I reformatted my old pc but for some reason its showing 2 installations - the new one Xp home and the old one xp prof .
I gave it to my neice and it was only she turned it on yesterday that she went onto the xp pro ( obviously my previous settings) and saw my screensaver - a snake LOL and asked me how she got rid of it. So i went round today to look at the pc and only then realise that on start up it asks you which version you want. Told her to use the XP home.
But how do i delete the other version.
When i reformatted i wasnt completely understanding what i was doing as it would not boot from disk so put disk in and ran it from there - does this mean that i have 2 partitions on the pc? or 2 complete systems. I didnt have time to check on the size of the hard drive, but my old pc had 2 80gb HD's
I do remember it telling me that the version i was trying to add was older than the professional version - but as i wanted to re formatt it with xp home and i didnt have the professional version to use. It has been sitting in my garage for afew months not used until yesterday. I just reformatted and left it.
Sorry if this sounds long winded.
Or will i have to do a complete reformatt again if so how do i set the bios ???? to reboot from cd as i think thats where i went wrong to begin with
cheers
Linny :)
i will probably have to print off any response to take it round to hers to do it
Yes we are both blondes LOL
I gave it to my neice and it was only she turned it on yesterday that she went onto the xp pro ( obviously my previous settings) and saw my screensaver - a snake LOL and asked me how she got rid of it. So i went round today to look at the pc and only then realise that on start up it asks you which version you want. Told her to use the XP home.
But how do i delete the other version.
When i reformatted i wasnt completely understanding what i was doing as it would not boot from disk so put disk in and ran it from there - does this mean that i have 2 partitions on the pc? or 2 complete systems. I didnt have time to check on the size of the hard drive, but my old pc had 2 80gb HD's
I do remember it telling me that the version i was trying to add was older than the professional version - but as i wanted to re formatt it with xp home and i didnt have the professional version to use. It has been sitting in my garage for afew months not used until yesterday. I just reformatted and left it.
Sorry if this sounds long winded.
Or will i have to do a complete reformatt again if so how do i set the bios ???? to reboot from cd as i think thats where i went wrong to begin with
cheers
Linny :)
i will probably have to print off any response to take it round to hers to do it
Yes we are both blondes LOL