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After receving various status codes and to a MS helpdesk
tech, it was recommended that I only run the repair
option from my W2K CD.

After running that option my computer no longer boots
clean. It defaults to a menu where I can select W2K
Professional aor W2K Professional setup. If I don't
select it coninutes to boot eventually asking for a boot
disk.

I have tried to recover my previous CFG.SYS but that
failed.

What is the procedure to get W2K to boot clean and
straight into the desktop?

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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 NT Setup"

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

[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


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Regards,

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


"gladiator" wrote:
| After receving various status codes and to a MS helpdesk
| tech, it was recommended that I only run the repair
| option from my W2K CD.
|
| After running that option my computer no longer boots
| clean. It defaults to a menu where I can select W2K
| Professional aor W2K Professional setup. If I don't
| select it coninutes to boot eventually asking for a boot
| disk.
|
| I have tried to recover my previous CFG.SYS but that
| failed.
|
| What is the procedure to get W2K to boot clean and
| straight into the desktop?
|

Reply to Anonymous

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.win2000.setup (More info?)

 

Thanks Dave.

I appreciate the assistance.

I will give it a shot.

Randy
>-----Original Message-----
>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 NT Setup"
>
>Change it to; (note the 'default=' line must also
change. rdisk and
>partition values may be different for your system.)
>
>[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
>
>
>--
>Regards,
>
>Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in
newsgroup.
>Microsoft Certified Professional
>Microsoft MVP [Windows]
>http://www.microsoft.com/protect
>
>
>"gladiator" wrote:
>| After receving various status codes and to a MS
helpdesk
>| tech, it was recommended that I only run the repair
>| option from my W2K CD.
>|
>| After running that option my computer no longer boots
>| clean. It defaults to a menu where I can select W2K
>| Professional aor W2K Professional setup. If I don't
>| select it coninutes to boot eventually asking for a
boot
>| disk.
>|
>| I have tried to recover my previous CFG.SYS but that
>| failed.
>|
>| What is the procedure to get W2K to boot clean and
>| straight into the desktop?
>|
>
>
>.
>

Reply to Anonymous

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.win2000.setup (More info?)

 

You're welcome.

--
Regards,

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


"Gladiator" wrote:
| Thanks Dave.
|
| I appreciate the assistance.
|
| I will give it a shot.
|
| Randy

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