Aborted installation of WP

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Brian Spittles

Using XP Home (with SP2), I started to install a separate copy of XP
onto a slave HDD. Before it completed, a problem was discovered with
the slave and the installation was incomplete.

Now, with the slave removed, each time I boot up I am asked if I want
to go to "Windows XP Home" or "Windows set up". The "set up" is the
default and I only get three seconds to make my choice!

Is there any way I can cancel this incomplete installation?
 
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 Home Edition" /fastdetect

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User
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Get Windows XP Service Pack 2 with Advanced Security Technologies:
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/windowsxp/choose.mspx

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| Using XP Home (with SP2), I started to install a separate copy of XP
| onto a slave HDD. Before it completed, a problem was discovered with
| the slave and the installation was incomplete.
|
| Now, with the slave removed, each time I boot up I am asked if I want
| to go to "Windows XP Home" or "Windows set up". The "set up" is the
| default and I only get three seconds to make my choice!
|
| Is there any way I can cancel this incomplete installation?
 
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.
Click to expand...

I've used this to change the default to start Windows. Thanks very
much for your help. Just out of interest, what does [MVP] mean?
 
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