List of Operating Systems to choose from at startup

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Recently I had a disk crash and had to reload windows. (everthing else for
that matter). I had two unsuccessful attempts before I finally got through
the load successfully. Now when I shut down and start the computer again,
there are 3 instances of windows xp professional that I am to choose from to
start. The first one is the only one that works. How can I remove the
second and third instance of Windows XP Professional on that screen?
 
right click my computer and then click advanced then click settings under
system recovery then click edit if your computers version of windows is on
the first
partition,disk1(ask your manufacturer) delete the rest then type in

[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" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn

if its on the second partition,disk1 type this in

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn

and if it on the second disk 1st partition then type this in

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

or if its on 2nd disk 2nd partition type in

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(2)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(2)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn
just to tell you i dont garantee this works but worth a try
 
This is the easiest method, especially when you only have OS entry that
works.

Check All Boot Paths

Start | Run | Type: msconfig | Click 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.

A dialog box will open detailing the location of any invalid operating
system locations.

Similar to this...
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It appears that the following line in the BOOT.INI file does not refer to a
valid operating system:

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

Would you like to remove it from the BOOT.INI file?
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Wes said:
Recently I had a disk crash and had to reload windows. (everthing else for
that matter). I had two unsuccessful attempts before I finally got through
the load successfully. Now when I shut down and start the computer again,
there are 3 instances of windows xp professional that I am to choose from to
start. The first one is the only one that works. How can I remove the
second and third instance of Windows XP Professional on that screen?
Click to expand...


Graphically:

From within WinXP, Start > Run > Msconfig, Boot.ini Tab > "Check
all Boot Paths."

Manually:

1) Click Start > Run, Type "Cmd" and then press <Enter>.

2) Type "Cd\" and then press <Enter>

3) Type "Attrib C:\Boot.ini -h -r -s" and then press <Enter>

4) Click Start > Run, Type "Notepad c:\boot.ini" and then press <Enter>

5) Edit the file to removed the extraneous line(s), save it, and then
exit Notepad.

6) Type "Attrib C:\Boot.ini +h +r +s" and then press <Enter>

7) Close the command console.


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