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Comment from Danish on 2011-12-25

2011-12-25T22:45:33Z

Hi Leo,

I opened the file but it only shows the one option for the operating system I am running, and yet I see the options for Windows 7 when I start my computer. Can you help me with that please?

Thanks a lot

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Comment from surbhi puri on 2011-11-29

2011-11-29T16:10:15Z

i have windows 7 bt when i go to advanced system settings,,,,there comes no option to edit the list of operating system manually,,,,,so how it can be done in this case.

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Comment from danny on 2011-10-14

2011-10-14T17:22:01Z

very helpful.... thanks sir!

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Comment from kostantine on 2011-10-08

2011-10-08T18:28:19Z

really cool dude and very helpful could you also come and solve our problems here in Greece ?

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Comment from Delicatexan on 2011-09-16

2011-09-16T14:31:10Z

I have Windows XP Professional. When I boot up the startup choice defaults to Windows instead of Windows XP Professional, then it goes to a setup menu. I escape this and restart to manually select Windows XP Professional. How do I get rid of the Windows Setup default forever?

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Comment from Mark J on 2011-09-13

2011-09-13T17:49:57Z

In Windows 7 and Vista, instead of clicking on the Advanced tab, click "Advanced System Settings" in the left hand column and then click on the Advanced tab, after that, click on "Settings" under "Startup and Recovery". Since there is no longer an option to edit the boot.ini, clicking on "Time to display list of operating systems" checkbox to remove the check mark should cause the computer to boot up without giving a choice of boot options.

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Comment from AVJROX on 2011-09-13

2011-09-13T17:23:50Z

And One More Thing I m going to do dis using Win 7!

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Comment from AVJROX on 2011-09-13

2011-09-13T17:21:47Z

I Want to delete my boot entry stating WINDOWS XP PROFESSIONAL SETUP In My Win Vista Boot Menu!!Please Help...

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Comment from Darmesh on 2011-05-29

2011-05-29T23:20:45Z

Thank you Leo. Unnecessary boot choices were removed, it worked. Good job done, keep going

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Comment from Maina on 2011-05-14

2011-05-15T04:51:03Z

Hello!

I have previously installed Windows XP home Edition,
And I installed Windows 7 in another partition,
I no longer need Windows 7 so I formatted the drive having Windows 7
But Still I am getting boot choices for Windows 7
I want to remove it'
Can you pls help me!
Thanks In advance!

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Comment from Mike M on 2011-05-06

2011-05-06T23:53:23Z

Great article! Gave me just what I needed after an XP reinstall on an old computer. I ended up with a small partition and needed to select which to boot from every time I started the computer. This article got me fixed right up
Thank you

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Comment from joecre on 2011-02-26

2011-02-26T22:52:16Z

for win 7 you must follow the same steps, but when you reach startup and recovery all you have to do is uncheck the box which says "Time to display list of operating systems" this should fix you boot option problem.

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Comment from swendz on 2011-01-14

2011-01-14T08:21:33Z

guysss, mine is triple boot: xp, vista and win7.
i decided to partition vista (was on the XP OS doing it) shared the unallocated bytes to xp and win7 .. i need to remove the vista from my booting options, how, need help? thanks

here's my boot.ini:
;
;Warning: Boot.ini is used on Windows XP and earlier operating systems.
;Warning: Use BCDEDIT.exe to modify Windows Vista boot options.
;
[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="Windows" /NOEXECUTE=OPTIN /FASTDETECT

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Comment from John Dowd on 2010-11-01

2010-11-01T13:05:57Z

Don't find Edit button in Windows Startup aand Recovery box. What do I do to get rid of Recovered Vista Choice

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Comment from Patrick on 2010-10-27

2010-10-27T17:22:38Z

Hi
I've edited out second OS in 'boot.ini' but still get a choice at startup
Many thanks

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Comment from lina on 2010-09-14

2010-09-14T22:27:00Z

I have a system error message stating that the following file is missing or corrupt. \windows\system32\config\system. I used the setup disk that I have like they tell me too and it asked what windows installation do i want to log onto... It seems I have more than one windows on my computer. I don't know what to do now... help.....

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Comment from johnny on 2010-09-04

2010-09-04T23:47:49Z

Perfect! and it's the year 2010!
Thank You!

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Comment from Robert on 2010-08-11

2010-08-12T01:44:37Z

I have a similiar problem with XP.

When I turn on my computer it gives me choices to start up both saying Windows (default) and counts down from 28 seconds. No matter which one I choose it still works, but its annoying.

