After installing XP, during Boot a Screen comes up asking which Version of Windows I want to start. Both Listings are the same,
Windows XP Home Edition. I have 25 sec. to make up my Mind to click "Enter". Can this Notice be disabled?
Thanks.

Apparently, you have XP installed twice.

If this is not what you wanted, then you should format the drive and start over.

Tomorrow the Stars!

You can edit the boot.ini

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q28902

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FJ,

Formatting isn't necessary. It seems that XP was probably installed twice. Editing the boot.ini will take only a few seconds.

AMD Athlonxp 3200+ OC
Asus A7N8x-deluxe-E
ATI AIW 9600pro
2x WD SATA raptors/raid0
Corsair XMS3200
16x Lite-on DVD
12x DVD-R
48x Lite-on CDRW
Aspire Super Alien Case

Editing will pull the covers over the guys eyes to an issue that needs taken care of.

He should not go for months or years with two copies of XP installed, unless he is going to utilize them both.

I know it does hurt anything, but a clean machine is a happy machine.

Get it right now, not later when you have a years worth of work on the hard drive.

Tomorrow the Stars!

The HDD had XP on it that got too much to clean up. A new Install seemed to be a better way. I followed the XP Instructions
and formatted and installed. How can there be two XP Versions on there now?

See if you have two Winxx directories.

A new Install seemed to be a better way. I followed the XP Instructions and formatted and installed. How can there be two XP Versions on there now?

If you did a parallel reinstallation you will end up with two XP.

i_XpUser

If you have a single partition, and if there are two versions of XP installed, then one will be as windows and the other will be something slightly different... What each is labelled will be clear via the boot.ini. This because the boot.ini entry for each will be slightly different in terms of the XP folder name.

If each version is in its own partition then both will be in as windows... (as you are using XP-Home); but the partition number will be different.

So boot to the one you want to keep; set it as default OS to boot; then via XP/Windows Explorer check to see if you do have two differently named XP folders on the drive/partition. If you do and you're sure which one you're using and want to keep, then simply delete the other one. Reboot to verify all is still OK with the one you want to keep; presuming so, empty recycle-bin and defrag the drive... Then go back to the XP location (MyComputer etc..) where you set default OS to boot, and delete the redundant entry from the boot.ini - the entry for the deleted version. Job done.

Set default OS/edit boot.ini via:

MyComputer\Properties|advance-tab/startup etc button/option...

Any doubts as to what to delete etc... post the boot.ini as is here first (ideally after you have set default OS to boot to be as you wish).

Thanks. Deleting the Non-active Version in Boot.ini did the Trick. No more Message.