Boot.INI

G

Guest

These are the contents of my boot.ini file:

[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="Windows Server 2003, Standard"
/fastdetect /NoExecute=OptOut
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINDOWS="Windows Server 2003, Standard"
/fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /fastdetect

For that, i understand(assume) that the windows in partition 2 is the
default. I don't have windows in partition 3 anymore. My questions are:

Using MSCONFIG,

can i remove the line for partition 3?
can i make partition 1 as default?
can i move the line for partition 1 up? Will windows xp show up first then?
What does NoExecute=OptOut mean?

Thanks for all the help.
 
W

WTC

Balaji K said:
These are the contents of my boot.ini file:

[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="Windows Server 2003,
Standard"
/fastdetect /NoExecute=OptOut
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINDOWS="Windows Server 2003,
Standard"
/fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /fastdetect

For that, i understand(assume) that the windows in partition 2 is the
default. I don't have windows in partition 3 anymore. My questions
are:

Using MSCONFIG,

can i remove the line for partition 3?
can i make partition 1 as default?
can i move the line for partition 1 up? Will windows xp show up first
then?
What does NoExecute=OptOut mean?

Thanks for all the help.
Click to expand...


About the NoExecute=OptOut mean this may help you,

A detailed description of the Data Execution Prevention (DEP) feature in
Windows XP Service Pack 2 and Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2005
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=875352

Then your new Boot.ini file should look like 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
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Windows Server 2003,
Standard" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptOut

You could also edit the boot.ini by going to the Control Panel>System
Properties(WinKey + Pause/Break)>Advance>Startup and Recovery Settings.

There you will see options to configure the default OS and other Boot
options.
 
J

John

Balaji said:
These are the contents of my boot.ini file:

[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="Windows Server 2003, Standard"
/fastdetect /NoExecute=OptOut
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINDOWS="Windows Server 2003, Standard"
/fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /fastdetect

For that, i understand(assume) that the windows in partition 2 is the
default. I don't have windows in partition 3 anymore. My questions are:

Using MSCONFIG,

can i remove the line for partition 3?
can i make partition 1 as default?
can i move the line for partition 1 up? Will windows xp show up first then?
What does NoExecute=OptOut mean?

Thanks for all the help.
Click to expand...

Yes
 
W

Wesley Vogel

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

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In
 
G

Guest

Wesley - when i click on 'Check All Boot Paths' button, it says all lines are
ok!?

Does that mean, i should not remove the line for partition 3? But i've
formatted that partition and there is no windows there any longer.

My requirement is:
1. I don't want the windows server 2003 that WAS in partition 3 to appear.
- can i remove that line manually?
2. I want windows xp to show up as the first in the list and also as default.
- can i just move the partition 1 line up and also make it as default.

Thanks WTC & John.
WTC - i haven't change anything yet. I want to be sure before i do anything.
 
G

Guest

You could also edit the boot.ini by going to the Control Panel>System
Properties(WinKey + Pause/Break)>Advance>Startup and Recovery Settings.
Click to expand...

OK, using the above method, i just changed the default OS to WINXP. Now,
winxp appears on top at the startup and my BOOT.INI looks like:

[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
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Windows Server 2003, Standard"
/fastdetect /NoExecute=OptOut
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINDOWS="Windows Server 2003, Standard"
/fastdetect
 
W

WTC

Balaji K said:
You could also edit the boot.ini by going to the Control Panel>System
Properties(WinKey + Pause/Break)>Advance>Startup and Recovery
Settings.
Click to expand...

OK, using the above method, i just changed the default OS to WINXP.
Now,
winxp appears on top at the startup and my BOOT.INI looks like:

[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
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Windows Server 2003,
Standard"
/fastdetect /NoExecute=OptOut
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINDOWS="Windows Server 2003,
Standard"
/fastdetect

-----
But, when i check all boot paths, it still says ok. But the fact is i
don't
have the OS in partition 3 any longer. Can i safely remove that line
so that,
it doesn't appear @ startup?
Click to expand...


Yea you can safely remove the line:
 
G

Guest

WTC said:
Balaji K said:
You could also edit the boot.ini by going to the Control Panel>System
Properties(WinKey + Pause/Break)>Advance>Startup and Recovery
Settings.
Click to expand...

OK, using the above method, i just changed the default OS to WINXP.
Now,
winxp appears on top at the startup and my BOOT.INI looks like:

[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
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Windows Server 2003,
Standard"
/fastdetect /NoExecute=OptOut
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINDOWS="Windows Server 2003,
Standard"
/fastdetect

-----
But, when i check all boot paths, it still says ok. But the fact is i
don't
have the OS in partition 3 any longer. Can i safely remove that line
so that,
it doesn't appear @ startup?
Click to expand...


Yea you can safely remove the line:
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINDOWS="Windows Server 2003,
Standard" /fastdetect
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Ok, i will do that. Thank you.
 
G

Guest

Wesley, i am not sure if you read my other replies in this thread. Anyways,
in win xp, when i click on 'Check All Boot Paths' button, it says all lines
are
ok!? But i did the same check in Win server 2003 and it says that a line
does not refer to a valid OS.

Thanks for your input.


Wesley Vogel said:
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

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In
Balaji K said:
These are the contents of my boot.ini file:

[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="Windows Server 2003,
Standard" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptOut
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINDOWS="Windows Server 2003,
Standard" /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /fastdetect

For that, i understand(assume) that the windows in partition 2 is the
default. I don't have windows in partition 3 anymore. My questions are:

Using MSCONFIG,

can i remove the line for partition 3?
can i make partition 1 as default?
can i move the line for partition 1 up? Will windows xp show up first
then? What does NoExecute=OptOut mean?

Thanks for all the help.
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
G

Guest

But after i removed the line and rebooted into windows server 2003, i got a
dialog box saying that i'd used the system configuration utility to change
stuff and so it is starting in selective startup mode. It asked me to go to
the utility and undo the changes and then switch back to normal startup.

Now, i have nothing to undo. All i did was to remove the line in boot.ini
which it said was referring to an invalid OS. I think i will just switch back
to normal startup mode. I hope everything is fine!

Wesley Vogel said:
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

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In
Balaji K said:
These are the contents of my boot.ini file:

[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="Windows Server 2003,
Standard" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptOut
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINDOWS="Windows Server 2003,
Standard" /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /fastdetect

For that, i understand(assume) that the windows in partition 2 is the
default. I don't have windows in partition 3 anymore. My questions are:

Using MSCONFIG,

can i remove the line for partition 3?
can i make partition 1 as default?
can i move the line for partition 1 up? Will windows xp show up first
then? What does NoExecute=OptOut mean?

Thanks for all the help.
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
G

Guest

Now i didn't undo anything but when i just switched back to the normal
startup mode and restarted the machine, it had added the partition 3 again by
itself! Weird! What do i do now?

Wesley Vogel said:
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

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In
Balaji K said:
These are the contents of my boot.ini file:

[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="Windows Server 2003,
Standard" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptOut
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINDOWS="Windows Server 2003,
Standard" /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /fastdetect

For that, i understand(assume) that the windows in partition 2 is the
default. I don't have windows in partition 3 anymore. My questions are:

Using MSCONFIG,

can i remove the line for partition 3?
can i make partition 1 as default?
can i move the line for partition 1 up? Will windows xp show up first
then? What does NoExecute=OptOut mean?

Thanks for all the help.
Click to expand...
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