I have gone in and edit the "System Start-up" section to what you is default, but I dont have a choice on the "Default Operating System" drop down box. Actually, nothing is there at all.

I did at one point install Style XP and fixed that issue, but this one I just want gone.

Any suggestions?

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Comment from Joseph on 2010-07-06

2010-07-06T22:59:04Z

Hi,

I have windows vista and windows XP in partition drives.After windows vista i installed windows XPin different drive.Now window XP loading default there is no option for dual boot.I required to remove XP and i need my previous vista.I tried every way.but i can't,Please suggest me.

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Comment from John on 2010-06-08

2010-06-08T16:45:46Z

i install xp with flashdisk before, unfotunately after install i cant get in to xp, i dunno why.
after i test install xp again but now wtih dvdrom.
and i see 2 option boot microsoft xp, one can get in, other cannot.
its annoying every time boot must choose.
thanks to you, i follow your guide and then my problem solbved

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Comment from migueleltoro on 2010-05-26

2010-05-26T16:41:01Z

Hi there,

I have the same boot choices problem, but I have vista. I followed your steps, but mine does not give me an edit option. Any thoughts?

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Comment from vic on 2010-05-07

2010-05-07T22:27:11Z

didnt work. mine still says install windows xp pro during start up i really need to repair windows xp but it doesnt want to boot from the cd yes mine is set to boot from cd first and it even reads the drive during boot up and then just goes to os choices menu

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Comment from Emile De Mesmaeker on 2010-05-06

2010-05-06T14:23:25Z

Hello, Very interresting info BUT my case seams a bit different. I had a dual boot XP and VISTA onto different HDs. The Vista hdd did crash totally. I had no problem to run XP as I had the choice between XP and Vista at boot time.So I installed a new HD with clean partition, active, ...Now I am ready to reinstall Vista .
I set the vista installation CD in the CD/DVD reader , the BIOS Is changed to access the CD as first choice . When I boot the PC I still receive the selection window XP or Vista ??? I select XP and XP starts ...I select Vista it is refused... In fact I cannot boot from the vista installation CD . I have controlled the boot.ini in XP (there is NO vista installed anymore) and i have the following :
";
;Warning: Boot.ini is used on Windows XP and earlier operating systems.
;Warning: Use BCDEDIT.exe to modify Windows Vista boot options.
;
[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
"
My question what to do to get rid of the selection XP-Vista and allow the boot using the Vista installation CD? Actually i do not know what to do..

Thanks in advance ...

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Comment from mazhar on 2010-05-05

2010-05-05T19:37:04Z

Hi there,
I have Win XP and SUSE installed o my PC, While start up I am geting an option for OS boot seletion by default SUSE is Beeing loaded, And i want to load Win XP as default OS can u help me with this... Thanks in advance

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Comment from hitec16 on 2010-05-01

2010-05-01T20:21:23Z

i did as u said but now i get windows deafult option at startup???

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Comment from c on 2010-04-29

2010-04-30T04:52:41Z

Thank you very much.... I tried it out and works perfectly...... i checked it by rebooting...... nothing went wrong......

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Comment from Abdalla Adam on 2010-04-19

2010-04-19T16:51:12Z

i have followed this topic steps every thing iok i've getride of the unwanted boot choice looking fordward for yuor experince.
higthly apprciate your help

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Comment from Dennis Fieldman on 2010-04-13

2010-04-13T17:15:52Z

This worked - for ending the boot selection for me... though one has to manually enter the boot id for the delete operation in CMD panel.

My situation is Vista on Drive 0 (c:), Windows 7 on Drive 1 (d:). Thanks to this article, I no longer get the option, but rather boot directly to W7. Fyi I purposely installed W7 as a dual-boot, just in case.

But Now W7 is the winner. Question is:

How do I recover the c: partition? It shows as a SYSTEM partition and W7 management refuses to alter it in any way. Ideally, I'd like to leave D; as the W7 system partition and use C: for other purpose- - maybe a RAID partition... but W7 says "NAH!"

thanks...

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Comment from Melissa on 2010-03-11

2010-03-11T08:58:27Z

hi all, new here.
here's my laptop details:
Gateway Laptop with Vista Home Prem. upgraded from xp home. 2ghz,2gig ram, 120gb, model mx6447.

i've got the same problem as Sher who posted above about the "edit boot option" error messgs. except i got these problems.

