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Terry Pinnell
Dixonian69 said:Yes.
Yes to what?
You are booting to HD(1) only because that it is the default.
Yes, I know! I edited boot.ini to make it so.
Yes, I know.Select HD(O) Win XP Home 0, and you will boot to "C" drive.
You are using C:boot.ini.
I think we are in agreement on this point, but let me check. Are you
saying the following is the sequence of events when I reboot, with my
present settings:
1. BIOS tells PC to *look* at certain files on root of HD0, i.e. C
2. That makes it read C:\boot.ini
3. That instructs it to *boot* from Disk 1 Partition 1, i.e. H
your boot menu is sending you to HD(1) ie default.
Yes, I know. Not sure why you keep telling me that!
Your BIOS and cables and jumpers are Set to HD(O) first. Therefore, you
reading C:\boot.ini!!
BTW, I'm assuming that is so, although I haven't yet actually gone
back to the BIOS during a reboot to check it for sure. Do you know of
any utility that can examine BIOS settings while in Windows, or is
that logically impossible?
I still insist that WIN XP Home 2 is on "E" drive.
Look at "E" drive!!!
Is there a Windows directory?
No. Total contents of E is 292 bytes. As I said, it's a partition
still waiting for a copy of XP OS.
I'm not sure where that particular boot.ini line came from. I can tell
you that on previous occasions that 3rd line was often a duplication
of the 2nd. And the Recovery lines are another issue entirely. I added
those years ago.