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If you have 2 oses in 2 partitions how do you remove one?

I'm not an expert, however the easiest way to default your os to load is to get to the System Properties window (control panel or My Computer, Properties). There in the Advanced tab there is Startup & Recovery Settings button. There you can default your installation & timeout, or edit the file to remove the incomplete installation from the menu.
The next part you may want to validate with someone else, because I would edit the settings to remove the incomplete installation from the startup list, then simply delete the folders the installation refered to. There may be additional junk in the Documents & Settings folder, but it wouldn't be of a large size. Again, best to validate this & proceed with caution. It is my self taught knowlege only.
Good Luck...
 
The easiest way is to simply edit your boot.ini in your root C:\.

Remove the line you don't want.

If you can't find, or can't edit it, open MSCONFIG, go to the boot tab, and change the one you want to keep to the top, and set the timeout to something small like 5.
 
That would still leave the setup files from the partial installation, would it not? Just a note that the file JustAnAverageGuy is refering to is what you end up editing with the method I described, just note to use his method to get there you may need to change some settings in the file explorer to show the files (system & hidden I believe).
 
I just idiotically trashed my system doing something similar.

It is essential to check that the system yo want to delete is neither the Boot partition nor the System partition AND that the system you want to keep is on a primary partition

you can check all this by right clicking on 'my computer' and seleting 'manage', and looking under disk management, ehich will show you the status of all of your partitions, the currently booted partition will have (System) after it in the display.

I didn't pay attention when i trashed an unwanted system and now am having trouble getting back into it , mainly because WinXP will keep using the current boot partition and files when you install a new system so you need to check that they are on the system you think they are

HTH
 
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