Removing Prompt for Which XP Version To Load

[Guest Smithers]

I just reimaged a desktop computer... going from XP Home to XP Pro.

 

Specifically, I booted from the XP Pro disk, and took the option to install

a fresh copy of Windows... deleted all partitions, created new partition,

formatted it with NTFS (not quick format), and then completed the

installation of XP Pro.

 

I expected that the above sequence would have gotten rid of XP Home

completely. But now when I boot the computer, I get a prompt asking if I

want to start XP Home or XP Pro. This prompt has a timer that decrements

down from 30 seconds.

 

How can I get rid of that prompt?

 

XP Home is actually not on the computer . I even selected the option to run

XP Home from that prompt and it choked (as it should have).

 

So how do I get rid of that prompt?

 

Thanks!

[Guest Anando [MVP]]

Re: Removing Prompt for Which XP Version To Load

 

Hello,

 

Click on Start/Run and type in MSCONFIG. Flip to the BOOT.INI tab and click on "Check all boot

paths". This should remove any invalid boot paths from the boot.ini file.

 

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"Smithers" <A@B.com> wrote in message news:%23x$3PleBIHA.4836@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

>I just reimaged a desktop computer... going from XP Home to XP Pro.

>

> Specifically, I booted from the XP Pro disk, and took the option to install a fresh copy of

> Windows... deleted all partitions, created new partition, formatted it with NTFS (not quick

> format), and then completed the installation of XP Pro.

>

> I expected that the above sequence would have gotten rid of XP Home completely. But now when I

> boot the computer, I get a prompt asking if I want to start XP Home or XP Pro. This prompt has a

> timer that decrements down from 30 seconds.

>

> How can I get rid of that prompt?

>

> XP Home is actually not on the computer . I even selected the option to run XP Home from that

> prompt and it choked (as it should have).

>

> So how do I get rid of that prompt?

>

> Thanks!

>

[Guest John John]

Re: Removing Prompt for Which XP Version To Load

 

Run the msconfig utility and in the boot.ini tab have it check for and

remove invalid boot paths.

 

John

 

Smithers wrote:

> I just reimaged a desktop computer... going from XP Home to XP Pro.

>

> Specifically, I booted from the XP Pro disk, and took the option to install

> a fresh copy of Windows... deleted all partitions, created new partition,

> formatted it with NTFS (not quick format), and then completed the

> installation of XP Pro.

>

> I expected that the above sequence would have gotten rid of XP Home

> completely. But now when I boot the computer, I get a prompt asking if I

> want to start XP Home or XP Pro. This prompt has a timer that decrements

> down from 30 seconds.

>

> How can I get rid of that prompt?

>

> XP Home is actually not on the computer . I even selected the option to run

> XP Home from that prompt and it choked (as it should have).

>

> So how do I get rid of that prompt?

>

> Thanks!

>

>