two XP's on start up

[jaarpie]

hello

i re-installed xp but stopped it half way through, then tried it again and now i have two xp's to chose from with i start my computer, is there anyway to get rid of one as one of them doesn't work.

thankyou

jaarpie

[MCT]

edit boot.ini (open the file in notepad) make sure its not "read only"

delete the line make sure u know what 1 it is or u wont be able 2 boot to your good OS

[Cartoonite]

You can get rid of it by editing boot.ini in the root of your system drive.

[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

This is what mine looks like. It is a single-boot system. Just make sure you delete the right one (the broken link) from the [operating systems] section, or you won't be able to boot at all.

If your re-install was fairly recent, you may be better off just reformatting and re-installing again, just to be sure you clean up any files left over from the aborted installation.

Edit: And MCT beats me to the punch. I knew I needed to learn to type faster...

[mark]

You guys have given me the same info and it was a big help. I also would like to change the default boot OS but it sticks with the last one loaded (with Windows anyway). I have changed the order in which they are listed in boot.ini but to no effect. Any ideas?

[prathapml]

I have changed the order in which they are listed in boot.ini but to no effect.

Maybe you tried it, but just for good measure I'll say it:

default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS

Is the line you want to look into. Change it to the one that you want to be default.