'Please select operating system'

Question

I have a Dim 8400 that came with XP Home. I upgraded to XP Pro, and subsequently needed to reinstall OS due to a problem when switching between user accounts (Dell recommendation). No big deal.   However, when I put the XP Pro disk in, formatted and installed, it never asked for the original disk (I think it should have because this was the up/g disk).   Anyhow, when I power up, I get a screen that counts down from 30, asking me to select an OS from two choices, both of which say XP Pro. It's like I'm in a dual boot environment.   The first one works, but the 2nd one doesn't. It referred to something not being present. I feel like this is related to the native XP Home.   Anyway, why am I getting this screen requiring me to select an OS? How can I get rid of it?   Any help is greatly appreciated.

JarmoD · Answer

You should be able to fix this with msconfig.  Click Start | Run then type in msconfig and press Enter.  Go to the boot.ini tab and click 'Check All Boot Paths'.

Brulbruce · Answer

JaromD,   thanks for the reply. I didn't see this until this morning...I'll try this when I get home.

Brulbruce · Answer

Thanks for the tip. I have a simialr problem on the CEO's computer in the office. I'm sure everyone would agree that his would be the perfect guinea pig system to try these things on. Agreed?

JRosenfeld · Answer

You can also edit boot.ini, once you have identified which is the redundant entry; control panel system applet, advanced tab, click settings in the startup and recovery section, click edit. It opemns in Notepad, make the change you need, save.

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