select os on startup of computer

[christopher]

Hello
i have recently installed xp on my second computer's
harddrive.
To do so i put the 2nd computers' harddrive in my first
computer as a slave and installed it... then uninstalled
the hardrive and put it back in my second computer

But unfortunately now when i start up my computer it asks
me which OS i want to start the computer with... even
though i only have one OS on the computer...

What do i have to do so i can get rid of that "startup
question" and make the computer understand there is only
one OS on the computer... ( is it something in the bios
setup??)

Thanks for your help
Christopher
(e-mail address removed)

 

[E McCann]

Right click My Computer (or go to Cotrol Panel - System)
Go to Advanced, Startup and Recovery, Settings
Click "Edit"

What you're seeing is your boot.ini - the order they show up here is the
order they're in your startup menu. If you want to be SURE you're editing
the right one, just change the name (the item in quotes - "Windows XP" or
whatnot.) Call one "Windows 1," the other "Windows 2." Reboot. Select which
one you think works (IIRC, they're in the order they appear in the menu
anyway - this is just verification for you.) If it's the right one, go back
to this item and just delete the line with the other Windows install
("Windows 2") listed.

Yes, it's slightly more involved, this is just a way of making sure you know
which install is which.

 

[Kristofer Gafvert]

Hello,

Right click "My Computer" and click Properties.
Click on the Advanced tab
Click on Settings button for "Startup and Recovery"
From there you can either edit boot.ini manually, or select the OS you want
to boot into and edit the time the boot menu is visible.

 

[Guest]

thank you so much!!

 

[Christopher]

Ok i deleted the right one but i still get the same
question on startup... here is what is left in the booot
record

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft
Windows XP Home Edition" /fastdetect

is there still something wrong?

thanks again...

 

[Guest]

when i click on Default it does not work... it's the other
one that works..

 

[christopher]

Ok i deleted the right one but i still get the same
question on startup... here is what is left in the boot
record

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft
Windows XP Home Edition" /fastdetect

is there still something wrong?

by the way, when i click on Default it does not work...
it's the other one that works..

thanks again...

 

[Kelly]

Go to Start/Run and type in: msconfig
Then go to the Boot.ini Tab and click on Check All Boot Paths. If you
receive a warning about a duplicate path: Do you want to remove, choose
yes.

Or...

Right click the My Computer icon/Properties/Advanced/Startup and
Recovery/Settings/System Startup/Edit.

How to Edit the BOOT.INI File in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q289/0/22.asp

 

[Alex Nichol]

Ok i deleted the right one but i still get the same
question on startup... here is what is left in the booot
record

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft
Windows XP Home Edition" /fastdetect

is there still something wrong?

That is a very normal boot.ini. You should have a matching pair like
this, one in [boot loader], one in [Operating systems] with the name to
display and the /fastdetect switch

Are you sure you have edited the right one? To check, go to Control
Panel - System - Advanced and click Settings under 'Startup and Error'.
In that click Edit, which will load the one in use into Notepad for
editing