My NTLDR loads boot.ini slowly?

[paxi_9]

Hi,

The original content of my boot.ini as shown below

[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="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Microsoft Windows 2000
Professional" /fastdetect

As shown here my XP is in drive "D:" and 2000 is in drive "C:".. and
with this "boot.ini", I faced no problem.

I tried changing the order of display in my selection screen by
changing the boot.ini as

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Microsoft Windows 2000
Professional" /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn

also i revoked the boot.ini file attributes by
c:\> attrib +r +h +s boot.ini

when I tried rebooting my pc after this change, I observed that after
the POST operations,
``it took nearly 1 minute of silent curser blinking on blank screen,
before showing the "OS selection screen"``

so I revoked my boot.ini to have the original values (as shown above)..
But still i observed the same 1 minute delay..

can any one help me on this to know why this happens and how can it be
avoided?

Thanks
R. Padmakumar

 

[Walter Mautner]

Hi,

The original content of my boot.ini as shown below

[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="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Microsoft Windows 2000
Professional" /fastdetect

As shown here my XP is in drive "D:" and 2000 is in drive "C:".. and
with this "boot.ini", I faced no problem.

I tried changing the order of display in my selection screen by
changing the boot.ini as

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Microsoft Windows 2000
Professional" /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn

also i revoked the boot.ini file attributes by
c:\> attrib +r +h +s boot.ini

when I tried rebooting my pc after this change, I observed that after
the POST operations,
``it took nearly 1 minute of silent curser blinking on blank screen,
before showing the "OS selection screen"``

so I revoked my boot.ini to have the original values (as shown above)..
But still i observed the same 1 minute delay..

can any one help me on this to know why this happens and how can it be
avoided?

Try starting recovery console and run "bootcfg /scan" and then fixboot with
suggested options.

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Multi-posted and cross-posted, and answered elsewhere. Avoid
the multiposts, please - they waste everybody's time! And go easy
on the cross-posts. Yours are way over the top!

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Multi-posted and cross-posted, and answered elsewhere. Avoid
the multiposts, please - they waste everybody's time! And go easy
on the cross-posts. Yours are way over the top!

 

[Dave Patrick]

The simplest method to change the default OS is; Control
Panel|System|Advanced|Startup and Recovery, then choose the "Default
operating system"


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| Hi,
|
| The original content of my boot.ini as shown below
|
| [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="Microsoft Windows XP
| Professional" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn
| multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Microsoft Windows 2000
| Professional" /fastdetect
|
| As shown here my XP is in drive "D:" and 2000 is in drive "C:".. and
| with this "boot.ini", I faced no problem.
|
| I tried changing the order of display in my selection screen by
| changing the boot.ini as
|
| [boot loader]
| timeout=30
| default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT
| [operating systems]
| multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Microsoft Windows 2000
| Professional" /fastdetect
| multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
| Professional" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn
|
| also i revoked the boot.ini file attributes by
| c:\> attrib +r +h +s boot.ini
|
| when I tried rebooting my pc after this change, I observed that after
| the POST operations,
| ``it took nearly 1 minute of silent curser blinking on blank screen,
| before showing the "OS selection screen"``
|
| so I revoked my boot.ini to have the original values (as shown above)..
| But still i observed the same 1 minute delay..
|
| can any one help me on this to know why this happens and how can it be
| avoided?
|
| Thanks
| R. Padmakumar
|

 

[Timothy Daniels]

The original content of my boot.ini as shown below

[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=
"Microsoft Windows XP Professional"
/fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT=
"Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional"
/fastdetect

As shown here my XP is in drive "D:" and 2000 is in
drive "C:".. and with this "boot.ini", I faced no problem.

I tried changing the order of display in my selection screen by
changing the boot.ini as

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT=
"Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional" /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS=
"Microsoft Windows XP Professional"
/fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn

also i revoked the boot.ini file attributes by
c:\> attrib +r +h +s boot.ini

when I tried rebooting my pc after this change,
I observed that after the POST operations,
``it took nearly 1 minute of silent curser blinking
on blank screen, before showing the
"OS selection screen"``

so I revoked my boot.ini to have the original values
(as shown above). But still i observed the same
1 minute delay..

can any one help me on this to know why this
happens and how can it be avoided?

You reversed the order of the two OS selections
(which is OK and should have no effect), but you
also changed the default OS entry to Win2K.
This shouldn't have any adverse effects, but try
changing it back to partition 2 and the WINDOWS
folder and see what it does.

You also apparently installed WinXP last, so the
loader is the WinXP version of ntldr (as it should be),
and that and boot.ini and ntdetect.com are in the
root folder of the D: partition, and that partition should
be set to "active" for it to have control of the boot
process. Is it? You can check this with Disk
Management. (rt-click My Computer, left-click
Manage, left-click Disk Management.) Rt-click
on the graphic representation of Local Disk (D.
If the words "Mark Partition as Active" are grayed
out, the partition is already "active". If they aren't
grayed out, click on them to set the partition to
"active".

*TimDaniels*

 

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|>[boot loader]
|>timeout=30
|>default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT
|>[operating systems]
|>multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Microsoft Windows 2000
|>Professional" /fastdetect
|>multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
|>Professional" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn

|>also i revoked the boot.ini file attributes by
|>c:\> attrib +r +h +s boot.ini

attrib -R -H -S is revoking them, make sure you at least have the S
(system) attrib.

FWIW can't see where there would be a difference, but next time edit
your boot.ini try:
Right click "My Computer" - properties - Advanced - startup settings.