Windows boot problem

[Dustin_m]

About a week ago, i installed windows on two of my aunts computers. One is an HP and the other was a custom built one. I installed XP Pro on the custom built tower first, then tried to install Windows Home on the HP. When the HP boots up, it never gives you an option to boot from cd, and the current windows install was fubar, so what i did was take the hard drive out and plugged it into the other computer by itself (i removed the other hd). So i went through the install just fine,a nd everything worked great, so i removed the drive and put it back into the HP. Then after returning the other hard drive to its case and turning it on, it asked me which version of windows to boot, Home or Pro.

I can't figure out why its doing that, and why it even knows that i installed home with that machine. Is there memory on the motherboard that can be cleared or something? i even went through and reinstalled Pro on that comp, hoping that it would clear it up and it didnt.

any ideas?

 

[TurboMirage]

go to control panel, and system. go to something else in there, and you can designate what boots. if i was on an XP machine i would tell you

its on the same screen where you can choose what graphics effects you want and etc.

 

[Dustin_m]

thanks, ill try that out

 

[Dustin_m]

so that didn't work. i went into system and under the advanced tab, selected the correct version of Windows as the default OS, but the other version still shows up when it boots up.

 

[GSRCRXsi]

if you dont want it to show up, you need to remove it from the boot.ini file

 

[Dustin_m]

msconfig, right?

and when i look at the text there, what parts do i remove?

 

[endlesszeal]

if you dont want it to show up, you need to remove it from the boot.ini file

Word, gotta edit the boot.ini file.

Heres a good link with somewhat thorough instructions.

How to Use and Edit Boot.ini in Windows XP

 

[reikoshea]

How to remove a second installation of a Windows operating system from a partition

 

[Dustin_m]

Nice. thanks.