[dannyp123]

Hey Guys im new to the Forum let me start off by saying hello......im running win xp on my system......My problem Recently has been when i boot my pc up i get this black screen asking if i want to start windows xp or xp professional and give me the options to pick of the 2 i never had this problem until 1 day ago and i tried to do a system restore but it seems to had been disabled and all restore points erased anyways any help would be much appreciated thanks in advance.....

[Rollin' Rog]

These options are contained in the "boot.ini" file. The easiest way to view this is to run msconfig and look at the boot.ini tab.

There should be only one operating system listed unless you have tried to create a dual boot.

You can have msconfig test for valid boot paths. If one is invalid you can have it delete that.

If they are both valid you have the option of setting one to a default and reducing the "timeout" so that there is little time delay in proceeding to that.

Otherwise you can run sysdm.cpl and look at the Advanced > Startup and Recovery > Edit tab.

You could delete one of the paths there, but make sure you delete the right one.

[dannyp123]

i have this in my ini.file which one do i delete????

[boot loader]
timeout=3
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional (TuneUp Backup)" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect /TUTag=F3PTO8-BAK
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect /TUTag=F3PTO8 /Kernel=TUKernel.exe

[dannyp123]

ok i got it thank you for the help they where both valid so i could erase one what i did is turn the time down like you said and it works thanks for the help once again oop's sorry for the double post...

[Rollin' Rog]

You're welcome. It looks like they are both pointing to the same OS; but one was created by a backup utility.

I presume if you selected either one, you would be taken to the same Windows OS.

If so, you really don't need both there.

Anyway, if all is well you can mark the thread "Solved" using the Thread Tools menu here.

[dannyp123]

its solved thank you so much peeps