Question on XP fresh install (What OS would you like to boot to?)

[ChurchOfSubgenius]

I took a fresh 40 gig, formatted it, used a XP boot disk (from bootdisk.com) and loaded XP pro. Now everytime I boot up my computer it asks me "Would you like to load Win XP or previous operating system?" you have 30 seconds to decide.

What file do I have to crush to get rid of that?

 

[ChurchOfSubgenius]

OK, this has only happened to me?

 

[ultimatebob]

It sounds like your boot.ini is screwed up. Just clean it up the extra lines in it, and you should be OK. The file is in the root directory of the hard drive you're booting from. For a single boot/single drive system, it should look something like this:

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect

Good luck, and BE CAREFUL WITH WHICH LINES YOU REMOVE! If you screw up this file, you might not be able to reboot the system.

 

[Zim Hosein]

RIGHT-CLICK "MY COMPUTER," choose PROPERTIES - then the ADVANCED TAB - then "Startup & Recovery" Settings 🙂

 

[ChurchOfSubgenius]

Thanks guys, I'll test it out when I get home.