Guest Beyond X Posted October 26, 2008 Posted October 26, 2008 I partitioned the harddisk into two parts and have set up a dual boot system with two separate operating systems. Normally there should be two lines in the boot screen so that one can select one of the two systems. In my case there should appear as below: Windows 2000 I Windows 2000 II with clock counting This time, for some unknown reasons, there appears three lines as below: Windows 2000 I Windows 2000 II Windows 2000 (Default) There, "Windows 2000 (Default)" is hilighted and If I don't move to another, the computer clashes. Also there is no clock counting the preset time. If I select "Windows 2000 I" or "Windows 2000 II", it proceeds to boot to the selected system. In the attempt to correct the irregularity, I checked the boot.ini file and found it looking normal as below: [boot loader] timeout=15 default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINNT [operating systems] multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINN2="Windows 2000 I" /fastdetect multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Windows 2000 II" /fastdetect That is, I don't see the line of "Windows 2000 Default". What is going on? and how can I correct the irregularity? Can anyone help?
Guest Pegasus \(MVP\) Posted October 27, 2008 Posted October 27, 2008 Re: Irregular Boot.ini "Beyond X" <do-not-mail@pop.com> wrote in message news:X4aNk.6425$3w.4293@newsfe19.iad... >I partitioned the harddisk into two parts and have set up a dual boot >system with two separate operating systems. Normally there should be two >lines in the boot screen so that one can select one of the two systems. In >my case there should appear as below: > > Windows 2000 I > Windows 2000 II > with clock counting > > This time, for some unknown reasons, there appears three lines as below: > Windows 2000 I > Windows 2000 II > Windows 2000 (Default) > > There, "Windows 2000 (Default)" is hilighted and If I don't move to > another, the computer clashes. Also there is no clock counting the preset > time. > If I select "Windows 2000 I" or "Windows 2000 II", it proceeds to boot to > the selected system. > In the attempt to correct the irregularity, I checked the boot.ini file > and found it looking normal as below: > > [boot loader] > timeout=15 > default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINNT > [operating systems] > multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINN2="Windows 2000 I" /fastdetect > multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Windows 2000 II" /fastdetect > > That is, I don't see the line of "Windows 2000 Default". > What is going on? and how can I correct the irregularity? Can anyone help? I suspect that you're looking at the wrong boot.ini file. The file is normally hidden and it resides in the root folder of the active partition. Copy your file to the root of every partition you have, then tag each of them in the description field (after the "equal" sign) so that you know which one is being used.
Guest Beyond X Posted October 27, 2008 Posted October 27, 2008 Re: Irregular Boot.ini Thanks for reply. In my computer there is only one boot.ini in the root directory of the active partition which does not contain the problem line (Windows 2000 (Default)). To be precise my boot.ini file reads as follows: [boot loader] timeout=15 default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINNT [operating systems] multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINN2="Windows 2000 Pro I" /fastdetect multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Windows 2000 Pro II" /fastdetect Question is where the line of "Windows 2000 (Default)" added to the bottom of the boot message comes from? The Windows programers embedded this line somewhere in the operating system program so that the line is to be activataed and added to the bottom of the boot message when certain conditions are met. Another strange thing is that while the boot.ini contains a specified time ("timeout") to be counted before an OS starts automatically from the default partion, this usual clock counting number is missing in the boot screen. So I must say something is screwed up in the way the dual boot was set up with the link to the boot.ini file. I have set up dual boot computers many times, but never seen something like this. Pegasus (MVP) wrote: > "Beyond X" <do-not-mail@pop.com> wrote in message > news:X4aNk.6425$3w.4293@newsfe19.iad... > >>I partitioned the harddisk into two parts and have set up a dual boot >>system with two separate operating systems. Normally there should be two >>lines in the boot screen so that one can select one of the two systems. In >>my case there should appear as below: >> >>Windows 2000 I >>Windows 2000 II >>with clock counting >> >>This time, for some unknown reasons, there appears three lines as below: >>Windows 2000 I >>Windows 2000 II >>Windows 2000 (Default) >> >>There, "Windows 2000 (Default)" is hilighted and If I don't move to >>another, the computer clashes. Also there is no clock counting the preset >>time. >>If I select "Windows 2000 I" or "Windows 2000 II", it proceeds to boot to >>the selected system. >>In the attempt to correct the irregularity, I checked the boot.ini file >>and found it looking normal as below: >> >>[boot loader] >>timeout=15 >>default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINNT >>[operating systems] >>multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINN2="Windows 2000 I" /fastdetect >>multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Windows 2000 II" /fastdetect >> >>That is, I don't see the line of "Windows 2000 Default". >>What is going on? and how can I correct the irregularity? Can anyone help? > > > I suspect that you're looking at the wrong boot.ini file. The file is > normally hidden and it resides in the root folder of the active partition. > Copy your file to the root of every partition you have, then tag each of > them in the description field (after the "equal" sign) so that you know > which one is being used. > >
