PC problem at Startup

[Guest]

Whenever I turn the PC on it takes me to a point that says "Choose one of the
following:
1. Mocrosoft Windows 2000 Professional
2. Microsoft Windows 2000 Setup
a. If I select 1 above, the PC continues to load everything is OK but
b. If i select 2 above it takes me to Windows 2000 Setup
Note: I must select one of the above within 10 or seconds or it will
automatically goes to 2 above which gives me one of the following:
1. To setup WIN 2000 now, press enter
2. To repair a WIN 2000 Installation, Press R (this option doesn't fix the
problem)
3. To Quit w/o Installing WIN 2000, Press F3
Please tell me how I can fix this problem since it does it everytime I
restart the PC and I have to be at the key board to select one of the two
options stated at the very begining of this message.

 

[Dave Patrick]

Edit boot.ini located in the root of the system partition (usually C:\)

boot.ini will be something like;

[Boot Loader]
Timeout=30
Default=C:\$WIN_NT$.~BT\BOOTSECT.DAT
[Operating Systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Windows 2000" /fastdetect
C:\$WIN_NT$.~BT\BOOTSECT.DAT="Windows Setup"

Change it to;
[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="Windows 2000" /fastdetect

Then you can delete these folders

$win_nt$.~bt
$win_nt$.~ls

Edit rdisk(x) and partition(y) as needed for your situation.


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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
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:
| Whenever I turn the PC on it takes me to a point that says "Choose one of
the
| following:
| 1. Mocrosoft Windows 2000 Professional
| 2. Microsoft Windows 2000 Setup
| a. If I select 1 above, the PC continues to load everything is OK but
| b. If i select 2 above it takes me to Windows 2000 Setup
| Note: I must select one of the above within 10 or seconds or it will
| automatically goes to 2 above which gives me one of the following:
| 1. To setup WIN 2000 now, press enter
| 2. To repair a WIN 2000 Installation, Press R (this option doesn't fix
the
| problem)
| 3. To Quit w/o Installing WIN 2000, Press F3
| Please tell me how I can fix this problem since it does it everytime I
| restart the PC and I have to be at the key board to select one of the two
| options stated at the very begining of this message.
| --
| Al Braga

 

[Andrew Rossmann]

Edit boot.ini located in the root of the system partition (usually C:\)

boot.ini will be something like;

[Boot Loader]
Timeout=30
Default=C:\$WIN_NT$.~BT\BOOTSECT.DAT
[Operating Systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Windows 2000" /fastdetect
C:\$WIN_NT$.~BT\BOOTSECT.DAT="Windows Setup"

Change it to;
[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="Windows 2000" /fastdetect

Then you can delete these folders

$win_nt$.~bt
$win_nt$.~ls

Edit rdisk(x) and partition(y) as needed for your situation.

Alternatively, if you don't want to mess with BOOT.INI, you can change
the timeout and default boot from Windows:
Go to Control Panel
Go to System
Go to the Advanced tab
Click on 'Startup and Recovery'
Use the dropdown list to select the default boot selection you want.
Change the delay time to something shorter (don't set it to 0, as I
think that means 'forever'.)
Click OK to save the changes.

 

[Dave Patrick]

That's not really an acceptable work-around. A new windows setup was
initiated and needs to be canceled properly.

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

:
| Alternatively, if you don't want to mess with BOOT.INI, you can change
| the timeout and default boot from Windows:
| Go to Control Panel
| Go to System
| Go to the Advanced tab
| Click on 'Startup and Recovery'
| Use the dropdown list to select the default boot selection you want.
| Change the delay time to something shorter (don't set it to 0, as I
| think that means 'forever'.)
| Click OK to save the changes.
|
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