[PC buffoon]

Hello

In January I had a problem with Windows which dsenette kindly helped me with. PC is now working properly.

However, I have a problem left-over from then. When my PC starts up it offers me two versions of Windows XP to choose from. I'm guessing I will need to remove one of these offerings from the boot.ini file but I don't know how or which one to remove.

I've just added some RAM to this PC and it's booting up as quick as when it was new apart from this irritating thing.

Thank you.

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Edited by PC buffoon, 16 May 2007 - 05:08 AM.

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Hi PC buffoon...

Open Control Panel and double click on the "System" icon. Under the "Advanced" tab, in the "Startup and Recovery" section, click the "Settings" button. In the window that opens, click the "Edit" button...a notepad window will open (boot.ini). Copy the contents of that window and paste it here for me.

wannabe1

[wannabe1]

Hi PC buffoon...

Open Control Panel and double click on the "System" icon. Under the "Advanced" tab, in the "Startup and Recovery" section, click the "Settings" button. In the window that opens, click the "Edit" button...a notepad window will open (boot.ini). Copy the contents of that window and paste it here for me.

wannabe1

[PC buffoon]

Thank you kindly.

Here it is:

[boot loader]
timeout=15
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition" /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn

[wannabe1]

Remove the text shown in red below. Make sure not to leave a space, it should look like the example in blue. Then click "File" on the toolbar and choose "Save". Close all open windows and reboot...it should boot straight to Windows without the prompt.

[boot loader]
timeout=15
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition" /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn

[boot loader]
timeout=15
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn

[PC buffoon]

Done it.

Might seem like a trivial thing but it was like a constant drip of water, getting more irritating each day.

Many thanks for your help, it's much appreciated.

[wannabe1]

My pleasure.