OS selection menu problem

Okay, so I have installed (and reinstalled) XP on my laptop several times, however the first two times the installations were either botched or became unusable (hal.dll)

As a result I have two menu options on my OS menu that lead to deadends during boot, but I don't know how to remove them from the screen. It's particularly annoying because one of the bad installs is set as the default, so I have to be very attentive for it to boot up properly. It's just a pain in the ass, anybody know what I can do about this?

>>4

Obviously you have no idea who you are talking to. I'm the biggest  Mac hater that has ever lived.

>>5

Well, I DO use photoshop, but I use a lot of other things too (like games.) Also, I am dirt poor. So that rules out a Mac completely.