dual boot choice?

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Ken

I have just done a full format on my system and reinstalled XP Pro. When it
boots I get the screen asking me what OS to boot.
The 2 choices are XP Pro or XP Pro, I tried both. They are the same OS.

How can I fix this problem?

TIA, Ken
 
Same happend to me.. When I reformatted I chose quick instead of a full
format. I had to reformat and choose full and it worked.
 
DUAL BOOT REMOVAL ==========================2 instances of
XP==========================
Control Panel > System > Advanced > Startup and Recovery Settings > Edit.
Carefully remove the
2nd reference to your non-existent installation.

Assuming you are running XP on C: and do not have a second O/S installed, you
should carefully edit your "boot.ini file". It should look similar to this:

[boot loader]
timeout=0
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home"
/fastdetect

P.S. DO NOT EDIT-OUT OR REMOVE THE FIRST REFERENCE TO WINDOWS XP OR YOUR
COMPUTER WILL FAIL TO BOOT

peter
 
That did it! Thanks so much. Seems someone always has the right answer.

Thanks again!


peter said:
DUAL BOOT REMOVAL ==========================2 instances of
XP==========================
Control Panel > System > Advanced > Startup and Recovery Settings > Edit.
Carefully remove the
2nd reference to your non-existent installation.

Assuming you are running XP on C: and do not have a second O/S installed,
you
should carefully edit your "boot.ini file". It should look similar to
this:

[boot loader]
timeout=0
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home"
/fastdetect

P.S. DO NOT EDIT-OUT OR REMOVE THE FIRST REFERENCE TO WINDOWS XP OR YOUR
COMPUTER WILL FAIL TO BOOT

peter
Ken said:
I have just done a full format on my system and reinstalled XP Pro. When
it boots I get the screen asking me what OS to boot.
The 2 choices are XP Pro or XP Pro, I tried both. They are the same OS.

How can I fix this problem?

TIA, Ken
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Ken,

"I have two installations of XP on the same partition, how do I remove the
one I don't need?"
http://michaelstevenstech.com/xpfaq.html#two

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://windowsxp.mvps.org


I have just done a full format on my system and reinstalled XP Pro. When it
boots I get the screen asking me what OS to boot.
The 2 choices are XP Pro or XP Pro, I tried both. They are the same OS.

How can I fix this problem?

TIA, Ken
 
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