Microsoft KB Archive/301318

= A Previous Operating System May Be Listed in the &quot;Boot&quot; Menu =

Article ID: 301318

Article Last Modified on 1/15/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
 * Microsoft Windows XP Professional

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This article was previously published under Q301318





SYMPTOMS
After you install Windows XP, you may observe a &quot;Previous Operating System on &quot; entry on the Boot menu.



CAUSE
This problem can occur if your hard-disk partition had been created and formatted before you installed Windows XP.



RESOLUTION
To work around this problem, modify the Boot.ini file to remove this entry.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

Keywords: kbenv kbprb KB301318

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