Guest Andy Posted October 28, 2008 Posted October 28, 2008 Re: Irregular Boot.ini The default line says rdisk(1). On Sun, 26 Oct 2008 22:01:12 +0900, Beyond X <do-not-mail@pop.com> wrote: >I partitioned the harddisk into two parts and have set up a dual boot >system with two separate operating systems. Normally there should be two >lines in the boot screen so that one can select one of the two systems. >In my case there should appear as below: > >Windows 2000 I >Windows 2000 II >with clock counting > >This time, for some unknown reasons, there appears three lines as below: >Windows 2000 I >Windows 2000 II >Windows 2000 (Default) > >There, "Windows 2000 (Default)" is hilighted and If I don't move to >another, the computer clashes. Also there is no clock counting the >preset time. >If I select "Windows 2000 I" or "Windows 2000 II", it proceeds to boot >to the selected system. >In the attempt to correct the irregularity, I checked the boot.ini file >and found it looking normal as below: > >[boot loader] >timeout=15 >default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINNT >[operating systems] >multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINN2="Windows 2000 I" /fastdetect >multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Windows 2000 II" /fastdetect > >That is, I don't see the line of "Windows 2000 Default". >What is going on? and how can I correct the irregularity? Can anyone help?
Guest Pegasus \(MVP\) Posted October 28, 2008 Posted October 28, 2008 Re: Irregular Boot.ini You still need to confirm that the file you ***think*** is being used is in fact the one that ***is*** being used, by tagging one of its line in a readily recognisable way. "Beyond X" <do-not-mail@pop.com> wrote in message news:TUvNk.845$Di1.328@newsfe13.iad... > Thanks for reply. > In my computer there is only one boot.ini in the root directory of the > active partition which does not contain the problem line (Windows 2000 > (Default)). To be precise my boot.ini file reads as follows: > > [boot loader] > timeout=15 > default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINNT > [operating systems] > multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINN2="Windows 2000 Pro I" /fastdetect > multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Windows 2000 Pro II" > /fastdetect > > Question is where the line of "Windows 2000 (Default)" added to the bottom > of the boot message comes from? The Windows programers embedded this line > somewhere in the operating system program so that the line is to be > activataed and added to the bottom of the boot message when certain > conditions are met. > Another strange thing is that while the boot.ini contains a specified time > ("timeout") to be counted before an OS starts automatically from the > default partion, this usual clock counting number is missing in the boot > screen. So I must say something is screwed up in the way the dual boot was > set up with the link to the boot.ini file. > I have set up dual boot computers many times, but never seen something > like this. > > Pegasus (MVP) wrote: >> "Beyond X" <do-not-mail@pop.com> wrote in message >> news:X4aNk.6425$3w.4293@newsfe19.iad... >> >>>I partitioned the harddisk into two parts and have set up a dual boot >>>system with two separate operating systems. Normally there should be two >>>lines in the boot screen so that one can select one of the two systems. >>>In my case there should appear as below: >>> >>>Windows 2000 I >>>Windows 2000 II >>>with clock counting >>> >>>This time, for some unknown reasons, there appears three lines as below: >>>Windows 2000 I >>>Windows 2000 II >>>Windows 2000 (Default) >>> >>>There, "Windows 2000 (Default)" is hilighted and If I don't move to >>>another, the computer clashes. Also there is no clock counting the preset >>>time. >>>If I select "Windows 2000 I" or "Windows 2000 II", it proceeds to boot to >>>the selected system. >>>In the attempt to correct the irregularity, I checked the boot.ini file >>>and found it looking normal as below: >>> >>>[boot loader] >>>timeout=15 >>>default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINNT >>>[operating systems] >>>multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINN2="Windows 2000 I" /fastdetect >>>multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Windows 2000 II" /fastdetect >>> >>>That is, I don't see the line of "Windows 2000 Default". >>>What is going on? and how can I correct the irregularity? Can anyone >>>help? >> >> >> I suspect that you're looking at the wrong boot.ini file. The file is >> normally hidden and it resides in the root folder of the active >> partition. Copy your file to the root of every partition you have, then >> tag each of them in the description field (after the "equal" sign) so >> that you know which one is being used.
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