#1: i've tried formatting and reinstalling vista home prem. to original factory 2 times. also, i've tried restore cd from the gateway restore cd too and that didn't help. i can still boot to desktop though after setting up from vista cd.

#2: i also keep getting the boot option dialogue box during boot. like Sher's post above.

it gets annoying. how do i turn that off so it wont display the boot options dialogue box during boot up. but befor O.S choices. im not talking about the Operating System boot selection.

#3: sometimes when i choose to go into the bios setting from setup option in the boot option dialogue box, it will take me to bios setting screen and beep.(forgot how many times)and the dialogue box saying "save configuration settings and restart, yes or no" ..something like that. it keeps popping up so much it take a while for me to click on No and tab over to the default setting.

#4: When im on desktop or online using internet explorer my window would restor down and restor up repeatedly on its own. even when i click on the maximize box. also, the menu bar and tool bar i believe thats what its call gets hidden when it does this. so i would have to hover to the very top to make it reappear. but my windows still does the restore up and down non-stop until i close it. or sometime it stop for a while and then starts over again. it gets so annoying i cant even surf the web.

#5: damn keyboard is not working can't type. i notice sometime when im in explorer window where there's a search box the comma (,) repeatedly types by itself across like the comma key is stuck pressed down. i can't even backspace but if i press the comma key then it stop typing commas. and when i press very hard on some keys it take a very long time to show up.

please help us out i don't know if Sher has exact problem as mine, but it sound like it.

i think all of my 5 problems is related to each other that is why i am having so much problem with this Gateway laptop.
help me before its too late, because i am very frustrated and on the edge of dumping it for a new laptop. A Very Thank You and Apreciation from us Dummy in advance. thank you.

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Comment from Sher on 2010-03-10

2010-03-11T00:18:37Z

I'm running Vista and when I try to boot up my pc "beeps" over and over and over and tells me the following:

EDIT BOOT OPTIONS
EDIT WINDOWS BOOT OPTIONS FOR; MS WINDOWS VISTA
PATH: \windows\system32\winload.exe
Partition: 2
Hard Dick 6d702ecc
[ /NOEXECUTE=OPTOUT

Help! I am not a computer geek and don't know what to do. Any instructions would be appreciated although you must know I don't too much about pc's.

Thanks a lot.

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Comment from John Warren on 2010-03-10

2010-03-10T10:04:42Z

You could simplify even further this "safely" without going through the boot.ini modification, by selecting the desired operating system, under the "Desired Operating System:", and reduce the "Time to display list of operating systems:" to zero. Voila, startup problem solved. Same goes for System 7!

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Comment from LOHITH on 2010-03-03

2010-03-03T10:53:25Z

STRAT RUN TYPE MSCONFIG AND A DIALOGUE BOX WILL OPEN SELECT BOOT IN AND U WILL SEE THE NO OF OS INSTALLED IN UR SYSTEM SELECT THE UNUSED ONE AND DELET IT

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Comment from Luc on 2010-02-14

2010-02-15T02:31:04Z

Nice to get the right answer on the first site proposed by my google search! Amazing :) Tnx

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Comment from Muunia on 2010-02-10

2010-02-11T00:44:03Z

I kinda have the same problem, I tried to install windows 7 on a secondary partition but it just crashes, but now there is a boot option that asks if i wanna do the install or old windows boot. how would i remove the install option from popping up? i already looked in boot.ini

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Comment from ron on 2009-12-28

2009-12-29T07:23:15Z

i made the mistake of of changing time to display to "0" and "0" and now i can't boot up. do i have any hope withhout the recovery cd. please help me!

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Comment from Ajay on 2009-12-02

2009-12-02T16:50:40Z

I am using XP Professional and the first hard Disk which contains the primary partition broke now but I was already using the first one before that which already contains a partition now when I removed the Broken one I am still getting those two options.

I could have reduced the time to get rid of it but its by default is selecting the broken one.

What shoul
d I do ?

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Comment from Demissew on 2009-11-12

2009-11-12T16:03:23Z

Thanks Loe, Its been a pain in the neck for months. Too bad i found your post late.

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Comment from Angel of Death on 2009-11-02

2009-11-02T20:17:35Z

I am using VISTA 64, recently i tried to install Linux ASUS 10.1 OS.

