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Windows XP Installation Dual Boot problem

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imported_JHL2859

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I was trying to reinstall Windows XP on my computer, but the "upgrade" option by using the CD from within Windows didn't work. Therefore, I had to "upgrade" by rebooting the computer and booting off of the Windows XP CD. The installation seemed to be going along fine. However, when I rebooted the comptuer, I saw that I had two "Windows XP Professional" options that I could choose from, one leading to the copy of Windows I was trying to fix and the other leading to an entirely new, empty version of Windows. Does anyone know how to fix this problem? I don't even know how this happened... I only have one partition on my hard drive.
 
Did you choose to delete the old partition and create a new one during Windows installation? I suggest you reinstall becuase it's kinda hard to separate the two in the same partition.
 
I didn't delete the old partition and create a new one. It asked me whether or not I wanted to install Windows on a selected partition. I installed it on the same partition as the original copy was on. It was supposed to just reinstall Windows but it ended up installing an entirely separate copy.
 
You might want to delete the partition when installing from the CD, and then choose to create and format a new partition. That way you will have only one clean version of Windows XP.
 
Is there any way I can just get rid of the unwanted copy of Windows on my current partition though? Or do I really have to go back through that entire process...?
 
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