I recently installed xp pro on a machine but upon startup I get a screen
asking me what xp pro version I want to boot into and presents me with two
instances of XP Pro. The first version boots fine but the second presents me
with partition problems. Considering it is a fresh install I wonder why I'm
being presented with two options! Any advice please?

Peter

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 read similar to this:


[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOW S
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Micro soft Windows Professional" /fastdetect



--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows Client

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"Mr X" wrote:

| I recently installed xp pro on a machine but upon startup I get a screen
| asking me what xp pro version I want to boot into and presents me with two
| instances of XP Pro. The first version boots fine but the second presents me
| with partition problems. Considering it is a fresh install I wonder why I'm
| being presented with two options! Any advice please?
|
| Peter

In edition, why? - because it wasnt a clean install

"Mr X" <boomshaka@********.com> wrote in message
news:OFrUh.24329$aB1.2823@fe3.news.blueyonder.co.u k...
> I recently installed xp pro on a machine but upon startup I get a screen
> asking me what xp pro version I want to boot into and presents me with two
> instances of XP Pro. The first version boots fine but the second presents
me
> with partition problems. Considering it is a fresh install I wonder why
I'm
> being presented with two options! Any advice please?
>
> Peter
>
>

"Carey Frisch [MVP]" <cnfrisch@nospamgmail.com> wrote in message
news:euadIT3fHHA.408@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> 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 read similar to this:
>
>
> [boot loader]
> timeout=30
> default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOW S
> [operating systems]
> multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Micro soft Windows
> Professional" /fastdetect
>
>
>
> --
> Carey Frisch
> Microsoft MVP
> Windows Client
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> "Mr X" wrote:
>
> | I recently installed xp pro on a machine but upon startup I get a screen
> | asking me what xp pro version I want to boot into and presents me with
> two
> | instances of XP Pro. The first version boots fine but the second
> presents me
> | with partition problems. Considering it is a fresh install I wonder why
> I'm
> | being presented with two options! Any advice please?
> |
> | Peter
>

top posters grrr, I forgive you tho beccause you pointed me in the right
direction, there was an incorrect path, so all sorted now :o)

"Mr X" wrote:
> top posters grrr, ...

There's the Right Way, and then there's the Microsoft Way.
Microsoft MVPs top-post.

*TimDaniels*

"Mr X" <boomshaka@********.com> wrote in message
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>
> top posters grrr, I forgive you tho beccause you pointed me in the right
> direction, there was an incorrect path, so all sorted now :o)

lol!!

In conversational threads bottom posting seems to be the accepted norm so
that someone joining the thread halfway through can read through the whole
from the post he joined on.

However in help groups top posting is quite usual and of course either
method is actually a matter of personal choice.

One could argue that bottom posting without trimming of the original
message is very wasteful of internet resources, as each message contains the
sum of the one before.

:o)

So much to learn, so little time.

>> top posters grrr, ...
>
> There's the Right Way, and then there's the Microsoft Way.
> Microsoft MVPs top-post.
>
> *TimDaniels*

"Timothy Daniels" <TDaniels@NoSpamDot.com> wrote
> "Mr X" wrote:
>> top posters grrr, ...
>
> There's the Right Way, and then there's the Microsoft Way.
> Microsoft MVPs top-post.

Not all.

--
Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]