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You have Windows 2000 Professional installed. Then, you do an upgrade/clean install to Windows XP Professional. Sometimes, if the installation did not go too well, or if the upgrade CD is corrupted, it will ask you to choose your operating system when you reboot your PC after you have re-formatted your PC with the new operating system.
This is not a very difficult problem to solve, but will require alterations to be made to boot.ini. Boot.ini is the file in your operating system, which contains the information of which operating systems are installed and what boot sequence to follow.
Warning: Editing Boot.ini is risky if you do not follow instructions properly. Cyber IT Forums will not be held responsible for damage caused to your computer by editing Boot.ini.
In order to have access to boot.ini, you must be logged into the ROOT Administrator account on your computer. Next, access My Computer and Tools -> Folder Options -> View -> Untick Hide protected operating system files (recommended) -> Click Apply -> Click OK.
There are 2 ways to access boot.ini.
For the more Windows savy user, access My Computer Right Click -> Properties -> Advanced -> Startup and Recovery -> Settings -> System Startup -> Choose Edit.
An alternative method is to open up your C: drive, and you should see boot.ini immediately, perhaps in a little \"ghosted\" font.
*The above options are only referred for use with Windows XP Home Edition and Windows XP Professional Edition.
A typical boot.ini should look like this:
Quote:
[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
As you can see, the primary and only operating system installed on this computer is Microsoft Windows XP Professional.
Quote:
[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
Now, back to our previous discussed scenario, the following would be what the contents of boot.ini would look like:
In this case, delete the line of code multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINNT=\"Windows 2000 Professional\" /fastdetect
Then, exit out of boot.ini. It will ask you if you want to save. Choose Yes. Then, under System Settings, untick Display list of operating systems for 30 seconds. Click OK. Restart your computer, and it should no longer ask you to choose operating systems.
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