Windows XP Installation Dual Boot problem

[imported_JHL2859]

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.

 

[psihog]

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.

 

[imported_JHL2859]

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.

 

[pcph]

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.

 

[imported_JHL2859]

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...?