two choices after reinstall of XP

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XP Pro would not boot. Reinstalled onto D drive, but could not access files
on C drive and XP would not recognize any devices. Took laptop to shop had
files on C drive backed up to CDs and had them reinstall XP Pro and drivers.
For first few boots, XP started with no problems. Now I am presented with two
options upon booting.....the first appears to boot from C drive and second
from D drive which doesn't work. Reformatted D drive thinking it would remove
the offending files, however, I am still presented with two boot
options....one that works and one that does nothing. Any suggestions on how
to remove second option and to get laptop to boot without presenting options.

 

[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 Professional" /fastdetect

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

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| XP Pro would not boot. Reinstalled onto D drive, but could not access files
| on C drive and XP would not recognize any devices. Took laptop to shop had
| files on C drive backed up to CDs and had them reinstall XP Pro and drivers.
| For first few boots, XP started with no problems. Now I am presented with two
| options upon booting.....the first appears to boot from C drive and second
| from D drive which doesn't work. Reformatted D drive thinking it would remove
| the offending files, however, I am still presented with two boot
| options....one that works and one that does nothing. Any suggestions on how
| to remove second option and to get laptop to boot without presenting options.