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RE: Boot options

karbo1 — Fri, 16 May 2008 08:52:37 GMT

It worked! Thank you.:)

RE: Boot options

karbo1 — Fri, 16 May 2008 08:47:42 GMT

Hope it doesn't kill my booting process...:ermm:

RE: Boot options

Allan — Fri, 16 May 2008 07:56:33 GMT

Go ahead and delete the second one.

RE: Boot options

karbo1 — Fri, 16 May 2008 07:53:49 GMT

Which one should I remove? This one: partition(1)\Microsoft="Windows XP Pro"/noexecute=optin/fastdetect" or the other one: partition(2)\Microsoft="Windows XP Pro"/fastdetect ? Note that the second one doesn't mention the noexecute. The first option is the only one I have on my other computer that works fine. Should I delete the second path?

RE: Boot options

karbo1 — Thu, 15 May 2008 21:51:22 GMT

I don't understand. I have 2 entries I can check and both say they're not valid.

The one by default seems to be the "noexecute=optin/fastdetect" (partition 1) one but it still says it's not valid. I can also check the "fastdetect" (partition 2) one (not valid also). Should I delete the last one? I don't have a partition 2!

RE: Boot options

RichieUK — Thu, 15 May 2008 19:10:22 GMT

Click on Start/Run,type [b]msconfig[/b] then press Ok.
Under the Boot.ini tab highlight each XP entry one at a time,then click on 'Check all Boot Paths'.
You'll then be given the option to remove the invalid entry.

Boot options

karbo1 — Thu, 15 May 2008 19:05:10 GMT

After installing XP Pro on my laptop, at every boot up, I always get a menu asking me to select an operating system. If I don't select anything - since I have the choice between Windows XP Pro and Windows XP Pro?!? - a countdown of 30 seconds will complete and the computer will start normally. Is there a way of getting rid of that menu at startup? It's of no use to me and it's annoying.

Thank you