I'm running a dual boot system with Windows XP Pro on disk1 and Server 2003
on disk2. Windows XP is the default configuration.

If I'm sitting in front of this computer, I can easily select which OS to
boot by choosing one of the two operating systems which appear on the
screen. However, I have to make this choice by going through two separate
screens as seen below:
---------------------------------------
First Screen
Earlier Version of Windows
Microsoft Server 2003
----------------------------------------
-----------------------------
Second Screen
Windows XP Pro
Microsoft Server 2003
-------------------------------

My question why the two screens, why aren't the choices just Windows XP Pro
or Microsoft Server 2003 on the first screen?
Note: I did do a clean re-install of XP a few weeks ago and then installed
Server 2003 on the second drive.

Below is my boot.ini
[boot loader]
timeout=15
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" /NOEXECUTE=OPTIN /FASTDETECT
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows Server 2003"
/NOEXECUTE=OPTOUT /FASTDETECT

TIA

Alex

"Alex" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I'm running a dual boot system with Windows XP Pro on disk1 and Server
> 2003 on disk2. Windows XP is the default configuration.
>
> If I'm sitting in front of this computer, I can easily select which OS to
> boot by choosing one of the two operating systems which appear on the
> screen. However, I have to make this choice by going through two separate
> screens as seen below:
> ---------------------------------------
> First Screen
> Earlier Version of Windows
> Microsoft Server 2003
> ----------------------------------------
> -----------------------------
> Second Screen
> Windows XP Pro
> Microsoft Server 2003
> -------------------------------
>
> My question why the two screens, why aren't the choices just Windows XP
> Pro or Microsoft Server 2003 on the first screen?
> Note: I did do a clean re-install of XP a few weeks ago and then installed
> Server 2003 on the second drive.
>
> Below is my boot.ini
> [boot loader]
> timeout=15
> 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" /NOEXECUTE=OPTIN /FASTDETECT
> multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows Server
> 2003" /NOEXECUTE=OPTOUT /FASTDETECT
>
> TIA
>
> Alex

There is something strange in your setup. I suspect that you
have more than one file called "boot.ini". Check all partitions
on both disks and remember that boot.ini is normally hidden.
You should also run diskmgmt.msc and check which partition
is marked "active".

Could be this: your default line ends in \WINDOWS; the lines under
[operating systems] both include \WINDOWS= (plus system info). You can't
have them both called \WINDOWS.

Change default to \WINDOWS XP and then rename the other two as applicable:
\WINDOWS XP and \WINDOWS SERVER.

Now when you boot the options should be: WINDOWS XP and WINDOWS SERVER

"Alex" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> I'm running a dual boot system with Windows XP Pro on disk1 and Server
> 2003 on disk2. Windows XP is the default configuration.
>
> If I'm sitting in front of this computer, I can easily select which OS to
> boot by choosing one of the two operating systems which appear on the
> screen. However, I have to make this choice by going through two separate
> screens as seen below:
> ---------------------------------------
> First Screen
> Earlier Version of Windows
> Microsoft Server 2003
> ----------------------------------------
> -----------------------------
> Second Screen
> Windows XP Pro
> Microsoft Server 2003
> -------------------------------
>
> My question why the two screens, why aren't the choices just Windows XP
> Pro or Microsoft Server 2003 on the first screen?
> Note: I did do a clean re-install of XP a few weeks ago and then installed
> Server 2003 on the second drive.
>
> Below is my boot.ini
> [boot loader]
> timeout=15
> 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" /NOEXECUTE=OPTIN /FASTDETECT
> multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows Server
> 2003" /NOEXECUTE=OPTOUT /FASTDETECT
>
> TIA
>
> Alex
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

Pegusus,

Did a full search (hidden files & folders) and boot.ini did not show up -
only boot.ini.backup in windows\pss folder.

