An Odd Boot Problem

Hello all. I am running Windows XP Pro w/SP2. My system never came with a recovery cd or a windows cd. The 160Gb Hdd, is the primary Hdd w/Windows installed, came from my older system. My system has no memory problems(4 gigs) and has 1.5 Terabytes of HDD, 1-160GB, 2-200GB, and a 1 Tera, an AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 6400+ Black Edition 3.22GHz w/ Hyper 48 cooler, on a GigaBit motherboard, and a Pilat 1GB PCIe video card. I have been gone for the past 1 1/2 months, so I had no idea about this until 4 days ago.

The problem is, for over a month my wife has been getting a screen asking to choose between Windows XP Pro (bootscreen) or Windows XP Pro

The boot.ini looks like this:

[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 (bootscreen)" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect /usepmtimer /KERNEL=kernel1.exe
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS= "Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect /usepmtimer


I am not sure which line to delete. I only have Windows XP Pro installed once on the system. My wife installed StyleXP about 9 - 10 months ago. we never used the bootscreen changing part of that program. My SON....(17yrs old & thinks HE knows everything) tried to change the boot screen, and this started happening. Thank you all for any help.

J. Adams

 

I'd delete the first one, ie

Code:

multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS= "Microsoft Windows XP Professional bootscreen)" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect /usepmtimer /KERNEL=kernel1.exe

But make sure you can boot the system enough so you can add that

Code:

/KERNEL=kernel1.exe

switch if needed.

To be fair on your son he hasn't done any damage at least the original boot config has been preserved.

 

Thank You. It seems to be working GREAT now. The wife even says it boots faster now.I think this will be my favorite forum.

J. Adams


P.S. wildfire..... the boy lives.....

Font edited by Moderator

 

Thanks for the feedback magicktech and happy to help, but can I just say that font really hurts these tired old eyes

 

So Sorry wildfire. is this better? Was just playing with the settings. BTW.... Thank you again.

J. Adams

 

A lot better thanks

Another line in the boot.ini to consider (since you mentioned start up time) is the

Code:

timeout=30

This is a countdown in seconds and if it were only the timing issue that were a problem you could reduce it.

I have the recovery console installed on this system and I set my timeout to 5, long enough to catch the option but not too long to annoy me during boot.