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I just installed a new hard drive and did a complete file transfer from the

old one to the new one. Everything works fine except when Windows starts up I

get this screen:

 

Please Select Operating System To Start:

 

Windows (Default)

Windows (Default)

 

Showing the same option twice, 30 second timer, etc. I don't know where it

came from, I only have Windows XP home. It doesn't matter which option I

select or wait for the timer, it still boots to my desktop just fine, but it

is annoying. I know it's a line in the msdos.sys file but I don't know which

one to edit and correct to get rid of it.

 

Thanks for anyone that can help.

 

A.

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Guest John John
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Re: Annoying start up screen

 

Alex wrote:

> I just installed a new hard drive and did a complete file transfer from the

> old one to the new one. Everything works fine except when Windows starts up I

> get this screen:

>

> Please Select Operating System To Start:

>

> Windows (Default)

> Windows (Default)

>

> Showing the same option twice, 30 second timer, etc. I don't know where it

> came from, I only have Windows XP home. It doesn't matter which option I

> select or wait for the timer, it still boots to my desktop just fine, but it

> is annoying. I know it's a line in the msdos.sys file but I don't know which

> one to edit and correct to get rid of it.

 

It's in the Boot.ini file.

 

John

Guest Patrick Keenan
Posted

Re: Annoying start up screen

 

"Alex" <a.e.l.u.s.2.@zerivon.dot.net> wrote in message

news:Xns998092A1F639Faelus2@130.81.64.196...

>I just installed a new hard drive and did a complete file transfer from the

> old one to the new one. Everything works fine except when Windows starts

> up I

> get this screen:

>

> Please Select Operating System To Start:

>

> Windows (Default)

> Windows (Default)

>

> Showing the same option twice, 30 second timer, etc. I don't know where it

> came from, I only have Windows XP home. It doesn't matter which option I

> select or wait for the timer, it still boots to my desktop just fine, but

> it

> is annoying. I know it's a line in the msdos.sys file but I don't know

> which

> one to edit and correct to get rid of it.

>

> Thanks for anyone that can help.

>

> A.

 

There is no msdos or msdos.sys in XP. The file you're looking for is the

boot.ini, and you can access this via Control Panel, System, Advanced. In

the Startup and Recovery section click on Settings, then the Edit button.

 

HTH

-pk

Guest Ron Badour
Posted

Re: Annoying start up screen

 

Open your boot.ini file and post the contents to this thread. It appears

you have a problem in it and someone can tell you what changes are needed.

 

--

Regards

 

Ron Badour

MS MVP 1997 - 2007

 

 

"Alex" <a.e.l.u.s.2.@zerivon.dot.net> wrote in message

news:Xns998092A1F639Faelus2@130.81.64.196...

>I just installed a new hard drive and did a complete file transfer from the

> old one to the new one. Everything works fine except when Windows starts

> up I

> get this screen:

>

> Please Select Operating System To Start:

>

> Windows (Default)

> Windows (Default)

>

> Showing the same option twice, 30 second timer, etc. I don't know where it

> came from, I only have Windows XP home. It doesn't matter which option I

> select or wait for the timer, it still boots to my desktop just fine, but

> it

> is annoying. I know it's a line in the msdos.sys file but I don't know

> which

> one to edit and correct to get rid of it.

>

> Thanks for anyone that can help.

>

> A.

Guest David Webb
Posted

Re: Annoying start up screen

 

Use the msconfig.exe utility. Select the BOOT.INI tab then click on the "Check

All Boot Paths" Button.

 

To start the msconfig.exe utility, click Start, click Run, type msconfig in the

Open box, and then click OK.

 

More info on this utility:

 

How to troubleshoot by using the System Configuration utility in Windows XP

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310560

 

"Alex" <a.e.l.u.s.2.@zerivon.dot.net> wrote in message

news:Xns998092A1F639Faelus2@130.81.64.196...

