Error Message "Your upgrade partition has multiple operating systems" when I try running upgrade for Vista

• Your Windows drive has multiple operating systems installed on the same partition.
• The Boot.ini file has multiple entries for 2 or more operating systems on the same partition.

• Delete the operating system files if they are not used or move the other operating system files to a different partition.
• It is recommended that there should be only one operating system installed on each partition.
• Modify the "Boot.ini" file to change the references to any other operating systems.   Here's how you edit the "Boot.ini" file:

Before you proceed, ensure you make a backup copy of "Boot.ini" file and then edit it.

1. Right-click My Computer -> Properties. (or Click Start -> Run, key in "sysdm.cpl", and press Enter).
   
   
2. Click Advanced tab and under Startup and Recovery, click Settings.
   
   
3. Under System Startup, click Edit. (This opens the file in Notepad ready for editing)
   
   
4. From the Notepad menu bar, click File -> Save As.
   
   
5. Enter a file name and click Save to save the file.

To edit the "Boot.ini" file, follow the above first 3 steps and when you get into the notepad.  You can make the changes and save the file.

Here's is a sample how Boot.ini file looks:

[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 Professional" /fastdetect

This is a sample of the above Boot.ini file with a previous installation of Windows 2000 on a separate partition.

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(1)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(1)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINNT="Windows 2000 Professional" /fastdetect

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