(Windows) Default Problem

Lord Alibaski

Lord Alibaski

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The last few time i have formatted my pc i have had this little problem when booting up. Now the problem only starts when i install my Nvidia platform drivers.

The problem is when i have just formatted and boot up it only sees 1 OS so it will boot up without me having to change which OS to boot from. Though as soon as i install my platform drivers, it gives me 2 options from which to boot up from

Options

Windows XP Professional

or

(Windows) Default

Now seeing as i've just reformatted and done it properly because this doesn't happen until i install the platform drivers and then reboot....what the hell is going on??

I have installed Acronis OS selector and it lets me delete this Default Windows and then lets me boot up normally. Though i can boot up normally i have the slow down of Acronis booting me into this OS. You can deactivate Acronis so it just boots up straight from the OS but last night when i deactivated Acronis and rebooted my pc the Acronis boot loader was missing and i couldn't even get into *Last best Known Configuration* using the F8 key.

I formatted once again i tried rebooting 3 or 4 times and it booted ok without the *Default Windows* appearing, but as soon as i installed my platform drivers it happened again.

Can anyone give me any advice on what the hell is going on here?

I do apologise if i take so long to reply to your advice, but i'm off out to drink meself silly :D
 
Right click 'My Computer' > Advanced > Start up and Recovery > Settings > Change drop down box to the operating system you need and change the timeout to somthing like 2 so you can get back in just in case it goes wrong :)
 
Right i tried that m8 but it didn't work.

The reason why is because when i boot up its on the Windows (Default) option and it wont let me change it when i knock it down to 2 seconds.

I clicked on edit in the start up options and this is what it says

[boot loader]
timeout=2
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS /usepmtimer
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect /usepmtimer

If i delete this one in the edit option

default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS /usepmtimer

Will this work or will it mess up my boot sequence.
 
This is my boot.ini

[boot loader]
timeout=3
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition" /FASTDETECT /NOEXECUTE=OPTIN

I assume that deafult must be on there. Try removing the last bit temp.?
 
This problem was fixed by using this boot.ini.

[boot loader]
timeout=7
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" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn
 
Which one do you need to select? The default one or the other one. Cna't you just change the default like the way I said above?

If not and you're using XP Pro, try this as your boot.ini file. You can always format again if it fails :d

Code: 
[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" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn
 
Like i said m8 i fixed it using this boot.ini

[boot loader]
timeout=7
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOW S
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn

It was only showing 1 OS in the startup & recovery.
 
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