> I just installed a new hard drive and did a complete file transfer from the

> old one to the new one. Everything works fine except when Windows starts up I

> get this screen:

>

> Please Select Operating System To Start:

>

> Windows (Default)

> Windows (Default)

>

> Showing the same option twice, 30 second timer, etc. I don't know where it

> came from, I only have Windows XP home. It doesn't matter which option I

> select or wait for the timer, it still boots to my desktop just fine, but it

> is annoying. I know it's a line in the msdos.sys file but I don't know which

> one to edit and correct to get rid of it.

>

> Thanks for anyone that can help.

>

> A.

Posted

Re: Annoying start up screen

 

"Ron Badour" <Sorry@NoAddress.com> wrote in news:OCWr2WT1HHA.1100

@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl:

> Open your boot.ini file and post the contents to this thread. It appears

> you have a problem in it and someone can tell you what changes are needed.

>

 

 

Here it is....

 

[boot loader]

timeout=30

default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\windows

[operating systems]

 

 

 

A.

Guest Opinicus
Posted

Re: Annoying start up screen

 

"Alex" <a.e.l.u.s.2.@zerivon.dot.net> wrote

>> Open your boot.ini file and post the contents to this thread. It appears

>> you have a problem in it and someone can tell you what changes are

>> needed.

> Here it is....

> [boot loader]

> timeout=30

> default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\windows

> [operating systems]

 

Anybody have an idea as to how those entries might have been added to the

boot.ini file?

 

--

Bob

http://www.kanyak.com

Guest Gary S. Terhune
Posted

Re: Annoying start up screen

 

Those entries ARE the boot.ini file at it's most minimal. Anything less and

the system wouldn't boot. In fact, there should be at least one line

following the ones posted. Mine is:

[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" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect

 

--

Gary S. Terhune

MS-MVP Shell/User

http://www.grystmill.com

 

"Opinicus" <gezgin@spamcop.net> wrote in message

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> "Alex" <a.e.l.u.s.2.@zerivon.dot.net> wrote

>

>>> Open your boot.ini file and post the contents to this thread. It

>>> appears

>>> you have a problem in it and someone can tell you what changes are

>>> needed.

>

>> Here it is....

>> [boot loader]

>> timeout=30

>> default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\windows

>> [operating systems]

>

> Anybody have an idea as to how those entries might have been added to the

> boot.ini file?

>

> --

> Bob

> http://www.kanyak.com

>

Guest John John
Posted

Re: Annoying start up screen

 

Opinicus wrote:

> "Alex" <a.e.l.u.s.2.@zerivon.dot.net> wrote

>

>

>>>Open your boot.ini file and post the contents to this thread. It appears

>>>you have a problem in it and someone can tell you what changes are

>>>needed.

>

>

>>Here it is....

>>[boot loader]

>>timeout=30

>>default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\windows

>>[operating systems]

>

>

> Anybody have an idea as to how those entries might have been added to the

> boot.ini file?

 

??? Which entries? The file is incomplete! If that is all that there

is in the boot.ini file then the OP has more than one file on more than

one partition or the one that he has copied is not in the root folder of

the system drive. The boot.ini file is a hidden system file usually

found at C:\. For XP It typically looks like so:

 

[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"

/noexecute=optin /fastdetect

 

 

The OP said that he has two choices when he boots and that both start

Windows properly, so he most likely has two line under the Operating

Systems section, as so:

 

[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"

/noexecute=optin /fastdetect

multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP"

/noexecute=optin /fastdetect

 

 

He should be able to delete one of the lines without problems, but he

may want to post the *complete* boot.ini file here so that someone may

confirm the entry to delete.

 

John

Guest Ron Badour
Posted

Re: Annoying start up screen

 

Did you copy all of the text in the file? As noted by Gary and John, your

boot.ini is incomplete and like John, I expected to see a duplicate line

that needed to be deleted.

 

--

Regards

 

Ron Badour

MS MVP 1997 - 2007

 

 

"Alex" <a.e.l.u.s.2.@zerivon.dot.net> wrote in message

news:Xns998099116D90Eaelus2@130.81.64.196...

