2 OS choices in Startup

[Guest]

I just repartitioned, reformatted and reinstalled XP on a HDD. After doing
all the updates etc. suddenly when you reboot, I get the OS-choices menu
showing two XP Home Installations.
Now...unless I'm loosing my mind (which is possible) how did that happen if
I formatted the drive?

 

[Guest]

If you can't boot to the second copy, if there is indeed just one, or you
can't actually see it on a drive/partition. You can edit the boot file and
remove it from there. Go to my computer, properties, startup and recovery,
settings, edit, you will see something similar to this:
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn
There will be two in your case the one that does not apply (usually at the
bottom) delete it, if you are not sure copy and paste to a post and someone
will id the unneeded second entry that can be deleted..

j;-)

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Check All Boot Paths

Start | Run | Type: msconfig | OK |
Boot.ini tab | Check All Boot Paths button |
A dialog box will open detailing the location of any invalid operating
system locations | Confirm you want to remove the entry and reboot

[[Check All Boot Paths - This button will check the boot paths for all
operating systems listed in the BOOT.INI to ensure they point to a valid
operating system. ]]

Msconfig image
http://www.winnetmag.com/Files/16/20784/msconfig.gif

If there is only one you will get:
It appears that all BOOT.INI lines for Microsoft operating systems are OK.
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I have two installations of XP on the same partition
http://michaelstevenstech.com/xpfaq.html

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20. I have two installations of XP on the same partition.......


[[You reinstalled Windows XP on your computer thinking it would overwrite
the existing version of Windows XP and now there are two copies when you
boot up. Crap! What to do now? Not to worry, here's the solution.]]
http://www.cyberwalker.net/faqs/reinstall-reformat-winxp/two-copies-xp.html


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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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