multiple OS choices on start up

[Blake Young]

I recently formatted my hard drive and then reinstalled
Win XP on my system. However, after doing so I am
prompted to choose an operating system everytime I boot
up. Both choices are the same: Microsoft Windows XP Home
Edition. I clearly remember NOT installing Win XP twice
after I formatted my hard drive (you're probably not
allowed to anyway). So my question is, how do I get rid
of that dumb menu option? I only have one OS installed
(or so I thought).

 

[Nicholas]

Blake --

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(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition" /fastdetect


--
Nicholas

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| I recently formatted my hard drive and then reinstalled
| Win XP on my system. However, after doing so I am
| prompted to choose an operating system everytime I boot
| up. Both choices are the same: Microsoft Windows XP Home
| Edition. I clearly remember NOT installing Win XP twice
| after I formatted my hard drive (you're probably not
| allowed to anyway). So my question is, how do I get rid
| of that dumb menu option? I only have one OS installed
| (or so I thought).