Windows Double Boot

[teengeek88]

ok, a few weeks ago i was toying around with my bootup screens and i put in one that was supposed to work with xp without the service pack and i didnt notice that. so i put an old 6 gb hdd on the secondary channel and fixed the NTDOSKRNL.exe file or what ever and then i booted fine onto my regular drive. i disconnected the old hard drive and now whenever i turn on my computer and it gives me 2 options and i have to choose between the two, even tho i only have 1 XP install physicially on the system period. does anyone know how to fix this? id rather not reinstall and loose my files. if u didnt catch it i have XP Home

[davidamarkley]

You can right-click "My Computer" select "Properties"



Then go to the "Advanced" tab.

Click the "Settings" button under the "Startup and Recovery" section.

Now, see where it says "To edit the startup settings manually, click Edit." and just click "Edit"... (Kind of intuitive, isn't it?)

It will open up "boot.ini" file in Notepad.

***** NOTICE: I ASSUME NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOU INADVERTENTLY SCREWING UP YOUR SYSTEM!! *****



Now, with that out of the way...

You should see something like this:

[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
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional (Fake one)" /fastdetect

First, make a backup of boot.ini by clicking "File > Save As..." and then select a different name like boot.ini.bak or something else, just as long as it's something different.

Now, exit Notepad, and click the Edit button again.

Delete the line that is the "Fake One". If they are both named the same, it is usally safe to assume that the one listed on disk(0)partition(1) is the real installation. So, delete any that are on other partitions such as (2), (3), (4), etc.

Now, click "File" > "Save" Exit Notepad.

Now, just restart and see what happens.