two xp windows on same machine

Question

When the computer start, it displays me two XP versions to choose from. One XP windows is the new installed windows OS on drive C and the other was on drive F , but it's content was formatted.

How can I get ride of that menu(removing the old windows item)

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Answer 1

Using the Recovery Console, do bootcfg /rebuild and the computer will scan for Windows installations across partitions. That should fix it.

Answer 2

1. From the desktop, hit your windows key and pause/break at the same time, or right click "My Computer" and choose properties.
2. From there, there will be an "Advanced" tab.
3. Hit the "Settings..." button under "Startup and Recovery"
4. Uncheck "Time to display list of operating systems"

I don't have XP installed anymore, but i believe there is also an option to edit your boot.cfg from this screen. You can remove the erroneous entry there, however this is riskier than just not showing the menu.

Answer 3

Start -> Run: msconfig

Select Boot tab. There you go.

(If you just want to hide the entry or want a different config utility, go to Control Panel -> System -> Advanced -> Startup and Recovery.)