Reinstalled XP, but...

[Landon]

I formatted my hard drive and reinstalled XP onto my C:
drive, but now when I start-up the computer I get a
screen that asks me to choose which XP Home edition
operating system to use. Obviously, the old edition is
not there and I can only choose the first. Is there a
way to make the computer recognize only the new edition
and not ask me each time I reboot? Just a little
annoyance. Can you help?

Thanks -

 

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


--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

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| I formatted my hard drive and reinstalled XP onto my C:
| drive, but now when I start-up the computer I get a
| screen that asks me to choose which XP Home edition
| operating system to use. Obviously, the old edition is
| not there and I can only choose the first. Is there a
| way to make the computer recognize only the new edition
| and not ask me each time I reboot? Just a little
| annoyance. Can you help?
|
| Thanks -