StartUp Selection??

[willard]

WinXPproSP2 on start up; a black screen comes up with:

"Please Select the Operating System to Start"
1. Microsoft Windows XP professional
2. Microsoft Windows XP professional Setup

If 1. is selected PC starts o.k.
If 2. is selected PC hangs reporting corrupt hal.dll

Why the black screen selection on StartUp???

How can this be fixed for a normal startup???

[willard]

db wrote:
> not sure what you mean by blank screen.
>
> --------------
>
> you can remove the second line from the
> boot menu by editing the boot.ini file.
>
>
I thought I typed "black" screen, which never before appeared with a
selection to startup..

[jose]

On Oct 20, 7:25

[jose]

On Oct 20, 3:14

[willard]

Jose wrote:
> On Oct 20, 7:25 am, Willard <gu...@msn.invalid> wrote:
>
>> WinXPproSP2 on start up; a black screen comes up with:
>>
>> "Please Select the Operating System to Start"
>> 1. Microsoft Windows XP professional
>> 2. Microsoft Windows XP professional Setup
>>
>> If 1. is selected PC starts o.k.
>> If 2. is selected PC hangs reporting corrupt hal.dll
>>
>> Why the black screen selection on StartUp???
>>
>> How can this be fixed for a normal startup???
>>
>
> Has it ever worked without this selection option?
>
>
Yes, this just suddenly appeared on a recent startup.