In the middle of the installation when it ask me to format partition i refused it and quit the installation.

now every time i reboot my pc it prompt me in dual boot option with ASUS (windows installer).

i found some helpful solutions.
http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/vistarepair/thread/1561b2d9-d828-4bdd-b47a-bfdcddae76e2?prof=required

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Comment from Satesh on 2009-08-30

2009-08-30T15:51:10Z

hey dude i have a really annoying problem ....!
i start xp setup just to format a partition but it continued till up to copying files stage, like about 70% and i took off the computer. When i started up again i saw the setup as i choice but i didnt, i booted up in the other choice; XP and edited the startup & recovery option. I am now cin "window (default)" as the new choice along with the normal Xp
I wanna know how can i remove that

i'm dual booting vista and xp ....

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Comment from Ali Jan on 2009-07-20

2009-07-21T05:50:02Z

if you are not sure what are you going to do with "Boot.INI" then better not to touch it,if u made some changes and after that your not able to run windows on your OS then what u have to do is to insert windows CD choose option "R" for Repair choose your OS 1 then Enter Admin Pass if any or just press Enter. now type boot fix, Enter and follow the instructions once u done with this just restart your System and enjoy is working fine now.........Ali jan........available for your help always...... [email address removed]

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Comment from Zack on 2009-05-23

2009-05-23T14:11:37Z

Hi There,
This is Zack here.

I installed Windows XP Pro and then again in another partition installed Widows Vista in the same hard drive with four partitions.

Now, Vista was hanging up sometimes and I formatted that drive, and then whenever I tried to boot I get two options as follow:

Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Microsoft Windows (default)

The boot.ini file is as follow:

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect /usepmtimer

Now, is there a way out so that I can completely get rid of that useless "Windows Default" option from the boot option and because there is only one OS installed now which is XP Pro, and it boots my Windows XP Pro normally without any options?

Please help me.
Regards,
Zack.

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Comment from Paul on 2009-05-05

2009-05-05T14:09:07Z

How to Uninstall and Remove Windows 7 or Vista Leaving Windows XP on Dual Boot System.

http://www.mydigitallife.info/2009/01/17/how-to-uninstall-and-remove-windows-7-or-vista-leaving-windows-xp-on-dual-boot-system/

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Comment from Joseph Bloe (pron Blay) on 2009-04-02

2009-04-02T19:44:55Z

Here is my boot.ini

[Boot Loader]
Timeout=5
Default=C:\$WIN_NT$.~BT\BOOTSECT.DAT
[Operating Systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn

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Comment from Joseph Bloe (pron Blay) on 2009-04-02

2009-04-02T19:36:30Z

I had these same exact 2 boot listings and I removed the Windows XP Pro setup boot just as you said to do but upon reboot it is now repleced with a Windows default boot along with my Windows XP Pro boot but I can't find the Windows default boot listed anywhere. I looked in msconfig and in my computer/properties/advanced/settings/edit too.

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Comment from Jacob on 2009-03-23

2009-03-24T03:20:52Z

You should be able to fix all this. Instead of going to "My computer", because all the Operating Systems will be different, go to your boot drive (C:\) and get into "tools", "folder Options", in the "View" tab, change the settings to "Show hidden files and folders", and also untick the box which says "Hide protected operating system files (recommended)". Then boot.ini should show up in the C:\ root. get into it and remove the unwanted OS.
If you have the operating systems installed on different hard drives, then you will need to make sure that you are changing the boot.ini file on the BOOT drive, which should be C:\

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Comment from paul on 2009-02-10

2009-02-10T17:11:18Z

yep still missing something, i installed windows 7 beta also after original xp pro install. my boot.ini shows only xp pro but when starting up pc, windows 7 (uninstalled and partition it was installed on removed) is still default option...obviusly can't start up unless manually change to xp each time.

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Comment from uddeshya on 2009-02-09

2009-02-09T14:19:02Z

hi dear
i installed two os on my pc windows xp and vista
whenever i was start my pc it shows two options of os but after few days it automaticlly start with windows xp and in edit setting my pc shows only one boot menu so i want to boot my vista but there is no menu occurs whenever i start my pc

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Comment from Anil on 2009-02-05

2009-02-05T12:46:31Z

I read that article carefully but that is only working with XP not with Vista. Please help me.

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Comment from Anil on 2009-02-02

2009-02-02T10:37:39Z

I am sorry this article is not useful for me. Because I have different problem. That I already deleted the XP by formating and installed VISAT but still giving option for XP during boot. Whwn I reinstalled VISAT giving three option XP and two VISAt where one can ionly boot. Bur t westing time and loking bad.

