dual boot choice?

[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

 

[Sandy]

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.

 

[Ken]

I did do a full format. It takes longer and the drive came out of another
machine.

 

[peter]

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]

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

Thanks again!

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

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

 

[Ramesh [MVP]]

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