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Old March 30th 11, 09:36 PM posted to alt.comp.hardware
Petrus Tax
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Default Two OS on boot-up

Hello,

Recently I installed XP Pro after having reformatted the HD (which before
carried XP Home Edition). Now I get on boot-up both OS announced, XP Pro in
the first line, XP Home Edition in the second. If I wait 25 or so seconds,
XP Pro loads, but if I push Enter, it loads immediately. If I go down to the
XP Home Edition line, nothing happens (of course).
There probably is an easy way to fix this (and I remember that in previous
versions of Windows I managed somehow via Control Panel). But XP beats me.
Thanks very much in advance for any suggestions.

Petrus




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Old March 30th 11, 09:48 PM posted to alt.comp.hardware
Bert Hyman
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Default Two OS on boot-up

In m "Petrus Tax"
wrote:

Recently I installed XP Pro after having reformatted the HD (which
before carried XP Home Edition). Now I get on boot-up both OS
announced, XP Pro in the first line, XP Home Edition in the second. If
I wait 25 or so seconds, XP Pro loads, but if I push Enter, it loads
immediately. If I go down to the XP Home Edition line, nothing happens
(of course). There probably is an easy way to fix this (and I remember
that in previous versions of Windows I managed somehow via Control
Panel). But XP beats me. Thanks very much in advance for any
suggestions.


Don't know why they'd both be in the list if you formatted the drive
before the install, but ...

Right-click the "My Computer" icon on your desktop, and select
"Properties."

Click the "Advanced" tab and press the "Settings" button in the "Startup
and Recovery" section.

Make sure XP Pro is the "Default operating system."

You can -probably get rid of the menu at boot by un-clicking the "Time
to display list of operating systems" check box, but you can be sure by
manually editing the startup options file by pressing the "Edit" button if
you know what you're doing.

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Old March 31st 11, 12:57 AM posted to alt.comp.hardware
\NachtWacht\
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Default Two OS on boot-up

Bert Hyman schreef in bericht . ..
In m "Petrus Tax"
wrote:

Recently I installed XP Pro after having reformatted the HD (which
before carried XP Home Edition). Now I get on boot-up both OS
announced, XP Pro in the first line, XP Home Edition in the second. If
I wait 25 or so seconds, XP Pro loads, but if I push Enter, it loads
immediately. If I go down to the XP Home Edition line, nothing happens
(of course). There probably is an easy way to fix this (and I remember
that in previous versions of Windows I managed somehow via Control
Panel). But XP beats me. Thanks very much in advance for any
suggestions.


Don't know why they'd both be in the list if you formatted the drive
before the install, but ...

Right-click the "My Computer" icon on your desktop, and select
"Properties."

Click the "Advanced" tab and press the "Settings" button in the "Startup
and Recovery" section.

Make sure XP Pro is the "Default operating system."

You can -probably get rid of the menu at boot by un-clicking the "Time
to display list of operating systems" check box, but you can be sure by
manually editing the startup options file by pressing the "Edit" button if
you know what you're doing.


In most cases, the boot.ini have to be:

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOW S
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Micro soft Windows XP Pro" /fastdetect

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Old March 31st 11, 01:59 PM posted to alt.comp.hardware
Petrus Tax
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Default Two OS on boot-up

Good morning,

many thanks for the suggestions from you, Bert Hyman and "Nachtwacht"!
Bert's solution was right on, but I made a note also of "Nachtwacht"'s
information. My machine now boots normally and without delay.

Thank you again, hartelijke dank!

Petrus

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Bert Hyman schreef in bericht
. ..
In m "Petrus Tax"
wrote:

Recently I installed XP Pro after having reformatted the HD (which
before carried XP Home Edition). Now I get on boot-up both OS
announced, XP Pro in the first line, XP Home Edition in the second. If
I wait 25 or so seconds, XP Pro loads, but if I push Enter, it loads
immediately. If I go down to the XP Home Edition line, nothing happens
(of course). There probably is an easy way to fix this (and I remember
that in previous versions of Windows I managed somehow via Control
Panel). But XP beats me. Thanks very much in advance for any
suggestions.


Don't know why they'd both be in the list if you formatted the drive
before the install, but ...

Right-click the "My Computer" icon on your desktop, and select
"Properties."

Click the "Advanced" tab and press the "Settings" button in the "Startup
and Recovery" section.

Make sure XP Pro is the "Default operating system."

You can -probably get rid of the menu at boot by un-clicking the "Time
to display list of operating systems" check box, but you can be sure by
manually editing the startup options file by pressing the "Edit" button
if
you know what you're doing.


In most cases, the boot.ini have to be:

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOW S
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Micro soft Windows XP Pro"
/fastdetect

--
Wie alles begrijpt, die alles vergeeft...
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