Strange Boot Options

[Akhen]

So I just reformatted my friends old IBM computer, this reformat was a little different since the boot order was not in the bios but rather in its only little startup key and once that was down it initiated an IBM console that just reformatted for me without my need to delete the partition.
Anyways everything went fine since I got a fresh version of Windows but what is strange is that every time I startup windows I get these options:

Please Select the Operating System to Start:

Windows XP Professional
Previous Operating System on C:
Windows XP Installation/Upgrade

The first just boots to windows and everything is fine.
The second I have yet to try
And the third just boots of the disk or appears to.

Is there any way I can remove the two others?
What is the cause of it?


Thanks.

 

[mechBgon]

Edit the BOOT.INI file in Notepad, is one option here.

 

[Akhen]

thanks, what exactly do I delete?
I am guessing
C:\ = "Previous Operating System on C:"
and
C:\$WIN_NT$.~BT\BOOTSECT.DAT = "Windows XP Installation/Upgrade"

but I dont want to make any errors either.

Here is what I have:

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

 

[mechBgon]

Change

Default=C:\$WIN_NT$.~BT\BOOTSECT.DAT

to

Default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS

and put REM on the beginning of the other two lines to nullify them, and I think you'll be ok. Otherwise press the UNDO button on your forehead a bunch of times until it's back the way it was 😉

Another option is to right-click My Computer > Properties > Advanced tab > Startup & Recovery settings button > and you'll see what to do from there.

 

[Akhen]

Perfect it works, thanks.