Thinks it's dual boot....

**JAMMAN** · 11-11-2004, 03:13 PM

Me again!

I recently assumed an 80 gig hard drive with xp home and a zillion viruses and ad ware.

I put it in a puter and started the win2kpro setup CD. I deleted all existing partitions, re formatted the drive NTFS and proceeded with the 2kpro install. The install went well and 2kpro works great. One problem- upon boot for some reason I get the dual boot screen with xp home listed as the second OS. No XP files remain on the disk but it still thinks it's dual boot.

How do I edit the "boot manager" to at least time out after one second instead of 30?

I thought there was a file in the root dir called "boot.ini" but no such file exists this time.

Just when I think I've came across about everything, something else happens.

**jcline** · 11-11-2004, 03:19 PM

It's there, you may need to enable hidden files under Folder > Options

**JAMMAN** · 11-11-2004, 05:39 PM

OK thanks, I went there and thought I had everything un checked but forgot the third one.

I had show hidden files and unchecked hide file extensions but didn't un check hide protected operating system files.

Duh to me I know better but I have a whopping cold and a horrible headache.

Take it easy on me.

**johnwill** · 11-11-2004, 06:46 PM

The easy way to fix it would have been to right click My Computer, Properties, Advanced, Startup & Recovery, and unchecked the wait there.

11-11-2004, 03:13 PM	#1 (permalink)
JAMMAN TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Middle Ohio Posts: 841 OS: all	Thinks it's dual boot.... Me again! I recently assumed an 80 gig hard drive with xp home and a zillion viruses and ad ware. I put it in a puter and started the win2kpro setup CD. I deleted all existing partitions, re formatted the drive NTFS and proceeded with the 2kpro install. The install went well and 2kpro works great. One problem- upon boot for some reason I get the dual boot screen with xp home listed as the second OS. No XP files remain on the disk but it still thinks it's dual boot. How do I edit the "boot manager" to at least time out after one second instead of 30? I thought there was a file in the root dir called "boot.ini" but no such file exists this time. Just when I think I've came across about everything, something else happens.

11-11-2004, 06:46 PM	#4 (permalink)
johnwill Manager, Networking Forums Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: S.E. Pennsylvania, US Posts: 41,623 OS: Windows 7, XP-Pro, Vista, Linux Blog Entries: 1	The easy way to fix it would have been to right click My Computer, Properties, Advanced, Startup & Recovery, and unchecked the wait there. __________________ If TSF has helped you, Tell us about it! or Donate to help keep the site up! Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience

11-11-2004, 03:19 PM	#2 (permalink)
jcline Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: MI Posts: 856 OS: Windows XP Pro	It's there, you may need to enable hidden files under Folder > Options

11-11-2004, 05:39 PM	#3 (permalink)
JAMMAN TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Middle Ohio Posts: 841 OS: all	OK thanks, I went there and thought I had everything un checked but forgot the third one. I had show hidden files and unchecked hide file extensions but didn't un check hide protected operating system files. Duh to me I know better but I have a whopping cold and a horrible headache. Take it easy on me.