"please select operating system to start"

[Rickerus]

When I boot up I get a page asking to "please select operating system
to start". Both options are "Win2000 Pro(default)". Selecting the
top one leads to the password prompt. Selecting the latter leads to
the message "Fat32 Boot, Bad FS" and a frozen machine.
I really want to get rid of this page and have it go straight to the
password prompt. I found 2 solutions on the Win XP board but neither
worked. One suggested editing the boot.ini file. I searched for and
could not find this file. The other solution suggested Run>MSCONFIG,
but typing MSCONFIG in the Run box returns an error. Any suggestions
are greatly appreciated.

 

[Josef Stalin]

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When I boot up I get a page asking to "please select operating system
to start". Both options are "Win2000 Pro(default)". Selecting the
top one leads to the password prompt. Selecting the latter leads to
the message "Fat32 Boot, Bad FS" and a frozen machine.
I really want to get rid of this page and have it go straight to the
password prompt. I found 2 solutions on the Win XP board but neither
worked. One suggested editing the boot.ini file. I searched for and
could not find this file. The other solution suggested Run>MSCONFIG,
but typing MSCONFIG in the Run box returns an error. Any suggestions
are greatly appreciated.

Comrade,

boot.ini is a hidden file in your root directory.

to give it the characteristics that you are seeking, change it to:

C:\>attrib -s -h boot.ini

C:\>type boot.ini
[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

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

Simply edit C:\Boot.ini to remove the unnecessary line(s).

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 as desired, save it, and then exit Notepad.

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

7) Close the command console.


Bruce Chambers
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[Josef Stalin]

Greetings --

Simply edit C:\Boot.ini to remove the unnecessary line(s).

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 as desired, save it, and then exit Notepad.

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

7) Close the command console.


Bruce Chambers
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You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on
having both at once. -- RAH

With those instructions, be certain sure that you make a backup copy of
boot.ini and have a bootup floppy. I have had instances where removing lines
from boot.ini killed my system. Luckily, I did make a backup copy of
boot.ini so it was no big deal.

Joe