Alex

"Jerry" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Could be this: your default line ends in \WINDOWS; the lines under
> [operating systems] both include \WINDOWS= (plus system info). You can't
> have them both called \WINDOWS.
>
> Change default to \WINDOWS XP and then rename the other two as applicable:
> \WINDOWS XP and \WINDOWS SERVER.
>
> Now when you boot the options should be: WINDOWS XP and WINDOWS SERVER
>
> "Alex" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> I'm running a dual boot system with Windows XP Pro on disk1 and Server
>> 2003 on disk2. Windows XP is the default configuration.
>>
>> If I'm sitting in front of this computer, I can easily select which OS to
>> boot by choosing one of the two operating systems which appear on the
>> screen. However, I have to make this choice by going through two separate
>> screens as seen below:
>> ---------------------------------------
>> First Screen
>> Earlier Version of Windows
>> Microsoft Server 2003
>> ----------------------------------------
>> -----------------------------
>> Second Screen
>> Windows XP Pro
>> Microsoft Server 2003
>> -------------------------------
>>
>> My question why the two screens, why aren't the choices just Windows XP
>> Pro or Microsoft Server 2003 on the first screen?
>> Note: I did do a clean re-install of XP a few weeks ago and then
>> installed Server 2003 on the second drive.
>>
>> Below is my boot.ini
>> [boot loader]
>> timeout=15
>> 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" /NOEXECUTE=OPTIN /FASTDETECT
>> multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows Server
>> 2003" /NOEXECUTE=OPTOUT /FASTDETECT
>>
>> TIA
>>
>> Alex
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>

"Jerry" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Could be this: your default line ends in \WINDOWS; the lines under
> [operating systems] both include \WINDOWS= (plus system info). You can't
> have them both called \WINDOWS.
>
> Change default to \WINDOWS XP and then rename the other two as applicable:
> \WINDOWS XP and \WINDOWS SERVER.
>
> Now when you boot the options should be: WINDOWS XP and WINDOWS SERVER

Yes, he can, because the two lines refer to different
disks in the rdisk() parameter.

"Alex" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Pegusus,
>
> Did a full search (hidden files & folders) and boot.ini did not show up -
> only boot.ini.backup in windows\pss folder.
>
> Alex
>

Let's try a little experiment.
1. Format a floppy disk on this machine.
2. Copy the following hidden files to it:
c:\boot.ini
c:\ntdetect.com
c:\ntldr
3. Make sure that a:\boot.ini is really the file whose
contents you posted in your initial post.
4. Modify the boot order in your BIOS so that drive A:
is your primary boot device.
5. Boot the machine from the floppy disk.

Does the problem persist?
Do you get the double menu regardless of the OS you choose?

Pegasus,

I did find what appears to be a second boot.ini hidden in C:\
[boot loader]
timeout=15
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 /NoExecute=OptIn

Note it is not the same as the one I posted which appears in
System/Advanced/etc.

What's up here?

Alex


"Pegasus (MVP)" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>
> "Alex" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Pegusus,
>>
>> Did a full search (hidden files & folders) and boot.ini did not show up -
>> only boot.ini.backup in windows\pss folder.
>>
>> Alex
>>
>
> Let's try a little experiment.
> 1. Format a floppy disk on this machine.
> 2. Copy the following hidden files to it:
> c:\boot.ini
> c:\ntdetect.com
> c:\ntldr
> 3. Make sure that a:\boot.ini is really the file whose
> contents you posted in your initial post.
> 4. Modify the boot order in your BIOS so that drive A:
> is your primary boot device.
> 5. Boot the machine from the floppy disk.
>
> Does the problem persist?
> Do you get the double menu regardless of the OS you choose?
>

Strictly "guess work" here - if this was the first dual boot setup, boot.ini
default setting would refer to "earlier version of windows" (XP installed
first) and not "Microsoft Windows XP Professional".

It appears as if you have a boot.ini file on each drive.with a selection on
the first referring you to the second. Probably (somehow) a result of "...I
did do a clean re-install of XP a few weeks ago and then installed Server
2003 on the second drive...".


