Windows XP Upgrade

[John]

I recently reformatted my hard drive (using the Dell
reinstallation cd) and reloaded Windows XP Home Edition
onto my Dimension 2300. I then upgraded to Windows XP
Pro. Now, when I boot my computer, it asks me to select
either Windows XP Pro or Windows XP Home. I have a
Seagate Barracuda 40 gb hard drive with a single
partition. Why is this happening and how can I get it to
stop? I also posted this on the Dell forum.

 

[Joe727]

If you were going to upgrade to XP Pro, why did you reinstall XP Home?

Joe

 

[Ken Blake]

In

If you were going to upgrade to XP Pro, why did you reinstall

XP Home?


Probably because he didn't realize that he could do a clean
installation with an upgrade version.

 

[Joe727]

In
XP Home?


Probably because he didn't realize that he could do a clean
installation with an upgrade version.

If so, then it sounds like a case of "when all else fails, read the
instructions."

Joe

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[Alex Nichol]

I recently reformatted my hard drive (using the Dell
reinstallation cd) and reloaded Windows XP Home Edition
onto my Dimension 2300. I then upgraded to Windows XP
Pro. Now, when I boot my computer, it asks me to select
either Windows XP Pro or Windows XP Home. I have a
Seagate Barracuda 40 gb hard drive with a single
partition. Why is this happening and how can I get it to
stop?

It is happening because you did the 'upgrade' by booting the Pro CD and
doing a new install into the folder, rather than by running it *from*
the Home system and tabling Install. Provided it *is* in the same
folder, and not taking up space by having two quite separate ones on the
disk, go to Control Panel - System - Advanced, click Settings in
Startup and Error, then click Edit, and uncheck the line referring to
Home, in each of the two sections of the boot.ini file