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At my boot screen i am always prompted to choose the operating system.
I use only windows xp home edition and it's listed twice.
is there anyway to skip this prompt and go straight to the booting of xp?

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As pointed out, the quick fix is to remove the bad boot entry — msconfig simply edits C:\boot.ini for you. As confirmed, removing the incorrect path stops the duplicate "Microsoft Windows XP" lines from appearing and clears the OS selection prompt.

Why duplicates appear: a leftover Windows folder on another partition, a previous/partial reinstall, or a partition change can leave an extra entry in C:\boot.ini. Inspect the file (System Properties -> Advanced -> Startup and Recovery -> Edit) and look under the [operating systems] section. Back up C:\boot.ini first, then remove the extra line for the wrong partition or install. If only one valid line remains, the menu will disappear (or you can set the timeout to zero to skip the menu).

If Windows will not boot or boot.ini is missing/corrupt, use the Windows XP Recovery Console and run:

bootcfg /rebuild

to detect installations and recreate boot.ini. If the boot sector or MBR is damaged, fixboot and fixmbr are available there as well — use those with care and only after backing up important data.

If the duplicate entry reappears, check for multiple \Windows folders on other drives (do not delete unless certain), and review Disk Management to confirm partition layout. Always keep a backup copy of boot.ini before editing and consider creating a system restore or full image before making changes.

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when you get to your desktop, click on start, run, and type msconfig. It should bring up the system configuration utility. You're going to choose the boot.ini tab, and click on check boot paths, it will then say that one of them is incorrect and then ask you to remove it. When that is done, hit apply and then close. You're going to restart your computer, your going to have a system config box come up, just click do not show, and then ok. Everything she be good as new now. :D

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that did the trick, thanks alot.

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