[Cew27]

hi my brother tried to install xp to a external hdd via my mums laptop .... this buggered it up and now when it tris to boot it says there are 2 windows xp's .... if im fast enough i can go to the lower one and run windows from that and it is all fine but at the moment it tries to boot from the other one ? ... how can i remove this ...
advice needed asap as my mum needs to finish her course work

[Hybr!d]

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/289022

[Cew27]

thanks ... when i go to edit boot.ini it shows this
[boot loader]
timeout=1
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOW S
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Micro soft Windows XP Home Edition" /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Micro soft Windows XP Home Edition" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn
i presume it is the bottom one i delete seing as it says no execute?
just double checking so i dont have to re-install xp if i get it wrong

[Hybr!d]

When you boot you get the choice of two, is it the top one or the bottom one that boots the OS you want to keep?

[Cew27]

the bottom

[Cew27]

ok i deleted the top one now it is saying windows (deafult) and booting from the bottom one now ??