Strange boot message in WinXP

[JackNimble]

Hello all,

Over the weekend, I built my very first computer

P4 2.8c CPU
Intel D875PBZ mobo w/ 800mhz FSB & HT
ATI Radeon 9800 Pro w/ 128MB RAM
Sound Blaster Audigy 2 Sound Card
Kingston Hyper-X PC3200 DDR RAM (2x512MB)
WD SATA 36GB HD @ 10,000 RPM
Floppy Drive
Sony CD-RW Drive
Windows XP Professional


Anyhow, during installation of WIN XP, it kept hanging at this one part having to do with drivers. I rebooted like 5 times, and each time it would hang in the same spot, but then on the last time it finally worked and completed installation...

However, when I turn/reboot on my system, I get a DOS menu asking me which O/S I want to boot. The first is WinXP Professional, the second simply says C=.

I installed on a totally clean HD, so I don't know where this C= is coming from... If you select it, then the system hangs...

Any ideas?

Thanks!!!

JackNimble

 

[yruffostsif]

Just remove the line from the boot.ini
that way you can't select it.

 

[JackNimble]

Hi yruffostsif,

Actually, I did that already... but it came back by itself after a few boots...

I'm wondering if there is some issue with the MBR because I had to reboot during installation of WinXP and somehow the MBR is saying there are two O/S's???

Someone else told me I should fdisk /MBR my c: drive... After looking at Microsoft's support page, I can't determine if this will help or if it will FUBAR my system...

Any other thoughts?

Thanks!

JackNimble

 

[KlutZ]

Go to, Control Panel/System/Advanced. Under the startup and recovery options click settings. Then set the time to show list of operating systems to zero. It doesn't fix the problem, but you don't have to mess with it anymore.