Right.... New problem....

My old XP Pro was on my D: I reinstalled XP Home on my F: (No probs) BUT !

When my PC Starts up now I dont get the old OS (Black Screen at boot) Choice menu....

The PC Just wants to boot into my old corrupt XP Pro on D:

Now here is the strange thing.... The only way I stumbled on (Maybe it slows the PC's boot process, I dont know) to get the PC to START with the OS Choice menu is to leave the original XP Home CD in the drive...

So

1 Switch on
2 Bios check
3 Raid check
4 OS Boot from CD (NO) Dont TOUCH any key etc
5 Machine displays XP Home and XP Pro (All is well)

HELP !

BTW How can I remove the old entry for XP Pro (I have always wanted to know this) Been wanting to do this in the past when finishing with multi OS PC's etc !

Anyone help ?

Thanks lads

maxmixMay not be the advice you were seeking but if i were you i would backup all you need Data wise...format all the partitions and do a clean install of XP onto the C: drive...I'm afraid I cant.... I have 4 HDD's with a lot of company data and all too big to really backup etc...

Just need to try and sort out the problem I posted, someone must have a work around etc ?

Thanks though

maxmixYou can edit the Boot.ini file and remove the XP entry and replace it with the Home entry. I STRONGLY recommend making a backup of your system before messing with the boot.ini. To edit Boot.ini you can Right Click on My Computer, click properties, click the Advanced tab, then click the Startup and Recovery button at the bottom. You'll see a drop down box that probably has two options in it and an Edit button. Click the Edit button and then if you don't know what you are looking at post the contents of the text file on this THREAD and I will tell you what to change.Brilliant Emperor.... Never new this tweak exists....

Was going to rem the XP Pro line out.....

But you tell me the correct way lol

At the ready

maxmix

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(2)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home EDITION" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect
Save a copy of it as it is as bootini.old just in case.
Remove the line that has the Pro Edition listed.
Save and re-boot.Still problems.... (It's the Home version I want to boot only BTW)

so

Deleted the XP Pro entry.... and weird now....

It only boots in XP pro.... 10 times I had top reset and the 11th it boots in Home !!!!

Thats the only reason now I'm typing lol

maxmix

PS I have left the XP Pro line deleted for now..... Still got to keep the Home CD in drive....

Any other ideas ?boot from the Home CD, choose to Repair windows, that should put you in the Recovery Console.
run FIXMBR and the run FIXBOOT.
Reboot and see if you boot into Home.It says that serious damage can occur if I agree to the MBR command....

Should I chance it ?

maxmixIt won't hurt you. I do it on various machines 2-3 times per day.It's not me i'm worried about lol.... Will LYK on Monday how it goes...

Thanks

maxmix