More than one operating system

G

Guest

I have added a couple of hard drives to my computer and re-installed Windows
XP on a new drive. Now, when I start the computer, it askes me which
operating system I would like to use. It gives me 3 choices, all of them
being Windows XP. I formated the old drive where Windows was installed
previously, and have XP installed only on one of the drives. If I choose the
wrong one I get an error message. How can I get rid of this and have the
computer start normaly and go directly to Windows?
 
S

Shenan Stanley

Kevin said:
I have added a couple of hard drives to my computer and
re-installed Windows XP on a new drive. Now, when I start the
computer, it askes me which operating system I would like to use.
It gives me 3 choices, all of them being Windows XP. I formated the
old drive where Windows was installed previously, and have XP
installed only on one of the drives. If I choose the wrong one I
get an error message. How can I get rid of this and have the
computer start normaly and go directly to Windows?
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Obviously when you did your 'clean' install - you missed a step or a half
dozen. ;-)

Easy to fix - you merely need to edit the boot.ini file and get rid of the
offending (bum) entries - leaving only the working entry.
(Google for "edit boot.ini in Windows XP")
 
G

Guest

This is the boot.ini file, it is the second Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
that is workin, what do I get rid of?
Forgive me, I do not know the first thing about computers.


[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=signature(ab77ab77)disk(1)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
signature(ab77ab77)disk(1)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Home Edition" /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home
Edition" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home
Edition" /fastdetect
 
G

Guest

Never mind, I tried Ricky's way and it worked great.

Thanks Ricky

Kevin said:
This is the boot.ini file, it is the second Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
that is workin, what do I get rid of?
Forgive me, I do not know the first thing about computers.


[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=signature(ab77ab77)disk(1)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
signature(ab77ab77)disk(1)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Home Edition" /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home
Edition" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home
Edition" /fastdetect


Ricky said:
Start..run..msconfig..boot.ini tab..click check all boot paths button.
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R

Ricky

You're welcome..glad it helped. :)

Kevin said:
Never mind, I tried Ricky's way and it worked great.

Thanks Ricky

Kevin said:
This is the boot.ini file, it is the second Microsoft Windows XP Home
Edition
that is workin, what do I get rid of?
Forgive me, I do not know the first thing about computers.


[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=signature(ab77ab77)disk(1)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
signature(ab77ab77)disk(1)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows
XP
Home Edition" /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home
Edition" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home
Edition" /fastdetect


Ricky said:
Start..run..msconfig..boot.ini tab..click check all boot paths button.


--
The real danger is not that computers will begin to think like men, but
that
men will begin to think like computers - Sydney J. Harris

I have added a couple of hard drives to my computer and re-installed
Windows
XP on a new drive. Now, when I start the computer, it askes me which
operating system I would like to use. It gives me 3 choices, all of
them
being Windows XP. I formated the old drive where Windows was
installed
previously, and have XP installed only on one of the drives. If I
choose
the
wrong one I get an error message. How can I get rid of this and have
the
computer start normaly and go directly to Windows?
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
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