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arlene

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    "Please select the operating system to start"
    « on: October 31, 2007, 08:16:38 PM »
    I have Win XP

    Dell Dimenstion 8200

    After reinstalling XP clean stall  my PC boots to a black screen that says
    "Please select the operating system to start"

    What I can't figure out is that I only have 1 operating system installed.  There is not any choices of OS to select. 

    Why does it boot to this screen?

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    Re: "Please select the operating system to start"
    « Reply #1 on: October 31, 2007, 08:51:20 PM »
    Was it clean install, or over the top?
    Did you have any other Operating System on the same hard drive before?

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    my PC boots to a black screen that says
    ..and it stops there?

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      Re: "Please select the operating system to start"
      « Reply #2 on: November 01, 2007, 01:06:26 AM »
      maybe its not totally clean. you just installed another OS to your hard drive. :)

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        Re: "Please select the operating system to start"
        « Reply #3 on: November 01, 2007, 06:19:35 AM »
        how do I check if my hard drive is totally clean and how do I do I clean my hadr drive?
        When I installed I did a clean install

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        Re: "Please select the operating system to start"
        « Reply #4 on: November 01, 2007, 04:30:41 PM »
        Did you use Windows XP CD, or Restore CD?
        Did you have any other Operating System on the same hard drive before?
        Before installing Windows, did you remove all partitions?

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        Re: "Please select the operating system to start"
        « Reply #5 on: November 01, 2007, 08:13:33 PM »
        how do I check if my hard drive is totally clean and how do I do I clean my hadr drive?
        When I installed I did a clean install


        Doing a clean install doesn't mean you cleaned your harddrive first..    If you do a clean install of windows you can still install on a hard  drive that already has windows on it.. But anyways, you're saying there's only one option.. If there' not two I don't think it's on there twice, but windows installed the bootloader.  If you right click my computer, then click on advanced then click on the settings button under startup and recovery, you'l get a windows that will allow you to choose the default operating system from that list, you can choose how long to display that list, and another option you don't need right now.. What you can do is make sure it's set to teh right operating system (there should only be that one there) then change the amount of seconds from whatever it's at (usually 30's the default, however with a Dell XP cd it may be differetnt I don't know, to a lower number like 5 or 1 if you want.. but if I were you I'd set it to like 2 or 3 till I make sure that fixes it because if oyu set it to one and the wrong operating system was chosen if ther'es more than one in that list then you may have issues!  So set it at 2 or something at first, restart and see if that fixed it.... It won't get rid of that screen but it should make it so only lasts for 2 seconds (or whever you set that option to)  hope that helps ya. :-)

        Jay