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How do I remove the "Windows XP Professional setup" partition from my hard drive?

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Mar 15, 2026433 views
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I've been given a Dell PC and when I boot it up it asks which OS I want to run: Windows XP Home Windows XP Professional setup It looks like someone has started to install XP Professional on the same partition but didn't go through with it. Is there a way I can remove XP Professional so that XP Home…

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Fix for: How do I remove the "Windows XP Professional setup" partition from my hard drive?

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Open Msconfig, go to the BOOT.INI Tab, click the "Check All Boot Paths" button to clean up the invalid entry. .

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