Problem with XP startup menu...

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timbo

Hi all

I've installed XP onto my new computer, partitioning a harddrive first via
it's setup program. No probs so far - then what happened, was that I had not
formatted the other partition so I went back to the setup program and
formatted this partition but also inadvertantly setup XP on the new
partition - now I've got two installs of XP!

Now for the problem. When I start up the PC, it asks for whic OS I want to
run. I select the first OS and run windows followed by an 'in windows'
format of the 2nd partition to get rid of the 2nd install! Now whenever I
start XP it still asks as to which OS I want to start, and if ask to start
the 2nd install it comes up with an error stating a .dll is missing and to
reinstall XP.

Basically, I want XP to start without asking which OS I want to run, as I
now only have the one - the original install. How do I get rid of this
option / error at startup?

Mnay thnaks
tim.
 
open up MY COMPUTER
click TOOLS
click FOLDER OPTIONS
click the VIEW tab
click on SHOW HIDDEN FILES AND FOLDERS
uncheck HIDE FILE EXTENSIONS and HIDE PROTECTED OPERATING
SYSTEM FILES
go to C: Drive
open up BOOT.ini
set the timeout to 0 instead of 30
and there ya go
make sure you go back and click "do not show hidden files
and folders" and check "hide file extensions" and "hide
protected operating system files"

hope that helps.
 
Right click My Computer/Properties/Advanced tab/Start up & recovery
button/Settings/Edit

You will have a boot.ini something like -

[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
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional (#1)" /fastdetect

The last line refers to the now non-existent second OS, just delete it (it
may be an idea to copy & save it with Notepad first as a backup)
 
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