Dual OS message

[Guest]

I am working on an HP Pavilion 500w. The PC came with XP Home. The OS was so
messed up I could not get to the desk top. Only option was to format the
entire HD and reinstall – I installed XP Pro. Now when I boot I get a dual OS
message asking if I want XP Home or XP Pro. I did format the entire HD so
there should be no dual OS message. If I choose XP Pro everything works
great. If I choose XP Home I get a disk error message. Anyway, the default OS
is XP Pro so it’s really no big deal. But if possible I would like to take
the dual OS message away. Any help on how to take this message away and boot
to the desk top without getting it is appreciated.

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Go to Start > Run and type: MSCONFIG , and hit enter.
Click on the BOOT.INI tab and then click on "Check All Boot Paths"
to delete incorrect boot paths.

If the above does not work for you, then:

Right-click MY COMPUTER and select:

Properties > Advanced > Startup and Recovery Settings > Edit

CAREFULLY edit your boot.ini file to remove the SECOND entry.
Your boot.ini file should then look similar to this:

[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

Note:

If Service Pack 2 is installed, the last line should read:

multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect

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| I am working on an HP Pavilion 500w. The PC came with XP Home. The OS was so
| messed up I could not get to the desk top. Only option was to format the
| entire HD and reinstall – I installed XP Pro. Now when I boot I get a dual OS
| message asking if I want XP Home or XP Pro. I did format the entire HD so
| there should be no dual OS message. If I choose XP Pro everything works
| great. If I choose XP Home I get a disk error message. Anyway, the default OS
| is XP Pro so it’s really no big deal. But if possible I would like to take
| the dual OS message away. Any help on how to take this message away and boot
| to the desk top without getting it is appreciated.



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[Rich Barry]

Ross, rt click MyComputer>select Properties>Advanced>Startup and
Recovery-Settings>Edit. That will open the Boot.ini file. Highlight the
complete second line with WinXP Home and delete it. Also, change the
timeout=30 to 1
[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(5)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(5)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(5)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home
Edition" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect
C:\="Microsoft Windows"

You might want to look for a Second Windows Folder in C:\ because you
might not have removed the Home Edition
as you thought. You can delete it. Make sure it's the right one though I
don't think the XP Pro Windows Folder will allow
you to delete it if it's the active folder.

 

[kurttrail]

I am working on an HP Pavilion 500w. The PC came with XP Home. The OS
was so messed up I could not get to the desk top. Only option was to
format the entire HD and reinstall - I installed XP Pro. Now when I
boot I get a dual OS message asking if I want XP Home or XP Pro. I
did format the entire HD so there should be no dual OS message. If I
choose XP Pro everything works great. If I choose XP Home I get a
disk error message. Anyway, the default OS is XP Pro so it's really
no big deal. But if possible I would like to take the dual OS message
away. Any help on how to take this message away and boot to the desk
top without getting it is appreciated.

Sounds like you didn't format the right partition.

Just edit out the lines that refer to XP home in the boot.ini file.

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[Kelly]

What would happen when you tried to get to the desktop? This question
should be answered to at least warn or help you from causing it again.
Without knowing more and in the meantime, keep these in mind:

Run Ad-Aware SE, Spybot, CWShredder and HijackThis:
http://www.majorgeeks.com/downloads31.html

Note: Update the first two programs, once installed, before running.

Free Online Virus Scan
http://housecall.trendmicro.com/housecall/start_corp.asp

As per the rest and in addition to what has already been posted:

Options:

Go to Start/Run and type in: msconfig
Then go to the Boot.ini Tab and click on Check All Boot Paths. If you
receive a warning about a duplicate path: Do you want to remove, choose
yes.

Or...

Right click the My Computer icon/Properties/Advanced/Startup and
Recovery/Settings/System Startup/Edit.

How to Edit the BOOT.INI File in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q289/0/22.asp

Added info by M. Stevens:

I have two installations of XP on the same partition, how do I remove the
one I don't need?

Boot to the desired version of Windows XP you want to keep. Making note of
the position in the boot menu. This will be important when you edit
boot.ini.

Open a command prompt * and type " echo %windir%" without the quotes. This
will give you the current Windows folder you are using.

From Explorer, delete the folder containing the installation you want to
remove. The original install folder is usually called Windows and subsequent
folders will be derivatives of Windows or Winnt.

From System Properties [Winkey+Pause/Break] > Advanced Tab > Statup and
Recovery > Settings > Edit.
Select the Edit button and from notepad, first backup boot.ini, by going to
File; Save As and rename boot.ini. to something like boot.inibak.

Remove the line referencing the installation not chosen; you made note of in
step one.
Set timeout=0 so the system boots directly into Win XP (you will not get the
boot menu).
Save As boot.ini & Exit.

Reboot.


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