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MooseMan3000 · 03-08-2005, 07:42 PM

So I had Windows XP home. No problems. I tried to install Windows XP Pro (different hard drive, was empty at the time), but the install failed repeatedly. I gave up on it. However, now every time I boot the computer it asks me what OS I want to boot with... like so:

Windows XP Home
Windows XP Pro Setup

It chooses Pro Setup by default... even though I set C (where XP Home is) as the default startup device. If I don't select XP Home within about 15 seconds, it loads the Pro Setup... which fails every time.

Is there a way to get rid of this failed installation so it just goes back to XP Home? Without a format, that is...

Thanks

03-08-2005, 07:42 PM	#1 (permalink)
MooseMan3000 wouldn't mind being a ninja. Location: Maine, the Other White State.	Any way to remove a failed Windows install? So I had Windows XP home. No problems. I tried to install Windows XP Pro (different hard drive, was empty at the time), but the install failed repeatedly. I gave up on it. However, now every time I boot the computer it asks me what OS I want to boot with... like so: Windows XP Home Windows XP Pro Setup It chooses Pro Setup by default... even though I set C (where XP Home is) as the default startup device. If I don't select XP Home within about 15 seconds, it loads the Pro Setup... which fails every time. Is there a way to get rid of this failed installation so it just goes back to XP Home? Without a format, that is... Thanks