> "Ron Badour" <Sorry@NoAddress.com> wrote in news:OCWr2WT1HHA.1100

> @TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl:

>

>> Open your boot.ini file and post the contents to this thread. It appears

>> you have a problem in it and someone can tell you what changes are

>> needed.

>>

>

>

> Here it is....

>

> [boot loader]

> timeout=30

> default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\windows

> [operating systems]

>

>

>

> A.

Posted

Re: Annoying start up screen

 

John John <audetweld@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote in news:#lcfN0T1HHA.5772

@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl:

> Opinicus wrote:

>

>> "Alex" <a.e.l.u.s.2.@zerivon.dot.net> wrote

>>

>>

>>>>Open your boot.ini file and post the contents to this thread. It appears

>>>>you have a problem in it and someone can tell you what changes are

>>>>needed.

>>

>>

>>>Here it is....

>>>[boot loader]

>>>timeout=30

>>>default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\windows

>>>[operating systems]

>>

>>

>> Anybody have an idea as to how those entries might have been added to the

>> boot.ini file?

>

> ??? Which entries? The file is incomplete! If that is all that there

> is in the boot.ini file then the OP has more than one file on more than

> one partition or the one that he has copied is not in the root folder of

> the system drive. The boot.ini file is a hidden system file usually

> found at C:\. For XP It typically looks like so:

>

> [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"

> /noexecute=optin /fastdetect

>

>

> The OP said that he has two choices when he boots and that both start

> Windows properly, so he most likely has two line under the Operating

> Systems section, as so:

>

> [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"

> /noexecute=optin /fastdetect

> multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP"

> /noexecute=optin /fastdetect

>

>

> He should be able to delete one of the lines without problems, but he

> may want to post the *complete* boot.ini file here so that someone may

> confirm the entry to delete.

>

> John

>

>

 

 

The contents of my boot.ini file is exactly as I posted it. I didn't leave

anything out. One partition, one file, and it is in the root directory.

 

But that last line under [operating system]: multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition

(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect

 

Now what would happen if I were to just add that line in? Let's find out.....

Posted

Re: Annoying start up screen

 

"Ron Badour" <Sorry@NoAddress.com> wrote in

news:ezIf75T1HHA.4816@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl:

> Did you copy all of the text in the file? As noted by Gary and John,

> your boot.ini is incomplete and like John, I expected to see a duplicate

> line that needed to be deleted.

>

 

 

That's it exactly. Nothing missed.

Though when I added the

"multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP"

/noexecute=optin /fastdetect" line under the [operating system] section it

produced this result:

 

Please select operating system to start:

 

Microsoft Windows XP

Optin / fastdetect

 

Usual stuff below that - "up/down arrow to highlight choice, enter.....

troubleshoot or advanced options press F8"

 

A.

Guest Gary S. Terhune
Posted

Re: Annoying start up screen

 

Note that the command you added should all be on one line. Is it all on one

line in your Boot.ini file? Are you certain of the spaces and quotation

marks?

 

I'd rename Boot.ini to Boot.old and then create a new Boot.ini file, or use

the attached copy.

 

--

Gary S. Terhune

MS-MVP Shell/User

http://www.grystmill.com

 

"Alex" <a.e.l.u.s.2.@zerivon.dot.net> wrote in message

news:Xns9980A5965772aelus2@130.81.64.196...

> "Ron Badour" <Sorry@NoAddress.com> wrote in

> news:ezIf75T1HHA.4816@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl:

>

>> Did you copy all of the text in the file? As noted by Gary and John,

>> your boot.ini is incomplete and like John, I expected to see a duplicate

>> line that needed to be deleted.

>>

>

>

> That's it exactly. Nothing missed.

> Though when I added the

> "multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP"

> /noexecute=optin /fastdetect" line under the [operating system] section it

> produced this result:

>

> Please select operating system to start:

>

> Microsoft Windows XP

> Optin / fastdetect

>

> Usual stuff below that - "up/down arrow to highlight choice, enter.....

> troubleshoot or advanced options press F8"

>

> A.

