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i just formatted and fresh install of xp now when i startup it asks for xp pro or previous operating system on c: I already went to my computer, advanced, and hit edit under startup and the boot file looks like this what do i change?
[boot loader] timeout=30 default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS [operating systems] multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition" /fastdetect
Name: joseph Date: July 20, 2002 at 08:55:53 Pacific
Reply:
Make sure to make a copy of this file before making any changes.
Change to similar to this:
[boot loader] timeout=30 default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS [operating systems] multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition" /fastdetect
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