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[smtjs]

I was no longer able to boot Windows XP Pro and got the error: "<WINDOWS
ROOT> system32\ntoskrnl.exe Please re-install a copy of the above file."

I read an article about using the Recovery Console and running bootcfg
/rebuild

Everything worked fine. The only problem is every time I start my computer,
it asks me to select the Operating System to start. I only have XP Pro on my
PC. Is there any way I can bypass this screen and boot into Windows? Thanks
for any help.

 

[Nepatsfan]

I was no longer able to boot Windows XP Pro and got the
error: "<WINDOWS ROOT> system32\ntoskrnl.exe Please
re-install a copy of the above file."

I read an article about using the Recovery Console and
running bootcfg /rebuild

Everything worked fine. The only problem is every time I
start my computer, it asks me to select the Operating System
to start. I only have XP Pro on my PC. Is there any way I
can bypass this screen and boot into Windows? Thanks for any
help.

Go to Control Panel and double click the System icon.
Click on the Advanced tab.
On the Advanced tab, click Settings under Startup and
Recovery.
Under System Startup, click Edit. This opens the file
in Notepad ready for editing.
Copy the contents of your boot.ini file and paste it into a
response to this message.

If you'd rather edit the file yourself, here's an article with
more info.

How to edit the Boot.ini file in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q289022/

The boot.ini file for a computer with a single installation of
XP Professional on the first partition of its primary hard
drive should look similar to 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 /NoExecute=OptIn

Good luck

Nepatsfan

 

[Ayush]

Replied to [smtjs]s message :

The only problem is every time I start my computer,
it asks me to select the Operating System to start. I only have XP Pro on my
PC. Is there any way I can bypass this screen and boot into Windows? Thanks
for any help.

Click Start > Run > Copy/Paste following > Click OK
bootcfg /timeout 00

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Check All Boot Paths

Start | Run | Type: msconfig | Click OK |
Boot.ini tab | Check All Boot Paths button |
A dialog box will open detailing the location of any invalid operating
system locations | Confirm you want to remove the entry and reboot

[[Check All Boot Paths - This button will check the boot paths for all
operating systems listed in the BOOT.INI to ensure they point to a valid
operating system. ]]

Msconfig image
http://www.winnetmag.com/Files/16/20784/msconfig.gif

If there is only one you will get:
It appears that all BOOT.INI lines for Microsoft operating systems are OK.

A dialog box will open detailing the location of any invalid operating
system locations.

Similar to this...
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It appears that the following line in the BOOT.INI file does not refer to a
valid operating system:

"multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional " /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn"

Would you like to remove it from the BOOT.INI file?
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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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