>

>

Guest Ron Badour
Posted

Re: Annoying start up screen

 

Alex,

 

It is acting like you have too many " marks. Try renaming boot.ini to

boot.bak and then create a text file and name it: boot.ini To this new

file, copy and paste 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="Windows XP Home Edition"

/fastdetect /NoExecute=OptOut

 

Save the file and reboot.

 

In case you don't want to do that, here is an article on editing the

boot.ini that basically says what we have been saying:

 

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=289022

 

--

Regards

 

Ron Badour

MS MVP 1997 - 2007

 

 

"Alex" <a.e.l.u.s.2.@zerivon.dot.net> wrote in message

news:Xns9980A5965772aelus2@130.81.64.196...

> "Ron Badour" <Sorry@NoAddress.com> wrote in

> news:ezIf75T1HHA.4816@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl:

>

>> Did you copy all of the text in the file? As noted by Gary and John,

>> your boot.ini is incomplete and like John, I expected to see a duplicate

>> line that needed to be deleted.

>>

>

>

> That's it exactly. Nothing missed.

> Though when I added the

> "multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP"

> /noexecute=optin /fastdetect" line under the [operating system] section it

> produced this result:

>

> Please select operating system to start:

>

> Microsoft Windows XP

> Optin / fastdetect

>

> Usual stuff below that - "up/down arrow to highlight choice, enter.....

> troubleshoot or advanced options press F8"

>

> A.

>

>

Posted

Re: Annoying start up screen

 

"Ron Badour" <Sorry@NoAddress.com> wrote in

news:On5p2XU1HHA.3400@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl:

> Alex,

>

> It is acting like you have too many " marks. Try renaming boot.ini to

> boot.bak and then create a text file and name it: boot.ini To this

> new file, copy and paste 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="Windows XP Home Edition"

> /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptOut

>

> Save the file and reboot.

>

> In case you don't want to do that, here is an article on editing the

> boot.ini that basically says what we have been saying:

>

> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=289022

>

 

 

 

That still came up with the startup options, but I decided to try editing

the last line to read:

 

[operating systems]

multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP

Home" /fastdetect

 

And that did it. There's no more startup options screen. Just goes from

POST to Windows now. I don't suppose the old "logo=0" trick would work to

get rid of the windows startup screen? :-)

 

Thanks to everyone for their help.

 

Alex

Guest Gary S. Terhune
Posted

Re: Annoying start up screen

 

Note that those last two lines should be one long line.

 

--

Gary S. Terhune

MS-MVP Shell/User

http://www.grystmill.com

 

"Ron Badour" <Sorry@NoAddress.com> wrote in message

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> Alex,

>

> It is acting like you have too many " marks. Try renaming boot.ini to

> boot.bak and then create a text file and name it: boot.ini To this

> new file, copy and paste 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="Windows XP Home Edition"

> /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptOut

>

> Save the file and reboot.

>

> In case you don't want to do that, here is an article on editing the

> boot.ini that basically says what we have been saying:

>

> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=289022

>

> --

> Regards

>

> Ron Badour

> MS MVP 1997 - 2007

>

>

> "Alex" <a.e.l.u.s.2.@zerivon.dot.net> wrote in message

> news:Xns9980A5965772aelus2@130.81.64.196...

>> "Ron Badour" <Sorry@NoAddress.com> wrote in

>> news:ezIf75T1HHA.4816@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl:

>>

>>> Did you copy all of the text in the file? As noted by Gary and John,

>>> your boot.ini is incomplete and like John, I expected to see a duplicate

>>> line that needed to be deleted.

>>>

>>

>>

>> That's it exactly. Nothing missed.

>> Though when I added the

>> "multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP"

>> /noexecute=optin /fastdetect" line under the [operating system] section

>> it

>> produced this result:

>>

>> Please select operating system to start:

>>

>> Microsoft Windows XP

>> Optin / fastdetect

>>

>> Usual stuff below that - "up/down arrow to highlight choice, enter.....

>> troubleshoot or advanced options press F8"

>>

>> A.

>>

>>

>

>


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