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Windows 7 trying to resume random "install" on boot

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Windows+R>msconfig>Boot tab>delete faulty boot option

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For the last month or so, every time I boot my PC I get an option to pick which OS. I only have Windows 7 installed on my SSD, my HDD just has programs and basically everything else. I've not tried to install windows 7 again on the hard drive and my SSD is in 1 partition so there's no way to have a 2nd install on it, for whatever reason you'd want 2 installs of the same OS. Here's some pictures of the boot options

 

Boot option 1: Windows 7 - tries to continue an install from who knows where, is met with an error saying the CD/USB is missing and the install can't continue. Pressing Enter restarts PC and goes back to select OS, will pick this option again if you don't intervene.
 

Boot option 2: Windows 7 - Boots normally into my OS that I've been using for the last 6-8 months.

 

I want to get rid of this option to try continue a random "install" but I can't figure out how to stop the option 1 from coming up and I can't find any information about something like this happening or how to sort it out. I just keep running across people having the install starting over and over every time they turn their PC on and similar install issues, or how to guides on installing windows.

 

I tried running "Repair my computer" on my normal install, and run the boot problem fix but of course it never did anything to the other boot option.

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Agree, as it's a windows install, so the windows boot manager runs, then msconfig is your answer as @Benjals said. If it was linux and the GRUB boot manager had options that needed configuring/deleting then you'd use grub manager either from inside the OS itself or from a liveUSB/CD.

Please quote my post, or put @paddy-stone if you want me to respond to you.

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9 minutes ago, paddy-stone said:

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Yeah beyond fixing it though, I don't really have an idea as to how the second boot option appeared.
Possibly a crash you may have had or a similar error resulted in this, but if you haven't initiated any OS installs then you should be fine just removing the faulty option.

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Yeah the BIOs was never touched. Just had this "continue install" pop up from nowhere.

 

After a month of messing with stuff on and off. 20 seconds to delete the other boot option and it's fixed.

 

Thank you so much

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