restore boot selection screen??

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Hi guys
I installed 2 OS
In C windows XP Professional and
In D windows XP Home edition
has i had problem with Xp pro in c
i reformated and reinstalled the XP pro in C
but now it boots to new XP and doesnt show boot selection screen
how can i make boot selection screen and boot to windows XP home

note that i only formated C and no other drives are affected

u lost the old MBR
just give the necessary path in the boot.ini file

and boot frm the XP home CD and give fixmbr in the repair menu

not fixmbr, you have to use *bootcfg*.

type: bootcfg /? for more info

Boot using XP setup disc and in Recovery console give following commands:

fixboot
bootcfg /rebuild

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Micro$oft *** professional" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect

this is how boot.ini looks like this mine

copy this on to note pad make changes according to os and partions and save it on notepad as "boot.ini" (without " ")

thi will solve u r problem.