Win Xp Boot-Up Question?

Drunkagain

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Jan 24, 2002
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Ok, I just got Win XP and decided to do a clean install. I partioned and formatted my drive and then installed XP. When i boot up now i get to a screen that asks if I want to start my XP OS or an unidentified OS on drive C. If I do nothing it takes me to Xp in 20 seconds. If I hit the take me to XP option, it loads up and appears to run just fine. If I choose the unidedtified OS on drive C, I get an IO.SYS missing or bad message.

Did I do something wrong when I installed? Is there any way to correct this or should I even care since XP seems to be running just fine? I have a 40 gig drive devided up into three partitions, all using NTFS format. Any help? Thanks.
 

ojai00

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Sep 29, 2001
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It looks like a dual boot gone wrong. Did you previously have a dual boot? I would suggest you to leave it, but then it can get annoying after a while.