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More info?)
Hello Shawn,
Usually you will only see Default listed when the entries in the boot.ini
for default do not match the entry below that section so in essence there
isn't a match for the default entry in the boot.ini. The System will still
boot if one of the other sections are correct or if Windows is installed to
the first driver first partition to the default \windows folder.
Thanks,
Darrell Gorter[MSFT]
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<Thanks for the help. I still don't know where the default windows option
<came from, it was never explicitly in the .ini file. But anyway, I tried
the
<0 timeout option. Apparently the order from the system/gui interface does
<not necessarily reflect the order in the .ini file. So, unfortunately the
<descriptions were identical and I selected the default as the unregistered
<OS. After being horrified for a second at the lack of a usable OS, I
<remembered the recovery console and was able to replace the modified
<boot.ini with the original boot.ini that I saved previous to tampering.
<Saving a copy was really fortunate as I learned the recovery console has
no
<text editor. At any rate, by not touching the .ini file directly, using
the
<system interface, and process of elimination, I got it how I wanted. The
<windows boot process is a strange beast. Thanks again for all the help in
<here.
<
<"Wesley Vogel" <123WVogel955@comcast.net> wrote in message
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<> Check All Boot Paths
<>
<> Start | Run | Type: msconfig | OK |
<> Boot.ini tab | Check All Boot Paths button |
<> A dialog box will open detailing the location of any invalid operating
<> system locations | Confirm you want to remove the entry and reboot
<>
<> [[Check All Boot Paths - This button will check the boot paths for all
<> operating systems listed in the BOOT.INI to ensure they point to a valid
<> operating system. ]]
<>
<> Msconfig image
<>
http://www.winnetmag.com/Files/16/20784/msconfig.gif
<>
<> If there is only one you will get:
<> It appears that all BOOT.INI lines for Microsoft operating systems are
OK.
<>
<> --
<> Hope this helps. Let us know.
<>
<> Wes
<> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
<>
<> In news:u7ce9nIdFHA.3488@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl,
<> shawn modersohn <smmodersohn@hotmail.com> hunted and pecked:
<>> A customer gave me an xp laptop that was horribly ridden with viruses
<>> spyware etc. Apparently, she had tried to fix it herself with the
<>> restore disk. I see two instances of xp at the boot prompt and one of
<>> the installs ask for activation. She must have chose the "install
<>> windows on the existing installation" option.
<>>
<>> I cleaned out the original install, updated it, and it runs fine now. I
<>> figured I would just let the second install sit where it is and edit the
<>> boot.ini to allow just the original instance of the os at the boot
<>> prompt. However, rather than just presenting one option, it presents
<>> "Windows XP" and "windows default" options. Certainly I didn't put
<>> windows default in the ini file. I suspect the windows written mbr is
<>> picking up on the second install.
<>>
<>> I have checked control-panel/system and all that, but nothing gets rid
<>> of this windows default option. Any simple suggestions that won't
<>> jeopardize the original os? Thanks.
<
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