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Steener19
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_ 		20. October 2009 @ 15:35 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I did my first build recently. My issue is this: when the machine goes through the BIOS start up screens, it hangs on a page asking me to chose between XP Pro (which is what I am using) and XP home which was on a HHD I used in the system briefly to retrieve some data. I have to select the Pro version at each boot up manually, although the Home edition is not in the system at all. I want it to go direct to the Pro edition. Do I need to flash the BIOS in order to rid myself of the annoying choice or is there a simpler way?
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k7vc
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_ 		20. October 2009 @ 23:55 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Find the boot.ini file in the root of your boot drive. Edit it and remove the extraneous entry.

This is what the contents of my boot.ini file looks like:

[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

You obviously have two entries under [operating systems]. Just remove the one that doesn't apply.

Dick
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k7vc
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_ 		21. October 2009 @ 21:11 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
If you would prefer to use the Windows XP GUI to make this change, go to:

Control Panel -> System -> Advanced -> Startup and Recovery Settings -> Default Operating System

I do this so seldom it is us8ally faster for me just to edit the boot.ini file, but if you aren't comfortable doing that, this is the standard Windows way to accomplish the same thing.

Dick
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Steener19
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_ 		23. October 2009 @ 12:01 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Thanks very much for the responses.
It's taken me a couple of days to get back to this issue so I will try those suggestions. I wasn't sure where to look for that entry so this is a big help!
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Steener19
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_ 		24. October 2009 @ 01:44 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Hey there K7vc,

Your input re. my boot.ini file issue was smack on. Posting the visual example of your boot.ini file helped tremendously because the machine was still defaulting to the non-existent O/S and I was able to edit that first line as well. Thanks so very much.

Steener19
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k7vc
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_ 		24. October 2009 @ 04:15 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I'm glad it worked out. I love it when a user actually wins a bout. :)

Dick
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