operating system problem (can anyone help?)

[rabmcfadden]

Ok! I am runing Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005

I had a problem with my pc and i thought if i loaded window again it may fix the problem, but the only thing this done was gave me two operating system on the one computer. so when i boot up the computer i get the option of what operating system i want! I didn't want two operating systems on my computer, so i  deleted the widows that i had just installed. The only thing was after deleted it, when i booted up the computer again i was still being asked for the choice of what operating system i want to boot! I was told by someone that i needed to find what drive the second windows was loaded on and format the drive! Done this and still on boot up, am being asked for the choice of operating system to load!

On the choice of operating system screen, if i select the original windows it boots up perfect and runs without a problem. Now if i select the operating system that i had just deleted i get an error message and the computer re-boots back to the choice of operating systems srceen!

My original windows is on drive C and the windows i re-installed for some reason got insatlled on my E drive(which is the one i deleted)!

Can anyone help me in telling me how to fix this problem, so that the computer boots up normally with the original windows and no choice of operating srceen??

[Eg0Death]

Getting rid of the boot menu is simple.  Start-> Control Panel -> (Switch to Classic View if you aren't already) System -> Advanced -> Startup and Recover Options -> Click Edit under System Startup.  Copy the contents and paste them in a post.  I'll tell you what to remove. 

[SuperDave]

Although it's not related to your problem of booting, could you please explain what problem you had with your computer to cause you to reinstall the OS?

[apple266]

haha dual boot 

[programming_pat]

have you tried formatting the hdd that your second os is installed on?

[Eg0Death]

programming_pat - formating the second drive won't alter the boot menu which resides on the first drive.  The boot menu will still display the option to choose the OS, even if it no longer exists.

Here is info that rabmcfadden PMed me. 

Hay Eg0Death in reply to your post:
Getting rid of the boot menu is simple.  Start-> Control Panel -> (Switch to Classic View if you aren't already) System -> Advanced -> Startup and Recover Options -> Click Edit under System Startup.  Copy the contents and paste them in a post.  I'll tell you what to remove.

Here is a copy of my boot loader!!

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Windows XP Media Center Edition" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Windows XP Media Center Edition" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect

I told him to remove an instance of the repeated "multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Windows XP Media Center Edition" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect".  That should eliminate the prompt to choose an OS.