Why two Windows Folders in Local Disc?

okay will wait for updates, but the system partition may have been the partition that would have held the factory setting, what was the size?

either way if it is still there after formatting we can see.

Great. Thanks Elizabeth. I think you have solved the problem for me. The link to "windowsxphome" showed me where I think I went wrong. I should have deleted the partition. However, it does say on the link that the partition is a system partition and may contain diagnostics or hardware configuration programmes to start Windows XP. Presumably it is OK to do that and I do not have to install another partition because the next step shows an empty partition.

just another note, I googled evesham axis64 Mkr and there were lots of hits, but lots were on websites that did not have a good reputation, (I have WOT installed to check this), but most were dealing with replacing components, especially memory, but could not find a thing on reinstallation. Sorry, we will just go with what we are doing now.

when the windows setup window opens, you should have the option to install windows by hitting enter

then it asks if you want to install on selected partition

what you should do first is delete all partitions, follow the instructions it will tell you how.

and you should make sure that before you start, that the bios is set to boot from cd

if you do not see a black screen with the instructions to press any key to boot from cd, then you do not have the bios set up to boot from cd and you will have another parallel installation.

I will look further for a user guide for you, but if we are going to delete all the partitions, then you will lose what ever partition that was on there for recovery,

which should show when you see the page with all the partitions listed.

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-xp/help/setup/install-windows-xp

http://www.windowsxphome.windowsreinstall.com/sp2installxpcdoldhdd/indexfullpage.htm

http://aumha.net/viewtopic.php?f=62&t=44636

Clean installs of XP sites

you might want to read the instructions on the sites above to know the steps to a clean install.

another note, go to the Microsoft download center and download sp3 and sp2 if your cd is sp1, because windows updates will not work with other than sp3.

Thank you Elizabeth. My three boot.ini files look similar but end at the "fast detect". I have checked my BIOS and there does not appear to be anything like a means to return to factory condition as mentioned by John in the next post. Just one onservation though, I remember before reinstallation, I was given two options where to install which didn't make much sense to me. The first looked like it might have been the hard disk itself and the other a C partition but I remember previously, when looking in My Computer/Manage/Disc Management, there was no partition on the disc. Apart from that, I am sure I tried both options.

However, my model number is Axis 64 MKR (Aug04). Eveshams product code is AX1182001243-KIT-STK. I should be very grateful if you would do some research for me. Incidentally, although there is a 64 in the model number, mine is a 32bit computer. Regards, Brian