XP Rmoval

[Casey]

When booting XP is listed twice as boot option. I would like to remove 1. How
do I do this without wiping out harddisk and reinstalling? Thanks in advance
for any help.

 

[nass]

When booting XP is listed twice as boot option. I would like to remove 1. How
do I do this without wiping out harddisk and reinstalling? Thanks in advance
for any help.

How to edit the Boot.ini:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/289022

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

multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Windows XP Professional"
/fastdetect

Do you select the first line when boot up or second line of the operating
system?
If you select first option/line then try to remove this:
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Windows XP Professional"
/fastdetect

Save the file and Reboot your machine, does it help?
HTH,
nass

 

[Terry R.]

The date and time was 9/27/2008 12:39 PM, and on a whim, Casey pounded
out on the keyboard:

When booting XP is listed twice as boot option. I would like to remove 1. How
do I do this without wiping out harddisk and reinstalling? Thanks in advance
for any help.

Hi Casey,

Right click on My Computer and select Properties, Advanced Tab, Settings
button under Startup and Recovery. Click the Edit button under System
startup. You will have something similar to this:

[boot loader]
timeout=3
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(2)partition(8)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional (#1)" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn

Don't look at my numbers in parenthesis, as they won't match yours.
Look at the "default" line. That is what Windows is booting into after
the timed delay. Remove the line that states (#1) if it's not listed in
the default line. Note that there are two lines showing above but
that's because it wrapped into two lines in this post:

multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(2)partition(8)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional (#1)" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn

Save the file and when you reboot, the second option should be gone.

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Terry R.

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[Xandros]

right click My computer and select Properties. Go to the Advanced Tab. Click
the Settings button under the Startup and Recovery Section. Click the Edit
button which will open Notepad and delete the duplicate entries. Then save
and close Notepad

i.e. I have XP Pro installed and the entry looks like the following. XP Home
should look essentially the same just substituting Home for Professional.

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

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

When booting XP is listed twice as boot option. I would like to remove 1.
How
do I do this without wiping out harddisk and reinstalling? Thanks in
advance
for any help.

I suspect you don't want to remove Windows XP, in spite of your subject
line, but only one of the XP boot menu items.

Unhide the hidden file "c:\boot.ini", then use notepad.exe to open it. You
can now remove the offending menu item. Make sure you remove the correct
line!

 

[Bob I]

Go to Start, Run, put in MSCONFIG.EXE, Ok

 

[JD]

Thank you Bob I! Your tip worked like a charm! Awesome!

 

[Bob I]

You're welcome, and you have a great day!

Thank you Bob I! Your tip worked like a charm! Awesome!

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