two xp operating systems?

[Mr X]

I recently installed xp pro on a machine but upon startup I get a screen
asking me what xp pro version I want to boot into and presents me with two
instances of XP Pro. The first version boots fine but the second presents me
with partition problems. Considering it is a fresh install I wonder why I'm
being presented with two options! Any advice please?

Peter

 

[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 read 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 Professional" /fastdetect



--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows Client

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:

| I recently installed xp pro on a machine but upon startup I get a screen
| asking me what xp pro version I want to boot into and presents me with two
| instances of XP Pro. The first version boots fine but the second presents me
| with partition problems. Considering it is a fresh install I wonder why I'm
| being presented with two options! Any advice please?
|
| Peter

 

[DL]

In edition, why? - because it wasnt a clean install

 

[Mr X]

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 read 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
Professional" /fastdetect



--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows Client

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

:

| I recently installed xp pro on a machine but upon startup I get a screen
| asking me what xp pro version I want to boot into and presents me with
two
| instances of XP Pro. The first version boots fine but the second
presents me
| with partition problems. Considering it is a fresh install I wonder why
I'm
| being presented with two options! Any advice please?
|
| Peter

top posters grrr, I forgive you tho beccause you pointed me in the right
direction, there was an incorrect path, so all sorted now )

 

[Timothy Daniels]

top posters grrr, ...

There's the Right Way, and then there's the Microsoft Way.
Microsoft MVPs top-post.

*TimDaniels*

 

[Spikey]

top posters grrr, I forgive you tho beccause you pointed me in the right
direction, there was an incorrect path, so all sorted now )

lol!!

In conversational threads bottom posting seems to be the accepted norm so
that someone joining the thread halfway through can read through the whole
from the post he joined on.

However in help groups top posting is quite usual and of course either
method is actually a matter of personal choice.

One could argue that bottom posting without trimming of the original
message is very wasteful of internet resources, as each message contains the
sum of the one before.

)

 

[Mr X]

So much to learn, so little time.

There's the Right Way, and then there's the Microsoft Way.
Microsoft MVPs top-post.

*TimDaniels*

 

[Rock]

There's the Right Way, and then there's the Microsoft Way.
Microsoft MVPs top-post.

Not all.