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Comment from Simon on 2009-01-19

2009-01-20T02:10:17Z

so which ones the invalid entry? it's not letting me do very much and my BOOT.INI basically looks like the example above.

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Comment from hdjunkie on 2009-01-18

2009-01-19T06:28:46Z

this is way outdated.
start:run
msconfig.exe
boot tab
delete invalid entry

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Comment from Simon on 2009-01-14

2009-01-14T11:11:48Z

I have two HDD's, my main one has Windows XP and my second one i had just installed the Windows 7 Beta on, that didnt work for some reason and now i want tot take out the second old HDD but i want to get rid of the boot choices between the "earlier version of windows" and "Windows 7" so it will automatically boot up with XP which is the earlier version but when i try all the tricks and ways to remove such an option, nothing seems to work. I just want my old auto boot to XP back and no fault windows 7 beta option. I tried looking into it this way but im not sure it'll help, what should i do?

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Comment from Phil on 2009-01-13

2009-01-13T18:35:30Z

My problem is similar to Amit's. I installed Vista Pro and subsequently erased it. However, the boot entry remains. BCEdit is needed, apparently, to manage the boot entry for Vista. Is there a way to remove this through XP?

Thank you.
-phil

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Comment from Amit on 2008-12-24

2008-12-24T18:17:41Z

Hej Leo

I have a problem which (I think) wasn't covered by the article or the ather comments.

I installed Vista on a computer that had win XP. Before installing, the boot menu had two entries: Win XP, and Win XP Setup. I thought that instaling Vista will give give the choice to format the disk, but no. The old windows was moved to a windows.old folder, and the boot menu now had three entries - entry nr. 2 is now the Vista.
I premeturly deleted the windows.old folder which means the old Boot.ini is gone.
Using a boot manager i can only see the vista entry and the XP entry, but not the XP-setup entry. I removed the XP entry.

the situation now is that I have two entries: 1.Vista and 2.XP-setup which I can't remove, and which is always the default entry.

I hope you can understand the complication.

Any idea how I can solve this mess?

Thanks
Amit

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Comment from Suvda and Fon on 2008-11-08

2008-11-08T08:13:22Z

Thank you! It is so effective method.
We can fixed it now. Good Luck ^.^

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Comment from arshad on 2008-10-10

2008-10-10T11:29:16Z

Hi Leo thanks a lot
May god bless u
arshad

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Comment from Shuting on 2008-10-10

2008-10-10T11:20:37Z

It didnt't work with my system...

I booted from a winXP pro install CD, which doesn't include a partition tool (I thought it did) on my one partition laptop (with windows XP on it). Setup files were copied successfully but it showed an error in the setup process and I had to shutdown.
When I restart my computer, I got 2 boot choices, one is my win xp, the other is the win xp setup, which I don't want anymore.

I delete the second line from the boot.ini and on the start up and recovery wizard it shows only one choice.
But when I start my computer, there are still 2 choices, and one of them is changed to "windows xp (default)" from "windows xp setup".

I haven't made a copy of the original boot.ini. What to do now to delete all the setup files and the second boot choice?

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Comment from Anand on 2008-10-09

2008-10-10T03:02:12Z

Leo your are like a good to me. Thank you very very very much. I literally wasted 8 hours today just scratching my brain and trying to figure out how to remove that extra like of code. Tried everything from FIXMBR to FIXBOOT , but nothing worked. And your solution was the most simple and it took me only 30 secs to fix this issue on my laptop, thank you once again. And may god bless you.

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Comment from bryan on 2008-08-17

2008-08-17T18:14:03Z

thants for the info...worry free now..

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Comment from dlh56 on 2008-08-13

2008-08-14T04:26:05Z

your advice on removing multiple os choices at boot was invaluabe. thanks.

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Comment from Ravi on 2008-07-17

2008-07-17T18:26:35Z

Thanks Leo! It really worked like a magic which was otherwise an annoying problem.

Thanks a Lot!

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Comment from Richard on 2008-06-08

2008-06-08T21:07:06Z

thankz a lot LEO..u R our best professor for solving our PC problems..more good health to U and GOD bless..

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Comment from Sushant Jain on 2008-05-16

2008-05-16T18:36:08Z

Thanks leo very much for your help
the solution provided by u is very simple and effective

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Comment from Samy Jasmiller on 2008-04-04

2008-04-04T10:55:48Z

Now even if I stopped windows from the booting choices, I still see Windows and windows(0) sitting in my C drive each swallowing 3 GB of my HD. How do I eliminate this double HD rip ?please

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Comment from Preston Elmer on 2008-01-19

2008-01-19T19:02:15Z

There's an easier way to do this. Start>Run>type MSCONFIG>select BOOT.ini tab>Second operating system should be listed there.
Select it and press "check all boot paths" it will say it's invalid if you have already formatted or deleted the windows files on that drive. It will give you the option to remove it.

