[resolved] boot.ini trouble

Hiatus · 08-13-2005, 05:15 PM

Hi guys Hiatus here, newbie to the board but also Noob to Troubleshooting.

Recently I had to reboot my laptop. Long story short, to fix a NTLDR problem. I copied the new NTLDR and NTdetect to my hardrive. But I accidently, copied the new boot.ini file and replaced the original boot.ini file that was already on my laptop. Now everytime I start my laptop, I'm prompted to choose which OS (W2k Pro)I want to start, before it goes through the normal start up session to open up Windows.
My question is what can I do to fix this problem. Can I somehow replace my boot.ini file or can I edit it? I didn't have a original W2K boot disk, so I had to make a boot.ini file and copy the NTDLR files off the net, if it helps here is the boot file I created.
[boot loader]
timeout=20
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT
[OPERATING SYSTEMS]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional"/fastdetect
any respose would be so helpful, I would truly apreciate any feedback.
-Hiatus

Stu_computer · 08-14-2005, 05:52 AM

Right click My Computer/ Properties/ Advanced(tab)/ Startup and Recovery

Default operating system
If the boot menu's second choice is your working OS: change this to second item. Restart computer to verify your working OS is now listed first in boot menu.

If the boot menu's first choice is your working OS: remove checkmark from Display list of operating systems...seconds.

Hiatus · 08-14-2005, 02:00 PM

Stu_computer, thanks for the info. I feel so stupid,

when writing up the boot file, I forgot re-adjust my boot loader time back to "0" after I initally rebooted my computer. But, I still did repair and fix the problem by following your steps and changing my "show boot loader- OS menu" to the deault of 0 seconds. Thanks. you guys are awesome.

Stu_computer · 08-14-2005, 10:14 PM

Glad to see you have it back to normal. You gave good details so I could see where you were stuck, saved me a lot of typing.

08-13-2005, 05:15 PM	#1 (permalink)
Hiatus Registered User Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 2 OS: Windows 2000	boot.ini trouble Hi guys Hiatus here, newbie to the board but also Noob to Troubleshooting. Recently I had to reboot my laptop. Long story short, to fix a NTLDR problem. I copied the new NTLDR and NTdetect to my hardrive. But I accidently, copied the new boot.ini file and replaced the original boot.ini file that was already on my laptop. Now everytime I start my laptop, I'm prompted to choose which OS (W2k Pro)I want to start, before it goes through the normal start up session to open up Windows. My question is what can I do to fix this problem. Can I somehow replace my boot.ini file or can I edit it? I didn't have a original W2K boot disk, so I had to make a boot.ini file and copy the NTDLR files off the net, if it helps here is the boot file I created. [boot loader] timeout=20 default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT [OPERATING SYSTEMS] multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional"/fastdetect any respose would be so helpful, I would truly apreciate any feedback. -Hiatus

08-14-2005, 05:52 AM	#2 (permalink)
Stu_computer irregular correspondent Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,158 OS: Windows	Right click My Computer/ Properties/ Advanced(tab)/ Startup and Recovery Default operating system If the boot menu's second choice is your working OS: change this to second item. Restart computer to verify your working OS is now listed first in boot menu. If the boot menu's first choice is your working OS: remove checkmark from Display list of operating systems...seconds. __________________ Last edited by Stu_computer : 08-14-2005 at 05:53 AM.

08-14-2005, 10:14 PM	#4 (permalink)
Stu_computer irregular correspondent Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,158 OS: Windows	Glad to see you have it back to normal. You gave good details so I could see where you were stuck, saved me a lot of typing. __________________

08-14-2005, 02:00 PM	#3 (permalink)
Hiatus Registered User Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 2 OS: Windows 2000	Stu_computer, thanks for the info. I feel so stupid, when writing up the boot file, I forgot re-adjust my boot loader time back to "0" after I initally rebooted my computer. But, I still did repair and fix the problem by following your steps and changing my "show boot loader- OS menu" to the deault of 0 seconds. Thanks. you guys are awesome.