2 operating systems listed on boot

[kain9i6]

I installed XP fresh after format and it lists 2 XP operating systems when I turn on my laptop... where do I go to remove the one that is not valid. I used to know this, but forgot and am too lazy to look for it..

thanks.

[Tommy Boomfiger]

run..., msconfig, boot.ini tab. delete the invalid one, but make sure you do it right otherwise you might have a hard time booting up next time.

[kain9i6]

Thank you sir.. I was searching everywhere for boot.ini but couldn't find it.. I even did a search for [boot loader] in all of the files (hidden and not), but it didn't come up at all either..


I have a new question as well.

I go to my system properties and under general tab and it says:

Mobile Intel(R) Pentium(R)
4-M CPU 2.00GHz
1.20GHz

I know I'm supposed to have a 2.00GHz processor.. but does the 1.20 GHz mean it's only running at 1.2 or ??? .. I'm not sure.. It's a dell laptop and it would make me upset if they sent my 2ghz machine and it was set only to 1.2.... can anyone help?

[coleslaw]

kain9i6: The SpeedStep technology of the P4-M adjusts the clock speed of the processor depending on various factors. It used to be limited to whether the system was running off of the battery or AC power in Intel's previous versions of SpeedStep , but the Pentium 4-M is capable of varying its speed based not only on this but also on CPU load. Under full load, your CPU should run at 100%.

[GilbertsGrape]

i have a similar problem with my desktop, under system it shows 2.4ghz and then it shows 2.39 ghz below it... it is suppose to be running at 2.4ghz and it is not a speed step it is a dell desktop.

[LPMiller]

Originally posted by GilbertsGrape
i have a similar problem with my desktop, under system it shows 2.4ghz and then it shows 2.39 ghz below it... it is suppose to be running at 2.4ghz and it is not a speed step it is a dell desktop.

That's just how windows is reading the processor, you aren't actually losing any MHZ. It's rounding wrong.