Re: Two O/S intallations

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I thank both Ron and Drew for their inputs. To answer Ron, I have a
partition. The pirated Pro is on my C drive and the Home is on the D drive.

"Ron Sommer" <rsommer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:Orar0McCGHA.3064@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Where is SCSI mentioned?
> Or one partition?
>
> "simply" ?
> An install of XP Home on a computer already containing pirated XP Pro
> resulting in a dual choice appearing at startup.
> Was XP Home installed on the same partition as XP Pro?
> XP Home replaced XP Pro, but a dual boot was setup in boot.ini?
> XP Home installed on a different partition?
>
> You didn't reply how to change to the saved boot.ini if the computer
> wouldn't boot?
> --
> Ron Sommer
>
> "Drew Tognola" <drewtognola@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:OzdCiEWCGHA.4040@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> It pains me to respond but this is the standard boot.ini file for a
>> computer that has a SCSI drive & one partition. He didn't mention a
>> second drive or a second partition. He simply installed Microsoft Windows
>> XP Home on a standard computer.
>>
>> Drew
>>
>> "Ron Sommer" <rsommer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:uJ46MpVCGHA.1032@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> How do you know that Home is on rdisk(0)partition(1)?
>>>
>>> To name the file, put boot.ini in quotes or change the file type to All
>>> files.
>>>
>>> If something goes wrong, how are you supposed to replace boot.ini?
>>> --
>>> Ron Sommer
>>>
>>> "Drew Tognola" <drewtognola@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>> news:u4xxQ7UCGHA.516@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> Dan,
>>>>
>>>> -Control Panel > Folder Options > select 'Show hidden Files & Folders',
>>>> click OK
>>>> -navigate to C:/, locate the boot.ini file. Save a copy somewhere
>>>> -open the boot.ini file with Notepad
>>>> -Copy & Paste below info into a new notepad document
>>>>
>>>> [boot loader]
>>>> timeout=30
>>>> default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
>>>> [operating systems]
>>>> multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home
>>>> Edition" /fastdetect
>>>>
>>>> -select File > Save as
>>>> -name your file boot.ini and save in the C:/ location
>>>> -select 'Yes' to overwrite current boot.ini file
>>>> -Restart computer
>>>> If something should go wrong, replace the boot.ini with the saved copy.
>>>>
>>>> Drew
>>>>
>>>> "Microsoft New Groups" <danberezaNOSPAM@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
>>>> message news:OktEkGSCGHA.3912@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>I originally had Win2000 and wanted to upgrade to XP. A friend loaned
>>>>>me a copy of XP Pro which turned out to be a pirated copy. I then
>>>>>purchased full version of XP Home and installed it.
>>>>>
>>>>> Now, when I boot the computer, it offers me both versions. I would
>>>>> like to delete the pirated version and only use the legitimate
>>>>> version. Any help appreciated.
>>>>>
>>>>> TIA,
>>>>>
>>>>> Dan
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>


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