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March 4th 05, 12:55 AM
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Choice of which copy of XP to start
i am relatively new to XP. Friend has XP Home & when he boots he comes to a black & white screen that asks him to choose the correct operating system to ope. The first one is corrupted & he always starts the second one. How can he delete the first option? TIA Echy 
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March 4th 05, 01:00 AM
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Look under D for Dual Booting peterk "Echy" wrote in message u... i am relatively new to XP. Friend has XP Home & when he boots he comes to a black & white screen that asks him to choose the correct operating system to ope. The first one is corrupted & he always starts the second one. How can he delete the first option? TIA Echy
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March 4th 05, 01:08 AM
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Echy wrote:
i am relatively new to XP. Friend has XP Home & when he boots he comes to a black & white screen that asks him to choose the correct operating system to ope. The first one is corrupted & he always starts the second one. How can he delete the first option? TIA Echy Start Run type 'msconfig (no quotes) boot.ini tab hit check all boot paths button click yes (or OK) when prompted to remove invalid paths. -- Facon - the artificial bacon bits you get in Pizza Hut for sprinkling on salads.
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March 4th 05, 06:13 AM
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Echy respectfully replied ;-) i am relatively new to XP. Friend has XP Home & when he boots he comes to a black & white screen that asks him to choose the correct operating system to ope. The first one is corrupted & he always starts the second one. How can he delete the first option? TIA Echy Click on or copy and paste the link below into your web browser address box. I have two installations of Windows/Windows XP on the same partition....... #20 on the FAQ list http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/xpfaq.html -- Michael Stevens MS-MVP XP http://www.michaelstevenstech.com For a better newsgroup experience. Setup a newsreader. http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/ou...snewreader.htm
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March 5th 05, 02:18 PM
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Choice of which copy of XP to start
Echy wrote:
i am relatively new to XP. Friend has XP Home & when he boots he comes to a black & white screen that asks him to choose the correct operating system to ope. The first one is corrupted & he always starts the second one. How can he delete the first option? TIA Echy Many thanks for the quick replies. I happened to try Miss Ticks suggestion first & it worked a treat. My friend is very happy, thanks. -- Regards Echy Greetings from Melbourne, Australia www.thatsmelbourne.com.au
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