Odd OS Problem with older Compaq

Hi Folks,

I have a real odd one for you all.

I am setting up a 2005 era Compaq SR1610NX desktop for my kids to use. I inherited this system, so I don't have a detailed history with it.

I powered it up as was, and found that it had XP Home on it. It also had the typical, for compaq, C: partition and D: for system restore, all on one 80 gig hard drive. This system was heavily used online, and appeared to be quite buggy, so I decided to wipe the drive, and just get the kids stuff on it.

I put in my copy of XP pro and rebooted from cd. I deleted partition c: and for some reason partition h: . I created one partition, C: , full formatted, and normally installed xp pro.

Now when the system starts up, it goes like a dual boot system. ( I do have experience with a xp/98 dual boot system.) It wants to know if it should start xp pro or xp home. To the best of my knowledge, I wiped out any trace of xp home. On a whim, I tried to start xp home, and got files not found errors, but it still insists on starting up like a dual boot anyway.

I want to eliminate this, as I said it is for kids and I don't want them dealing with this.

Could there be something in the bios that tells the os to dual boot, or did I miss something with the partitions, or is there some thing proprietary with HP/compaq?

It sounds as if you left D. At any rate you can get rid of the startup option by going to the control panel, system, advanced tab, startup and recovery settings. At the top of the page you'll find a time setting to show system and recovery options. Just set both to 0.