Is this normal during startup?

[Guest]

Hi All,
Sorry to bother you all again, but I posted earlier regarding what I
believed to be a different screen at startup after using the msconfig feature.
It is possible that i`ve never noticed it before, but is it normal for a
screen to appear during startup with the heading, "Please select the
operating system to start"? It is a black screen with white text that appears
for about 2 seconds. Hopefully I am worrying about nothing.

Many thanks in advance for any replies.

Ian.

 

[Michael Stevens]

Hi All,
Sorry to bother you all again, but I posted earlier regarding what I
believed to be a different screen at startup after using the msconfig
feature. It is possible that i`ve never noticed it before, but is it
normal for a screen to appear during startup with the heading,
"Please select the operating system to start"? It is a black screen
with white text that appears for about 2 seconds. Hopefully I am
worrying about nothing.

Many thanks in advance for any replies.

Ian.

Did you try a reinstall of XP?

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[Andre Da Costa]

Yes, it is called dual booting:

http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/administration/management/mltiboot.asp

Andre

 

[Al Smith]

Yes, it is called dual booting:

http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/administration/management/mltiboot.asp

Andre

It's normal if you've installed two operating systems. Otherwise,
not so much. Nothing sinister about it, though. In "msconfig"
under the General tab, have you got the option to go back to "Use
Original BOOT.INI" instead of "Use modified BOOT.INI"? If so, try
switching back to the original. Otherwise, take a look at your
boot.ini file and make sure it only references one booting of one
OS -- the one you want.

 

[Ron Martell]

Hi All,
Sorry to bother you all again, but I posted earlier regarding what I
believed to be a different screen at startup after using the msconfig feature.
It is possible that i`ve never noticed it before, but is it normal for a
screen to appear during startup with the heading, "Please select the
operating system to start"? It is a black screen with white text that appears
for about 2 seconds. Hopefully I am worrying about nothing.

Many thanks in advance for any replies.

Ian.

Use Start - Run - MSCONFIG

Go to the BOOT.INI tab and click on the "Check all boot paths" button.

Good luck


Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
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