Wendell said:
I recently unpartitioned and reinstalled Windows XP Home Edition. When I
boot up I get a black screen with two choices for Windows XP listed. When I
click on either, I can boot to a normal boot. What can I change to avoid the
black screen and boot directly to Windows XP?
Edit the Boot.ini file and remove the superfluous ARC path line. Your
boot.ini file will look something like this:
[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="Windows XP" /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Windows XP" /fastdetect
The multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS text is known as the
ARC path, on multi-boot computers the paths are different and point to
different locations, in your case the lines are identical and they both
point to the same location, delete the extra line so that the file looks
something like this:
[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="Windows XP" /fastdetect
The information above is just a sample, the exact ARC paths in your
boot.ini file might be different, don't change the information on the
lines, just delete the duplicate line.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/289022
How to edit the Boot.ini file in Windows XP
John
