A common complaint after re-installing XP is the appearance of a boot screen asking the user to select the copy of XP that is to be loaded, even when there is only one copy of XP on the system.
XP provides a method that eliminates the danger of manual editing of boot.ini by using the System Configuration Utility...
XP provides a method that eliminates the danger of manual editing of boot.ini by using the System Configuration Utility...
1. Click Start > Run .
2. Type msconfig and click OK to open System Configuration Utility.
3. Select the tab labeled BOOT.INI.
4. Click the button labeled.
5. Check All Boot Paths.
6. A dialog box will open detailing the location of any invalid operating system locations.
7. Confirm you want to remove the entry
8. reboot the system....