At boot up... asks if I want to start XP or set up...

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Giles Sherwood

Every time I boot up/reboot my laptop I get a menu where
it asks me if I want to start Windows normally or if I
would like to enter Windows setup. I haven't accidentally
left the XP disc in the CD-ROM, so I'm not sure why this
is happening.

Does anyone know if there's an entry in the registry to
edit or any other way to fix this short of a clean install?

Thanks, Giles
 
Go to Start > Run and type: MSCONFIG , and hit enter.
Click on the BOOT.INI tab and then click on "Check All Boot Paths"
to delete incorrect boot paths.


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Nicholas

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| Every time I boot up/reboot my laptop I get a menu where
| it asks me if I want to start Windows normally or if I
| would like to enter Windows setup. I haven't accidentally
| left the XP disc in the CD-ROM, so I'm not sure why this
| is happening.
|
| Does anyone know if there's an entry in the registry to
| edit or any other way to fix this short of a clean install?
|
| Thanks, Giles
 
I did that and it tells me that all boot.ini lines appear
to be OK. I also tried doing a search (all of C:,
including hidden files) for boot.ini to edit it manually,
but it doesn't seem to exist. Grr..
--giles
 
Right-click MY COMPUTER and select:

Properties > Advanced > Startup and Recovery Settings > Edit

CAREFULLY edit your boot.ini file to remove the SECOND entry.
Your boot.ini file should then look similar to this:

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition" /fastdetect


--
Nicholas

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| I did that and it tells me that all boot.ini lines appear
| to be OK. I also tried doing a search (all of C:,
| including hidden files) for boot.ini to edit it manually,
| but it doesn't seem to exist. Grr..
| --giles
| >-----Original Message-----
| >Go to Start > Run and type: MSCONFIG , and hit enter.
| >Click on the BOOT.INI tab and then click on "Check All
| Boot Paths"
| >to delete incorrect boot paths.
| >
| >
| >--
| >Nicholas
| >
 
I have a fairly similar problem. I recently reformatted the HDD and then
did a clean install of Win XP on a friend's pc. Everything works fine (to
my relief) except that when it boots up it goes to a DOS window asking if I
want Win XP or Windows. I either select Win XP or wait for it to time out -
when it then goes in to the normal Win XP bootup sequence. How do I get it
to boot up directly into Win XP without going into the DOS optional boot up
window first.

Any help appreciated.

Thanks, Pedro
 
Giles said:
I did that and it tells me that all boot.ini lines appear
to be OK. I also tried doing a search (all of C:,
including hidden files) for boot.ini to edit it manually,
but it doesn't seem to exist. Grr..
Click to expand...

It is a 'superhidden' file. To edit it go to Control Panel - System -
Advanced, click Settings in Startup and Error recovery, and there click
Edit.

One of the pairs of lines, one in boot loader, one in operating systems,
will have a 'switch' on one relating to setup - delete what you want to
end up with is something like

[boot loader]
timeout=3
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP"
/fastdetect

(the /fastdetect being a continuation of the multi(0). . . Windows XP"
line)
 
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