machine thinks I have two OS's

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pawz

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hello, I recently wanted to re-install Windows XP on a drive that had only 10 of 30Gigabytes partitioned, so I put the CD in and asked it to partition that area, expecting it to then wait for me to come back and choose which partition to put a fresh copy of XP on, but it didn't, but continued to install XP without my say so, and I ended up with the OS on E:, which I did not want.

My solution was to let the machine install another copy to C:, and then to format E: from within Windows.
It seemed straightforward enough, but now, when I boot, I get two operating systems on the bootup menu, one of which is bogus of course.

Can anyone tell me how to get rid of the unwanted line or must I start all over again? :(
 
Go to your system settings (Ctrl + Pause Break)

Or Start >> Control Panel >> Performance and Settings >> System

Once there click the Advanced tab at the top, then the settings button at the bottem, in the Startup and Recovery box.

Once there you will see your 2 OS names in a drop down box.

Just press Edit and you can take the old one out that you don't need:)
 
BootUp, thank you. I got there via msconfig\Boot.ini\Advanced and came on to post that I had found the solution, and here you are with the answer all ready. My that is fast! Help appreciated :)
 
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