Dual Boot Problem ?

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I recently did a Repair on Windows XP Pro (which was successful as far as I
can see). The problem I have though is that when I boot up, I get a screen
with two boot options

1. Windows XP Pro
2. Windows XP Pro Setup

and I have to choose Option 1 to boot normally. If I switch the computer on
and am not present watching the startup, Option 2 is selected automatically,
it goes to a Setup Screen, I choose F3 to exit, the computer reboots, and
this time I watch it, and choose Option 1.

Any ideas what is going on, and how it is fixed (other than going to Apple).

Thanks

Rob Lepper
 
Boot normally then edit boot.ini located in the root of the system partition
(usually C:\)

boot.ini will be something like;

[Boot Loader]
Timeout=30
Default=C:\$WIN_NT$.~BT\BOOTSECT.DAT
[Operating Systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect
C:\$WIN_NT$.~BT\BOOTSECT.DAT="Windows XP Installation/Upgrade"

Change it to;
[Boot Loader]
Timeout=30
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


(note the 'default=' line must also change. rdisk and partition values may
be different for your system.)

delete the following folders from the root of C:\
$win_nt$.~bt
$win_nt$.~ls

--

Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

:
|I recently did a Repair on Windows XP Pro (which was successful as far as I
| can see). The problem I have though is that when I boot up, I get a screen
| with two boot options
|
| 1. Windows XP Pro
| 2. Windows XP Pro Setup
|
| and I have to choose Option 1 to boot normally. If I switch the computer
on
| and am not present watching the startup, Option 2 is selected
automatically,
| it goes to a Setup Screen, I choose F3 to exit, the computer reboots, and
| this time I watch it, and choose Option 1.
|
| Any ideas what is going on, and how it is fixed (other than going to
Apple).
|
| Thanks
|
| Rob Lepper
|
|
 
Thanks Dave, for

1. the extreemly prompt reply, and

2. the fix, which worked wonderfully.

Regards,

Rob Lepper
 
Glad to hear of your success. You're welcome.

--

Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

:
| Thanks Dave, for
|
| 1. the extreemly prompt reply, and
|
| 2. the fix, which worked wonderfully.
|
| Regards,
|
| Rob Lepper
 
Dave, this happened to me as well and I am thankful for the solution. However,
you say to delete > $win_nt$.~bt and > $win_nt$.~ls.
$win_nt$.~bt has suddenly appeared as the first folder under C:\ along with
~cevts_001_tmp.dir. What do you make of this? should I delete
~cevts_001_tmp.dir also, or instead?

/Sandra Lee
 
Microsoft Windows XP Setup Remains in Boot.ini
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;827324

~cevts_001_tmp.dir is a tempory directory for burning CDs.

For
~cevts_001_tmp.dir
see this...
HP DVD+RW and CD Writer Drives - Creating .WAV Files on the Hard Drive with
HP MyCD or HP RecordNow
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/...en&product=61596&os=20&cc=gb&docname=lpg40196

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In
Sandra Lee said:
Dave, this happened to me as well and I am thankful for the solution.
However, you say to delete > $win_nt$.~bt and > $win_nt$.~ls.
$win_nt$.~bt has suddenly appeared as the first folder under C:\ along
with ~cevts_001_tmp.dir. What do you make of this? should I delete
~cevts_001_tmp.dir also, or instead?

/Sandra Lee


Dave Patrick said:
Boot normally then edit boot.ini located in the root of the system
partition (usually C:\)

boot.ini will be something like;

[Boot Loader]
Timeout=30
Default=C:\$WIN_NT$.~BT\BOOTSECT.DAT
[Operating Systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect
C:\$WIN_NT$.~BT\BOOTSECT.DAT="Windows XP Installation/Upgrade"

Change it to;
[Boot Loader]
Timeout=30
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


(note the 'default=' line must also change. rdisk and partition values
may be different for your system.)

delete the following folders from the root of C:\
$win_nt$.~bt
$win_nt$.~ls

--

Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

OM said:
I recently did a Repair on Windows XP Pro (which was successful as far
as I can see). The problem I have though is that when I boot up, I get
a screen with two boot options

1. Windows XP Pro
2. Windows XP Pro Setup

and I have to choose Option 1 to boot normally. If I switch the
computer on and am not present watching the startup, Option 2 is
selected automatically, it goes to a Setup Screen, I choose F3 to exit,
the computer reboots, and this time I watch it, and choose Option 1.

Any ideas what is going on, and how it is fixed (other than going to
Apple).

Thanks

Rob Lepper
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