Re: Removing an OS on a Multiple Operating System PC

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From: JP (JP_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 02/16/05 

Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2005 13:45:02 -0800

Nepatsfan:

Thanks for the quick and essentially correct answer: I really appreciate it.
 I did want you to know, however, that XP won't let it go: after I did it and
rebooted, a dialog box popped up that indicated I should click on the "Normal
Startup" box under the General tab (in msconfig). Doing so, of course,
returns the bogus XP to the OS choice list. So I've kept the box next to
"Selective Startup" checked (along with all the sub-boxes below it). Please
advise if this will cause any problems you know of.

Thanks again.

"Nepatsfan" wrote:

> Here are two ways to get rid of the boot screen:
>
> Safe method
> Go to Start -> Control Panel -> System.
> On the Advanced page select Startup and Recovery.
> Change the time to display operating systems to 0.
> Click OK twice.
>
> Correct method.
> Go to Start -> Run and type msconfig in the Open box.
> On the Boot.ini page select "Check all boot paths".
> You should be asked if you want to delete the bogus version.
> Click on Yes.
> Click OK.
>
> --
> Nepatsfan
> "JP" <JP@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:4271462F-B267-4AE6-A670-1091AA8F2098@microsoft.com...
> >I inherited an older PC with WinME on the C: drive. I went
> >ahead and
> > installed WinXP on the D: drive. The PC got slow, I formatted
> > the C: drive,
> > installed XP onto it, and then formatted the D: drive.
> >
> > Everything works fine except for a DOS-based screen that comes
> > up early in
> > the boot process and gives me the option of two versions of XP
> > as the OS. Of
> > course the second version is bogus (remember, I formatted the
> > D: drive), but
> > it takes 30 extra seconds for the PC to boot up while this
> > screen waits.
> > It's not a big issue, but I would love to have the boot process
> > go right to
> > the correct version of XP (resident on the C: drive) and not
> > hang for 30
> > seconds. Any thoughts on how to do this?
> >
> > Thanks.
>
>
>

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