Windows XP Home startup options

[Guest]

After an unsuccessful upgrade from Win XP Home to Win XP Pro, I now have 3
startup options:

Windows XP Home
Windows Recovery Console
Windows XP Professional Setup

The Windows XP Professional Setup option (which is automatically selected)
goes to a BSOD with a Stop: 0x00000024 error - I have tried removing
antivirus, chkdsk, etc. but can't get past the stop error.

Windows XP Home boots and works fine. I have tried removing the Pro Setup
option via MSCONFIG but it is replaced with a Windows (default) option that
remains automatically selected and boots to the BSOD stop: 0x000024 error if
I don't catch it and change to the Home option during reboot.

I want to either complete the Pro upgrade (preferred) or remove the startup
option.

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.

 

[Guest]

The list is governed by display list of operating systems option (Start ->
Control Panel -> System -> Advanced tab -> Startup and Recovery -> Settings)

Good Luck!

 

[Will Denny]

Hi

Please try the following link to Jim Eshelman's web site - left hand
column(24):

http://aumha.org/win5/kbestop.htm

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Will Denny
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
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[Guest]

Tried it - when I delete the Windows XP Pro setup option a Windows (default)
option appears and still boots to the stop: 0x00000024 error.

 

[Guest]

How can it be a corrupted disk when chkdsk doesn't find any errors and the
WIn XP Home option boots without a problem? The only solution I saw on this
page (which I had already visited before posting my problem) was running
chkdsk and updating drivers for the hard drive. Am I missing something?