WinXp Re-Install - How to remove dual boot menu at start up

[LouPoir]

New Dell E1505 - to remove all the Dell junk, I reinstalled MCE but now at boot up, I get a menu selection - there are two MCE items I can select.

How do I delete the one that is no longer valid.


Thx


Lou

 

[John]

Shame on you for not searching. 🙁 😛

Control Panel > System > Advanced tab > Startup & Recovery > settings > Edit > make a backup of the boot.ini first, then remove the duplicate or incorrect entry. If you aren't sure which one to remove post the contents and we'll help you figure it out.

 

[LouPoir]

Great - which one ---

[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 XP Media Center Edition" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Windows XP Media Center Edition" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect


Lou

 

[LouPoir]

John - BTW - you were my first - heat that is. Now 420+ - LOL


Lou

 

[John]

Wow, that seems like yesterday. 420 is a good number. :beer:

Delete the last line
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Windows XP Media Center Edition" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect

An alternative would be to uncheck "time to display a list of operating systems:"

FWIW you can also use MSCONFIG to edit some of the boot.ini settings. However you have more control when you do a manual edit.