You're right, installing into the same partition is a bad idea.
The only good way to fix this is to do a clean install - format the
partition and install 32-bit XP into it. Trying to make it work now will
only create problems and you'll have a system that is unsupportable and will
behave badly.
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Charlie.
http://msmvps.com/blogs/xperts64
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel
"82716" <> wrote in message
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>I installed x64 in the same partition as XP. DUH... I was told if I have
>an
> AMD x2 cpu I needed x64. I can dual boot and found that that I don't want
> x64. Can I just delete the x64 related folders and files and make my
> system
> a single boot sys again??? The other OS is WinXP. If I do a sys restore
> to
> a point prior to loading x64, will that remove the x64 OS?
> This is my first visit here.
> OOPS wrong site
> Hope I'm in the right place this time..nope, wrong site
> Maybe this is the correct place.....
>