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I have reimaged a dell pc that may have had both windows
2000 pro and windows xp pro on the hard drive. I did not
know the status of the pc before I formatted the hard
drive and reinstalled windows 2000. After reimaging the
hard drive and rebooting a screen came up for me to
select either windows 2ooo or xp to boot into. If I
formatted the hard drive wiping it clean then why does
the pc indicate that it still has windows xp on it's hard
drive. Thanks for any assistance
 
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I have reimaged a dell pc that may have had both windows
2000 pro and windows xp pro on the hard drive. I did not
know the status of the pc before I formatted the hard
drive and reinstalled windows 2000. After reimaging the
hard drive and rebooting a screen came up for me to
select either windows 2ooo or xp to boot into. If I
formatted the hard drive wiping it clean then why does
the pc indicate that it still has windows xp on it's hard
drive. Thanks for any assistance
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Obviously you didn't format the hard drive, or you copied
the boot.ini file back to the drive.

To fix: Edit the boot.ini file to remove reference to
Windows XP (make a backup first, just in case)
You can then delete the directory that Windows XP is in
(if still present.)

Note: The boot.ini file is a hidden file, and you may
have to go to Explorer->Tools->Folder Options->View and
uncheck "Hide protected operating system files".

HTH
 
I assume you reimaged using the supplied recovery CD ?

This may have had an option to select the operating system,
are both installed ?

Geoff
 
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