"Jerry" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Could be this: your default line ends in \WINDOWS; the lines under
> [operating systems] both include \WINDOWS= (plus system info). You can't
> have them both called \WINDOWS.
>
> Change default to \WINDOWS XP and then rename the other two as applicable:
> \WINDOWS XP and \WINDOWS SERVER.
>
> Now when you boot the options should be: WINDOWS XP and WINDOWS SERVER
>
> "Alex" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> I'm running a dual boot system with Windows XP Pro on disk1 and Server
>> 2003 on disk2. Windows XP is the default configuration.
>>
>> If I'm sitting in front of this computer, I can easily select which OS to
>> boot by choosing one of the two operating systems which appear on the
>> screen. However, I have to make this choice by going through two separate
>> screens as seen below:
>> ---------------------------------------
>> First Screen
>> Earlier Version of Windows
>> Microsoft Server 2003
>> ----------------------------------------
>> -----------------------------
>> Second Screen
>> Windows XP Pro
>> Microsoft Server 2003
>> -------------------------------
>>
>> My question why the two screens, why aren't the choices just Windows XP
>> Pro or Microsoft Server 2003 on the first screen?
>> Note: I did do a clean re-install of XP a few weeks ago and then
>> installed Server 2003 on the second drive.
>>
>> Below is my boot.ini
>> [boot loader]
>> timeout=15
>> 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" /NOEXECUTE=OPTIN /FASTDETECT
>> multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows Server
>> 2003" /NOEXECUTE=OPTOUT /FASTDETECT
>>
>> TIA
>>
>> Alex
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>

So my initial suspicion was correct . . .

You should now tag the text on the right-hand side of the "="
so that you can work out which boot.ini file generates which
menu. And as I said before, you must find out which partition
is marked active.


"Alex" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> Pegasus,
>
> I did find what appears to be a second boot.ini hidden in C:\
> [boot loader]
> timeout=15
> 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 /NoExecute=OptIn
>
> Note it is not the same as the one I posted which appears in
> System/Advanced/etc.
>
> What's up here?
>
> Alex
>
>
> "Pegasus (MVP)" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>
>> "Alex" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> Pegusus,
>>>
>>> Did a full search (hidden files & folders) and boot.ini did not show
>>> up - only boot.ini.backup in windows\pss folder.
>>>
>>> Alex
>>>
>>
>> Let's try a little experiment.
>> 1. Format a floppy disk on this machine.
>> 2. Copy the following hidden files to it:
>> c:\boot.ini
>> c:\ntdetect.com
>> c:\ntldr
>> 3. Make sure that a:\boot.ini is really the file whose
>> contents you posted in your initial post.
>> 4. Modify the boot order in your BIOS so that drive A:
>> is your primary boot device.
>> 5. Boot the machine from the floppy disk.
>>
>> Does the problem persist?
>> Do you get the double menu regardless of the OS you choose?
>>
>
>

Thanks Pegasus, will do some checking and let you know.

Alex

"Pegasus (MVP)" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> So my initial suspicion was correct . . .
>
> You should now tag the text on the right-hand side of the "="
> so that you can work out which boot.ini file generates which
> menu. And as I said before, you must find out which partition
> is marked active.
>
>
> "Alex" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Pegasus,
>>
>> I did find what appears to be a second boot.ini hidden in C:\
>> [boot loader]
>> timeout=15
>> 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 /NoExecute=OptIn
>>
>> Note it is not the same as the one I posted which appears in
>> System/Advanced/etc.
>>
>> What's up here?
>>
>> Alex
>>
>>
>> "Pegasus (MVP)" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>>
>>> "Alex" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>>> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>>> Pegusus,
>>>>
>>>> Did a full search (hidden files & folders) and boot.ini did not show
>>>> up - only boot.ini.backup in windows\pss folder.
>>>>
>>>> Alex
>>>>
>>>
>>> Let's try a little experiment.
>>> 1. Format a floppy disk on this machine.
>>> 2. Copy the following hidden files to it:
>>> c:\boot.ini
>>> c:\ntdetect.com
>>> c:\ntldr
>>> 3. Make sure that a:\boot.ini is really the file whose
>>> contents you posted in your initial post.
>>> 4. Modify the boot order in your BIOS so that drive A:
>>> is your primary boot device.
>>> 5. Boot the machine from the floppy disk.
>>>
>>> Does the problem persist?
>>> Do you get the double menu regardless of the OS you choose?
>>>
>>
>>
>
>