problem with boot, xp home + xp setup?

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omglol

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I was trying to install a fresh copy of xp on the computer i currently own, i can't remember if i fully completed it or not, but i'm pretty sure i ended up not fully installing a fresh copy of xp...

anyways now when i turn on my comp it comes up with a boot option:

windows xp home edition
windows xp setup (this is selected by default with a 3-5 second timer until auto-select)

i want to get rid of that, so when i turn on my comp i dont have to sit and wait for this option to come up and have to quickly pick the other option or else it goes to the xp setup screen ( i dont have any xp disc in comp) so then i just have to restart and try again...

could anyone help me out?
 
you need to edit the boot.ini file to get rid of that other boot option.

go to

start > right click my computer > Go to Properties > click on the advanced tab > click on the start up and recovery settings button > click on the edit start up files button on the next window

That is your boot.ini file it should look something like this:

Code: 
[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" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect

you probably have a number 1 and number 2 in your boot.ini file. Delete whatever you don't want as a start up option
 
this is what it says..........!?



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

C:\$WIN_NT$.~BT\BOOTSECT.DAT="Microsoft Windows XP Setup"

that should fix your problem
 
ok thanks, yea i didnt do anything to the code, but i fixed the prob before i checked back here...

there was an option to select default operating system and how long of a timer there should be..
so i chose XP home instead of XP setup, and set the timer to zero, i guess ill remove the code as well though too :)


thanks
 
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