Boot ini

[Richard]

Can someone tell me how to alter my boot ini to remove
the following line and to stop my pc from asking which
partition to boot...

multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)windows="microsoft
windows xp home edition (bootscreen)" /fastdetect /
kernel=kernel1.exe/noexecute/=optin

if i choose this option then it boots as far as the first
screen the dies.

I've altered boot.ini and the back up file both in normal
mode and safe mode but its a stubborn line and refuses to
go.

Any ideas - thanks in advance.

R.

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi Richard,

Please copy/paste the entire boot.ini file, not just this section.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

 

[Guest]

Hi, rest of boot.ini is as follows

[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 Home Edition" /fastdetect

maybe its the default line that i need to look at?

Cheers,

R.

 

[Timothy Daniels]

That boot.ini file is referenced if it is in the partition
on the HD that is marked "active" (view it with
Disk Management - rtClk MyComputer/Manage/
Disk Management). The HD that it is on must also
be at the head of the BIOS's HD boot sequence for
its boot manager to get control. If these conditions
are met, this boot.ini file will direct system loading.

One thing that stands out is the timeout value of 30
seconds. If you're not multi-booting, you don't need
any timeout, and you can set that to 0 (zero) using
Notepad as the editor.

Another thing is that the OS better be in partition 1
on the HD by virtue of the parition(1) reference.
This partition 1 also must be on the same HD by
virtue of the rdisk(0) reference - which says the HD
where the OS is must be the one that is at the head
of the BIOS's boot sequence. Are these conditions
all true?

Regarding the line:

kernel=kernel1.exe/noexecute/=optin

I have no idea what that means. Although it's apparently
legitimate, I've never seen it before. Does it say not to
execute the OS? Would someone please enlighten me?
Maybe just getting rid of that line would allow WinXP to
be loaded and started as the selected OS.

*TimDaniels*

Hi, rest of boot.ini is as follows

[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 Home Edition" /fastdetect

maybe its the default line that i need to look at?

Cheers,

R.

-----Original Message-----
Hi Richard,

Please copy/paste the entire boot.ini file, not just this section.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org




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