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Comment from Jean-Paul on 2007-12-10

2007-12-10T13:47:07Z

Excellent advice! Searched on Google for my boot problem and found the answer here! Many thanks

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Comment from Jimmy on 2007-11-20

2007-11-21T04:57:25Z

THANKS SO MUCH. Did exactly what i needed. I took away the extra line of code and it booted right up. Thanks!

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Comment from marius on 2007-10-14

2007-10-14T19:38:10Z

i have similar problem but my boot file has my old user and all its files. Now in my new user from folder documents and setting and i can see it but i can't access it. How to remove it or at least get into it? thx

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Comment from Dean Blair on 2007-09-27

2007-09-28T05:55:32Z

Hey Leo,

I want to thank you for being there. Your advice on how to simply remove a boot choice was perfect. I had done it many times before but had to go through a convoluted effort and your pointing out a much simpler method deserves validation. Thank you.

Dean Blair

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Comment from Harshvardhan Pande on 2007-08-13

2007-08-13T08:40:49Z

I tried following ur comment but it does not help...I have pasted the content of the matter that i have edited as follows:

EDITED:
" [boot loader]
timeout=3
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 "

the option for the Vista os is still there...it won't go away...please help...

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Comment from Hndrk on 2007-07-15

2007-07-15T16:14:24Z

Thanks so much Leo.
Finally, YES.

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Comment from Francis F. Lee on 2007-07-05

2007-07-05T21:01:00Z

I tried your recipe. I printed a hard copy and followed the steps very faithfully.

It worked partially. I had two entries on the original .ini file and removed one I don't want. However at boot time, the removed one appears in a different name, just "Windows". It continues to do the same thing before, i.e. to install my XP pro again.

Any further suggestions? I know I can get rid of this problem with a clean re-install of my XP, with reforming the selected hard drive. It just does not appeal to me.

Any further suggestions?

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Comment from tala on 2007-06-27

2007-06-27T14:07:25Z

about to find hidden files:
make a new file . then at the left u will find some named files the named files u will find all of the hidden files then u will press on yours. the file will open and u will open options make it unhidden and u will find ur file back on the desk top. thx

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Comment from S.Y Lee on 2007-06-06

2007-06-06T16:27:02Z

that really helped. Thank you very much.

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Comment from tonya on 2007-05-30

2007-05-31T01:44:18Z

i have microsoft media edition 2002. how do i find the hidden files that contain web sites visited and copies of email that have been deleted?

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Comment from Jarrad Annetts on 2007-05-03

2007-05-03T12:02:24Z

thank u very much, u r one of the few out there helping people like me, thank you very much, very good advice, thx

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Comment from Chris on 2007-02-18

2007-02-18T19:53:56Z

I have a similar problem to the one described above, except that I am using a pc with Windows ME installed. I recently tried an upgrade to XP on a seperate partition, but after removing XP, I still get the choice of which operating system at boot. There is no boot.ini file anywhere on the pc. Is there another way to edit the choices and remove XP so that it automatically starts in ME?

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Comment from matt on 2007-01-08

2007-01-08T21:26:39Z

i have similar problem, but it is with windows vista, i deleted vista, but it is still there. any help? i just want xp there

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Comment from daniel hunt on 2006-10-19

2006-10-19T07:47:46Z

Hey thanks this helped me out heaps, just one this

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition" /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Windows XP Media Center Edition" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect
C:\CMDCONS\BOOTSECT.DAT="Microsoft Windows Recovery Console" /cmdcons

what are some of the meanings eg fastdetect,noexecute=optin

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Comment from Leo on 2006-03-25

2006-03-25T23:24:49Z

That's boot.ini, not inf. And it's typically a hidden file at the root of your hard disk.

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Comment from Doreen on 2006-03-25

2006-03-25T22:44:45Z

I went to the windows 2000 and can't seem to locate the boot.inf file.

It has windows 2000 on it and a partially installed xp pro, that went bad.
Is it safe to delete the windows folder on C drive?

I am not familiar with 2k os, so I need more detailed information on it. I did a search and the computer comes back no such file. Can it be named something else in windows 2k.

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