Removing startup menu

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Jim

I recently upgraded from 98 to XP Pro.

For some reason now I have a bootup menu that asks me to
choose Windows XP Pro or DOS.

How do I remove this so that windows XP starts
automatically.

This happened on another machine at work that had win98
upgraded to windows 2000. It has the same bootup menu,
win2k and Dos.

Thanks
 
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 Professional"
/fastdetect


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

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| I recently upgraded from 98 to XP Pro.
|
| For some reason now I have a bootup menu that asks me to
| choose Windows XP Pro or DOS.
|
| How do I remove this so that windows XP starts
| automatically.
|
| This happened on another machine at work that had win98
| upgraded to windows 2000. It has the same bootup menu,
| win2k and Dos.
|
| Thanks
 
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