01-03-2006, 06:22 AM
A friend asked me to help them speed up their computer, so I loaded it up and saw that during startup it gives me the odd option of choosing an OS to load: Win XP Pro and Win XP Pro...
I went into system properties > startup/retore config. where I have the option to disable the startup prompt asking which OS to boot. That could work OK, but this computer does NOT need two OS's, not to mention both loaded up with XP. Apparently the HD has two partions, as I got this from the boot file:
My question is what is the best thing to do? I do not know what deleting one of the partitions will do. Also, aside from skipping a step at startup, will clearing up this mess make the machine run faster in general? How does the second partition affect performance. (Mostly my friend is annoyed at how slow the computer is despite sufficient hardware - also she said it will sometimes lock up at startup and she has to manually powerdown)
Thanks
I went into system properties > startup/retore config. where I have the option to disable the startup prompt asking which OS to boot. That could work OK, but this computer does NOT need two OS's, not to mention both loaded up with XP. Apparently the HD has two partions, as I got this from the boot file:
Code:
[boot loader]
timeout=0
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" /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetectMy question is what is the best thing to do? I do not know what deleting one of the partitions will do. Also, aside from skipping a step at startup, will clearing up this mess make the machine run faster in general? How does the second partition affect performance. (Mostly my friend is annoyed at how slow the computer is despite sufficient hardware - also she said it will sometimes lock up at startup and she has to manually powerdown)
Thanks