The operating system choices are displayed from a file named BOOT.INI which is located in the root of your c:\ drive.
The file is normally, hidden, read-only and marked as a system file. In order to see it you would have to go into "Folder Options", which is
located in the Control Panel. If you choose the View tab, and check the boxes that enable you to view hidden files and Uncheck the box
that Hides operating system files, you will be able to see this file in the c:\ drive.
Once you can see boot.ini you can make a copy of it and then right click on it to change its properties from Read Only.
You will not be able to make changes to the file while it is read-only.
You can then open the file in Notepad and edit it's contents.
You will see the line where it is wanting to start Setup every time. You can delete this line.
Check out the following KB Article:
One Installed Operating System Is Missing from the Startup Menu in a Multiple-Boot Computer (307061)
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;307061
How to install and use the Recovery Console in Windows XP (307654)
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;307654
The following is what a normal Boot.ini file would look like if you had only one hard drive with XP installed on the first partition:
[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect
Best Regards,
Darren Curtis, MCSE
Microsoft Enterprise Support Engineer
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