Formatting a PC

ok i dont know if this topic is in the right forum XP

please move it if its wrong XP

well another friend brought me his pc and want me to format it

but this PC has two partitions, the second one is the recovery one

i deleted both partitions and created only one and installed Windows XP home edition

i dont know why when i turn on the PC a message appears that says "Please choose an operative system to start" something like that XD
the options are:
Windows XP Home Edition
Windows XP Home Edition

its weird D: what did i do wrong?? i need two partitions? u_u i know im a newbie in to this xD i want to learn lol
can someone help me please? XD

 

ok i fix it XD

so there is no point answering this lol

 

and hw did you fix it?

 

Well while formattin again i created two partitions this time instead of one xP

the second partition size was 5.67GB

and that fix it X__x weird and simple but worked for me


i was installing Windows XP Home Edition SP2 xP

hope this help someone :3