I believe someone else has already given you pointers to a GUI way to fix
this, but I thought I'd mention that that menu is generated by examining a
text file called C:\BOOT.INI .  It's normally marked "hidden", but you can
set Windows Explorer to reveal such files.
  Lines in that file give the displayed names of options in the menu, and
where they map to on the system's drives, the default choice, and how long
the menu will be displayed.  It's not hard to unhide the file, edit it, and
re-hide it, and in fact that's what goes on when you change it through the
GUI settings.

David Gillett


On 30 Sep 2004 at 11:44, Jim Stewart, "The Computer Helper" wrote:

> I have a Compaq Laptop running Windows XP Home SP1. When booting, I have the choice of booting into either of two operating systems, identically identified as "Microsoft Windows WP Home Edition" The first, default is corrupt. The second, which has to be manually selected each and every time, is perfect.
> HOW CAN I REMOVE THE FIRST SELECTION?
> Yes, I know I can reformat, and am willing to do so if necessary, so risky measures are all right. Need a boot sector utility, etc.
>
> Your friend,
>
> Jim
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