NTLDR loads boot.ini slowly?

[paxi_9]

Hi Friend,

The original content of my boot.ini as shown below

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Microsoft Windows 2000
Professional" /fastdetect

As shown here my XP is in drive "D:" and 2000 is in drive "C:".. and
with this "boot.ini", I faced no problem.

I tried changing the order of display in my selection screen by
changing the boot.ini as

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Microsoft Windows 2000
Professional" /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn

also i revoked the boot.ini file attributes by
c:\> attrib +r +h +s boot.ini

when I tried rebooting my pc after this change, I observed that after
the POST operations,
``it took nearly 1 minute of silent curser blinking on blank screen,
before showing the "OS selection screen"``

so I revoked my boot.ini to have the original values (as shown above)..
But still i observed the same 1 minute delay..

can any one help me on this to know why this happens and how can it be
avoided?

Thanks,

R.Padmakumar

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Hi Friend,

The original content of my boot.ini as shown below

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Microsoft Windows 2000
Professional" /fastdetect

As shown here my XP is in drive "D:" and 2000 is in drive "C:".. and
with this "boot.ini", I faced no problem.

I tried changing the order of display in my selection screen by
changing the boot.ini as

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Microsoft Windows 2000
Professional" /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn

also i revoked the boot.ini file attributes by
c:\> attrib +r +h +s boot.ini

when I tried rebooting my pc after this change, I observed that after
the POST operations,
``it took nearly 1 minute of silent curser blinking on blank screen,
before showing the "OS selection screen"``

so I revoked my boot.ini to have the original values (as shown above)..
But still i observed the same 1 minute delay..

can any one help me on this to know why this happens and how can it be
avoided?

Thanks,

R.Padmakumar

It is unlikely that the changes you made caused the delay.
I suspect you have a disk read problem. Run chkdsk /f /r c:
to see what's going on. Furthermore I would only hide
c:\boot.ini, not make it a read-only system file:
attrib -s -r +h c:\boot.ini

BTW, why do you cross-post your question in a Win98 newsgroup?
It has nothing whatsoever to do with Windows 98!

 

[Dave Patrick]

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| Hi Friend,
|
| The original content of my boot.ini as shown below
|
| [boot loader]
| timeout=30
| default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS
| [operating systems]
| multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
| Professional" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn
| multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Microsoft Windows 2000
| Professional" /fastdetect
|
| As shown here my XP is in drive "D:" and 2000 is in drive "C:".. and
| with this "boot.ini", I faced no problem.
|
| I tried changing the order of display in my selection screen by
| changing the boot.ini as
|
| [boot loader]
| timeout=30
| default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT
| [operating systems]
| multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Microsoft Windows 2000
| Professional" /fastdetect
| multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
| Professional" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn
|
| also i revoked the boot.ini file attributes by
| c:\> attrib +r +h +s boot.ini
|
| when I tried rebooting my pc after this change, I observed that after
| the POST operations,
| ``it took nearly 1 minute of silent curser blinking on blank screen,
| before showing the "OS selection screen"``
|
| so I revoked my boot.ini to have the original values (as shown above)..
| But still i observed the same 1 minute delay..
|
| can any one help me on this to know why this happens and how can it be
| avoided?
|
| Thanks,
|
| R.Padmakumar
|