Two operating systems?? HELP!

[Gord]

Can someone offer some assistance??
I bought an upgrade version of xp home.
But I wanted to do a clean install, so I ran an fdisk made from windows 98.
I formatted and created a new partition, and then booted directly from the
windows xp cd.
No problem, but it asked me to insert my version of 98 in cd player for
eligibility.
I think that this must have somehow shown up as a "ghost" operating system.
Now every time I start my computer, I am asked which operating system I want
to run:
Microsoft windows XP or
Microsoft windows (which does not exist)
I have 30 seconds to make a choice or it defaults to xp.
However I find this very annoying, how can I stop the computer thinking I
have two operating systems?????

[Kelly]

Hi Gord,

Go to Start/Run and type in: msconfig
Then go to the Boot.ini Tab and click on Check All Boot Paths. If you
receive a warning about a duplicate path: Do you want to remove, choose
yes.

Or...

Right click the My Computer icon/Properties/Advanced/Startup and
Recovery/Settings/System Startup/Edit.

How to Edit the BOOT.INI File in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q289/0/22.asp

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Kelly

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"Gord" > wrote in message
...
> Can someone offer some assistance??
> I bought an upgrade version of xp home.
> But I wanted to do a clean install, so I ran an fdisk made from windows
98.
> I formatted and created a new partition, and then booted directly from the
> windows xp cd.
> No problem, but it asked me to insert my version of 98 in cd player for
> eligibility.
> I think that this must have somehow shown up as a "ghost" operating
system.
> Now every time I start my computer, I am asked which operating system I
want
> to run:
> Microsoft windows XP or
> Microsoft windows (which does not exist)
> I have 30 seconds to make a choice or it defaults to xp.
> However I find this very annoying, how can I stop the computer thinking I
> have two operating systems?????
>
>
>