Dual Windows XP Boot Options?

[Justin]

Ugh. malware infestation number 4,958,947
I am in the process of reformatting and rebuilding a XP Home machine.
After installing XP, entering the number and Activating Windows this
happens during boot. The top XP home option works, the second does not.
How can I get rid of the second one?
http://img11.imageshack.us/i/img0049eb.jpg/
Why is it there in the first place? I popped in the Windows CD and it
reformatted.
Should I have zeroed out the drive?

 

[Terry R.]

On 10/30/2009 3:05 PM On a whim, Justin pounded out on the keyboard

Ugh. malware infestation number 4,958,947
I am in the process of reformatting and rebuilding a XP Home machine.
After installing XP, entering the number and Activating Windows this
happens during boot. The top XP home option works, the second does not.
How can I get rid of the second one?
http://img11.imageshack.us/i/img0049eb.jpg/
Why is it there in the first place? I popped in the Windows CD and it
reformatted.
Should I have zeroed out the drive?

Hi Justin,

Right click on My Computer, Properties, click the Advanced tab, click
the Settings button under Startup and Recovery. Click the Edit button.
Notepad should open with the contents of boot.ini. Press Ctrl-A to
select all then Ctrl-C to copy. Paste the contents back here.

If you reformatted the whole drive, this shouldn't have happened.


Terry R.

 

[peter]

Start..run
type in msconfig
press enter
in the window that open
click the boot.ini tab
click check all boot paths

this should remove the path that does not exist.......
If it does exist post back

peter

 

[Justin]

On 10/30/2009 3:05 PM On a whim, Justin pounded out on the keyboard


Hi Justin,

Right click on My Computer, Properties, click the Advanced tab, click
the Settings button under Startup and Recovery. Click the Edit button.
Notepad should open with the contents of boot.ini. Press Ctrl-A to
select all then Ctrl-C to copy. Paste the contents back here.

If you reformatted the whole drive, this shouldn't have happened.


Terry R.

I fixed it.