W2K Keeps Booting to Setup

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chuber

When rebooting my system, it gives me a choice to boot into Windows
2000 Pro OR Windows 2000 Pro Setup. Unfortunately, it defaults to Setup
and I have to manually arrow up to the other choice for the system to
boot properly.

Would just like to know how to get rid of the Setup boot option. Any
help is much appreciated. Thank you -Chris

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Background: Have two HDDs on the system. Wanted to format the one
without the OS so ran Windows Setup from CD figuring I could run it up
to the point where it formats the disk and then just cancel setup.
 
chuber said:
When rebooting my system, it gives me a choice to boot into Windows
2000 Pro OR Windows 2000 Pro Setup. Unfortunately, it defaults to Setup
and I have to manually arrow up to the other choice for the system to
boot properly.

Would just like to know how to get rid of the Setup boot option. Any
help is much appreciated. Thank you -Chris

**************
Background: Have two HDDs on the system. Wanted to format the one
without the OS so ran Windows Setup from CD figuring I could run it up
to the point where it formats the disk and then just cancel setup.
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Run this command via Start / Run:

notepad c:\boot.ini

Now use copy & paste to turn the "Default" line into
the item you really want as a default.
 
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$.~BT\BOOTSECT.DAT
[Operating Systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Windows 2000" /fastdetect
C:\$WIN_NT$.~BT\BOOTSECT.DAT="Windows XP Setup"

Change it to;
[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="Windows 2000" /fastdetect

Then you can delete these folders

$win_nt$.~bt
$win_nt$.~ls

Edit rdisk(x) and partition(y) as needed for your situation.

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
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:
| When rebooting my system, it gives me a choice to boot into Windows
| 2000 Pro OR Windows 2000 Pro Setup. Unfortunately, it defaults to Setup
| and I have to manually arrow up to the other choice for the system to
| boot properly.
|
| Would just like to know how to get rid of the Setup boot option. Any
| help is much appreciated. Thank you -Chris
|
| **************
| Background: Have two HDDs on the system. Wanted to format the one
| without the OS so ran Windows Setup from CD figuring I could run it up
| to the point where it formats the disk and then just cancel setup.
|
 
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