A misdirected reinstall of XP is the cause, editing the boot.ini is the answer:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q289022
I have two copies of XP on my hard drive. Long story, but how do I remove one of them?? I know I could save, reformat, etc., but I have way too much software going on and I don't want to invest that kind of time.
thanks
al

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