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Deleting A Hidden Partition

May 11, 2005 7:40AM PDT

I'm attempting to help a friend update their Dell Dimension 4300 (128 RAM, 1.6 Ghz, 20 GB Hard Drive) I'm giving attempting to put XP Pro on the system which already has XP Home on it, I'll also be updating the RAM and the USB capability. Anyways my question is that I ran the XP pro install, deleted all partitions and formated the hard drive. However when I boot up I get the choice of whether I want to boot to XP Pro or XP Home. I heard there may be a hidden partition with this information on it, but I cannot find it with Partition magic. Any ideas?? Thanks for the help.

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Not what you think. It's simple... Edit BOOT.lINI
May 11, 2005 7:42AM PDT

Type BOOT.INI into google.com to find out what is up.

Bob

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Or try this
May 12, 2005 12:24AM PDT

start>run>msconfig>boot int>edit boot file

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Yeap, its there
May 12, 2005 12:25AM PDT

Here's a pgm. that will wipe out everything on the HD. Its called, "killdisk". Goto the samename website and get thier pgm. run it and then start anew on a XP install. I certainly hope you have a retail version of XP for best install(IMHO) for ease on install. The reason the hidden partition was there to reload the OS from recovery CDs, etc. in an OEM system and/or correct the OS.

tada -----Willy Happy