How do I remove this boot menu?

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I have recently noticed an option during my machine's boot process to
press F8 for a boot menu. This brings up a menu which shows my three
hard drives and lets me choose the one to boot from. If I choose my
active C: drive, press Enter, then press F8 again, the conventional XP
boot menu comes up. I've no idea where this first menu came from and
want to remove it. (There is no setting in my BIOS for such a menu.) I
did a search for boot.ini on all drives, but the only return I got was
boot.ini.backup, shown below:

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\XPNEW
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\XPNEW="Microsoft Windows XP Home
Edition" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn

How do I identify and remove the first boot menu?
 
nospam said:
I have recently noticed an option during my machine's boot process to press
F8 for a boot menu. This brings up a menu which shows my three hard drives
and lets me choose the one to boot from. If I choose my active C: drive,
press Enter, then press F8 again, the conventional XP boot menu comes up.
I've no idea where this first menu came from and want to remove it. (There
is no setting in my BIOS for such a menu.) I did a search for boot.ini on
all drives, but the only return I got was boot.ini.backup, shown below:
Click to expand...

It **IS** in your BIOS. I don't beleive that many mainboards have the option
to disable that menu, either. Definately a bad keypress choice.
 
|>I have recently noticed an option during my machine's boot process to
|>press F8 for a boot menu. This brings up a menu which shows my three
|>hard drives and lets me choose the one to boot from. If I choose my
|>active C: drive, press Enter, then press F8 again, the conventional XP
|>boot menu comes up. I've no idea where this first menu came from and
|>want to remove it. (There is no setting in my BIOS for such a menu.) I
|>did a search for boot.ini on all drives, but the only return I got was
|>boot.ini.backup, shown below:
|>
|>[boot loader]
|>timeout=30
|>default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\XPNEW
|>[operating systems]
|>multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\XPNEW="Microsoft Windows XP Home
|>Edition" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn
|>
|>How do I identify and remove the first boot menu?

This boot.ini isn't a problem, your boot.ini is located on C drive and
hidden and read only.

Right click on "My Computer" | Properties | Advanced | startup
settings | then press EDIT copy and paste that one here.
 
Thanks for the suggestion, but the boot.ini in my message is the same
one shown in My Computer properties.

Jim
 
|>Thanks for the suggestion, but the boot.ini in my message is the same
|>one shown in My Computer properties.
|>
|>Jim

Then as Kelly mention'd you must have a boot manager running, or
something starts prior to the boot.ini.

Mine (I select between Home and Pro)

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(4)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(4)\WINDOWS="XP --- Pro" /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS=" XP" /fastdetect

I removed: /NoExecute=OptOut for readability

|>[email protected] wrote:
|>>
|>> |>I have recently noticed an option during my machine's boot process to
|>> |>press F8 for a boot menu. This brings up a menu which shows my three
|>> |>hard drives and lets me choose the one to boot from. If I choose my
|>> |>active C: drive, press Enter, then press F8 again, the conventional XP
|>> |>boot menu comes up. I've no idea where this first menu came from and
|>> |>want to remove it. (There is no setting in my BIOS for such a menu.) I
|>> |>did a search for boot.ini on all drives, but the only return I got was
|>> |>boot.ini.backup, shown below:
|>> |>
|>> |>[boot loader]
|>> |>timeout=30
|>> |>default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\XPNEW
|>> |>[operating systems]
|>> |>multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\XPNEW="Microsoft Windows XP Home
|>> |>Edition" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn
|>> |>
|>> |>How do I identify and remove the first boot menu?
|>>
|>> This boot.ini isn't a problem, your boot.ini is located on C drive and
|>> hidden and read only.
|>>
|>> Right click on "My Computer" | Properties | Advanced | startup
|>> settings | then press EDIT copy and paste that one here.
|>>
 
(e-mail address removed) wrote:

|>|>Thanks for the suggestion, but the boot.ini in my message is the same
|>|>one shown in My Computer properties.
|>|>
|>|>Jim
|>
|>Then as Kelly mention'd you must have a boot manager running, or
|>something starts prior to the boot.ini.

I just reread your question.... Quit hitting F8 - it's used to resolve
problems.
 
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