Dual XP OS window

[Guest]

When I boot my PC, a black screen appears with two operating systems listed,
both identically referencing Windows XP Professional. The first of the two
is highlighted. If I do nothing, the boot sequence starts in a couple of
seconds. Why is the second operating system option showing? How do I get
rid of it and allow the good sequence to move ahead without this detour?

Joe

 

[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(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /NOEXECUTE=OPTIN /FASTDETECT

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
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| When I boot my PC, a black screen appears with two operating systems listed,
| both identically referencing Windows XP Professional. The first of the two
| is highlighted. If I do nothing, the boot sequence starts in a couple of
| seconds. Why is the second operating system option showing? How do I get
| rid of it and allow the good sequence to move ahead without this detour?
|
| Joe

 

[Timothy Daniels]

No, your default selection and the saved optional selection
don't point to the same HD. If you want them both to point
to the HD which contains the boot files (and which
*conventionally* also contains the OS), you want "rdisk"
to point to the 0th HD, i.e. the HD at the 0th position in
the HD boot order, designated by "rdisk(0)":

default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS

*TimDaniels*

 

[Timothy Daniels]

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(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /NOEXECUTE=OPTIN /FASTDETECT

You might as well set the timeout to O as well.

*TimDaniels*

 

[Timothy Daniels]

[....] If you want them both to point
to the HD which contains the boot files (and which
*conventionally* also contains the OS)..

That should have read: "If you want them both to point
to the HD which contains the OS..."

The boot files are in the partition which is outputting
the menu of options.

*TimDaniels*