starts up like two os's

[rtraylor]

black screen askes me to choose if i want to start xp
professional or xp professional (original). how do i
get this to go away and just start? help!

randy

 

[Kevin Agnew]

I got that too! Only with Home Edition!!

 

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

Go to Control Panel, System, Advanced, Startup and Recovery. In the
Startup section, click the Edit button and remove the additional entry.

 

[Nicholas]

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



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Nicholas

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| black screen askes me to choose if i want to start xp
| professional or xp professional (original). how do i
| get this to go away and just start? help!
|
| randy