Two Copies of Windows XP Pro

When I boot up, I get the OS Choices Menu that has two lines that say Windows
XP Professional. The first one that appears is the correct one. If I click
on the second , it tells me it's in a bad partition or whatever. How do I
get rid of this "bad" one so that screen won't keep popping up? I had to
reformat my hard drive and reinstall Windows XP Pro due to some problems, but
now it thinks I have two copies of the operating system. Thanks!

Stu

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)\WINDOW S
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Micro soft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect Your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/secu...t/default.aspx

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"Titans Fan" wrote:

| When I boot up, I get the OS Choices Menu that has two lines that say Windows
| XP Professional. The first one that appears is the correct one. If I click
| on the second , it tells me it's in a bad partition or whatever. How do I
| get rid of this "bad" one so that screen won't keep popping up? I had to
| reformat my hard drive and reinstall Windows XP Pro due to some problems, but
| now it thinks I have two copies of the operating system. Thanks!
|
| Stu

Perfect! I knew there was a boot.ini file in there somewhere but I was
having a devil of a time finding it. Thanks very much! That did the job.

Stu Miller

"Carey Frisch [MVP]" wrote:

> 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)\WINDOW S
> [operating systems]
> multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Micro soft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect
>
> --
> Carey Frisch
> Microsoft MVP
> Windows XP - Shell/User
>
> Be Smart! Protect Your PC!
> http://www.microsoft.com/athome/secu...t/default.aspx
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> "Titans Fan" wrote:
>
> | When I boot up, I get the OS Choices Menu that has two lines that say Windows
> | XP Professional. The first one that appears is the correct one. If I click
> | on the second , it tells me it's in a bad partition or whatever. How do I
> | get rid of this "bad" one so that screen won't keep popping up? I had to
> | reformat my hard drive and reinstall Windows XP Pro due to some problems, but
> | now it thinks I have two copies of the operating system. Thanks!
> |
> | Stu
>

Thank you very much sir.You are a real help!!!!!!
Problem solved.





"Carey Frisch [MVP]" wrote:

> 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)\WINDOW S
> [operating systems]
> multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Micro soft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect
>
> --
> Carey Frisch
> Microsoft MVP
> Windows XP - Shell/User
>
> Be Smart! Protect Your PC!
> http://www.microsoft.com/athome/secu...t/default.aspx
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> "Titans Fan" wrote:
>
> | When I boot up, I get the OS Choices Menu that has two lines that say Windows
> | XP Professional. The first one that appears is the correct one. If I click
> | on the second , it tells me it's in a bad partition or whatever. How do I
> | get rid of this "bad" one so that screen won't keep popping up? I had to
> | reformat my hard drive and reinstall Windows XP Pro due to some problems, but
> | now it thinks I have two copies of the operating system. Thanks!
> |
> | Stu
>