UN-Wanted dual boot problem

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safe mode edit the boot.ini but use caution and there are backups
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"Doug" <DZappyNOSPAM@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hey folks,
>
> Somehow, in the process of installing a new hard disk as a slave,
a file
> got changed and now when I boot up, it ask which OS to load, and
lists XP
> Professional 2 times. I couldn't get to boot at all for a little
bit cause
> that screen would flash by so fast. Normally if I missed the
option, it
> would come up that I was missing a couple of files and would keep
rebooting.
> What I had to do is wait at just the right moment and hit the down
arrow and
> enter very quickly to get this OS to load properly.
>
> In a nutshell, somehow this thing wants to dual boot and see's
another OS
> for some reason which there is none, and its giving me a headache.
What
> file do I need to change so that it only shows this OS to boot
from??
>
> TIA,
>
> Doug
>
>
>