Boot options

[iMav]

i am dual booting into xp and vista .... the problem:

i messed up once duing the install as a result now i have 3 options during the boot:
1. xp
2. vista
3. unknown version of windows on c (something like that)

how to get rid of it ... where are the temp files stored?

[Kiran.dks]

The Boot entries can modified by editing boot.ini file. Alternatively ...
>Start>Run>type MSCONFIG and click ok
In Boot.ini tab
Click Check All Boot Paths button.
It will tell you invalid entries. Remove the undesired ones.

[sumeetindia]

At the command prompt, type: bootcfg /delete /ID #
Where # specifies the boot entry ID that you want to be deleted from the operating systems section of the BOOT.INI file
(have a look at the spaces between parameters of cammand)

(E.G.:bootcfg /delete /ID 3
This E.G. will remove the third entry If u want to delete the third entry in the boot list)

BUT KEEP A BACKUP OF BOOT.INI FIRST

[iMav]

cant understand or able to solve it ...

1st boot screen:

xp
vista
unidentified OS

if click xp .... then another boot screen:
xp
unidentified OS

wat to do???

kiran when i tried ur method it said everything fine

[sumeetindia]

Which drive contains your Vista installation And which drive contain your XP installation??

It will be better If u post the contents of your"c:\boot.ini" file here
OR attach the file

[iMav]

ok here is the thing ... i manually editted the boot.ini in xp and now i have this as my options:

xp
vista

when i click xp i get 2 more options:

xp
windows (default)

when i click windows default it takes me back to the 2 previous options

from wht i have gathered:

1st 2 options are from vista's boot loader (hence xp has the name i giv it in vista's boot loader)

and when i click on xp on the first screen the 2 options i get are from the xp boot loader (here xp has the name i give it in xp's boot loader)

me confuse i hope i didnt make u

Boot.ini in xp

;
;Warning: Boot.ini is used on Windows XP and earlier operating systems.
;Warning: Use BCDEDIT.exe to modify Windows Vista boot options.
;
[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=c:\
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /FASTDETECT /NOEXECUTE=OPTIN

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Problem Solved

as u c in the boot.ini i had not set xp as the default option ... once i set it ... it startd wrking

[Kiran.dks]

Yes. I have noticed it now. The default says just C:\. Good to hear that your problem is solved.

[sumeetindia]

Hmm..At last solved