a new comp soon, this will become my little sisters comp and i need to clean it up ~Old School Scaper~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poochu Posted December 18, 2005 Share Posted December 18, 2005 Well is the other OS Linux? If so it wont be on the same partition, The only way to regain that space is to format that partition and remerge them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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