Multiple selections for Windows

[theNoid]

I'm not sure why I never asked anyone this. When I boot my pc, prior to loading windows it asked which drive I want to boot from(ie It shows 2 Windows XP Professionals). I have 2 hds both with xp on them. Is there a way to eliminate this message and have it just boot to the master ? I'm installing a 3rd 160gb drive tonight and I dont want 3 selections on my screen !!! heh.

TIA.

 

[defcom_1]

Hit "windows Key" + "Pause/Break" key.
(Or right click "My computer" go to properties, or Start|Settings|Control Panel|System)
Click the "Advanced" Tab
Then hit the "Settings" button under "startup and recovery"
At the top you will see your windows installations. Click the "Edit" button to manually edit the boot.ini file. In there you can remove the entries you don't want anymore. (I'm not sure what the comment out character is, make a backup of the file)

 

[BillLeeLee]

Why are you installing Windows XP on every drive in your system?

Only solution I can think of off the top of my head is this.

Right click my computer -> properties -> advanced tab. Click Startup and Recovery Settings. Click edit and you'll probably see something like this:

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect

Add /fastdetect to the one you want to automatically be booted like I have in mine.

Edit: Sorry, for some reason a few more line breaks have been added.