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This is a known issue with XP and clean installs. If there is a ZIP drive attached, it will often get the C: drive letter. The only way around this is to reinstall, but disconnect the ZIP disk before doing the installation.
If you want the Windows installation to be the default, not the Windows2 installation, your BOOT.INI file would look like this:
[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
signature(d0a0d0a0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS2="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /fast detect
You can also change the timeout value, to something lower than 30 seconds. If you only want the Windows folder installation to boot, remove the line:
signature(d0a0d0a0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS2="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect
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"Munchausen" <Munchausen.1a3uba@news.nospam.local> wrote in message news:Munchausen.1a3uba@news.nospam.local...
>
> Hello again, folks.
>
> Sorry to continue bothering ya’ll, but I'm still unsure how to make my
> computer automatically boot to the correct Windows XP Pro installation.
> Following the advice provided, I ran msconfig, but there was no listing
> for boot.ini. Of course I found it at E:\boot.ini, but as Rick warned
> against manually editing the boot.ini file, preferring the “check all
> boot paths,” I don’t want to do anything until I’m certain.
>
> I don’t know how to “check all boot paths,” and I haven’t been able to
> locate any program that permits checking all boot paths. Windows Help
> and Support didn’t address it and I couldn’t find it in the online KB.
> So, I remain in a quandary.
>
> Once again, as a refresher, my boot.ini contents are:
>
> [boot loader]
> timeout=30
> default=signature(d0a0d0a0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS2
> [operating systems]
> signature(d0a0d0a0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS2="Microsoft
> Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect
> multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
> Professional" /fast detect
>
> BTW, I have two Windows directories (folders):
>
> E:\WINDOWS dated March 22, 2004
> and
> E:\WINDOWS2 dated April 4, 2004.
>
> I’d like to delete the superfluous one.
>
> What should I do?
>
> I know, I know. “E:\” ought to be “C:\.” Heaven knows I’ve tried to
> change that drive designation, which occurred when I had a HD crash and
> took it to my local computer repair shop. When I got it back, C drive
> had become the 250 MB Zip drive and E had become, well, my HD
> designation. I’ve tried to change it back to C using Computer
> Management, but that isn’t working.
>
>
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