Please Help!

[James]

When I start my computer I get this sign on a black screen with white
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Please Select the Operating System to Start

Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Misrosoft Windows XP Professional

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Can someone tell me how to get my computer to start without seeing
this message

 

[Roy Smith]

When I start my computer I get this sign on a black screen with white
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Please Select the Operating System to Start

Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Misrosoft Windows XP Professional

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Can someone tell me how to get my computer to start without seeing
this message

You probably need to edit your boot.ini file. The easiest way to do
this is to right-click on My Computer (either on your desktop or in the
Start Menu) and choose Properties. Then click on the Advanced tab and
in the Startup and Recovery section click on the Settings button. In
the next window, click on the Edit buttom and this will open notepad
with the Boot.ini file in it. It should look something like this:


[boot loader]
timeout=10
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" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect /usepmtimer


(*NOTE* The last 2 lines are actually one line. Word wrap in my editor
has made it look that way.)

If you have more that one line that starts off with "multi
(0)disk(0)..." then you need to delete one of them, then save the file
and click on ok on each window till you are back to the desktop.

 

[Don Phillipson]

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Please Select the Operating System to Start

Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Misrosoft Windows XP Professional

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Can someone tell me how to get my computer to start without seeing
this message

You probably need to edit your boot.ini file. . . .

[boot loader]
timeout=10
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" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect /usepmtimer

(*NOTE* The last 2 lines are actually one line. Word wrap in my editor
has made it look that way.)

If you have more that one line that starts off with "multi
(0)disk(0)..." then you need to delete one of them, then save the file
and click on ok on each window till you are back to the desktop.

The purpose of this menu is to display for choice two
or more operating systems or startup configurations, e.g.
regular Windows or Safe Mode, as done by
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows
XP Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="WinXP Pro
Safe Mode" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect /safeboot:network /SOS

"Timeout" = delay in seconds, i.e. we can set the menu to display
for as many seconds as we like. If the user makes no choice, the
first configuration loads automatically when the timeout expires.

 

[Daniel]

Hi James

Is dualboot, just need to edit the boot.ini file with notepad as someone
mention earlier on

Regards

 

[Bruce Chambers]

When I start my computer I get this sign on a black screen with white
type-
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Please Select the Operating System to Start

Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Misrosoft Windows XP Professional

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Can someone tell me how to get my computer to start without seeing
this message

Graphically:

From within WinXP, Start > Run > Msconfig, Boot.ini Tab > "Check
all Boot Paths."

Manually:

1) Click Start > Run, Type "Cmd" and then press <Enter>.

2) Type "Cd\" and then press <Enter>

3) Type "Attrib C:\Boot.ini -h -r -s" and then press <Enter>

4) Click Start > Run, Type "Notepad c:\boot.ini" and then press <Enter>

5) Edit the file to removed the extraneous line, save it, and then exit
Notepad.

6) Type "Attrib C:\Boot.ini +h +r +s" and then press <Enter>

7) Close the command console.



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Bruce Chambers

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