Removing the invalid entries from Boot.

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Symptoms
When you start your computer, the Boot options may show two or more Operating System
entries, out of which some may be invalid.

Resolution
The additional entries can be removed by modifying the Boot.ini file. Alternately, you can use
the Check All Boot Paths option available in MSConfig (System Configuration utility).

Click Start, Run and type MSCONFIG

Select the Boot.ini tab

Click Check All Boot Paths button

MSConfig will now quickly verify each line mentioned in the Boot.ini to check if they are valid. If
orphaned entries are detected, you'll be prompted with this dialog:
It appears that the following line in the BOOT.INI file does not refer to a valid operating system:
"multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional " /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn"
Would you like to remove it from the BOOT.INI file?

Choose Yes when the dialog box appears. This will remove the incorrect entry from Boot.ini file.