XP Boot

Paul F. Longson wrote:

> XP requires that the system boot with the XP install disk in the CD
> drive. How do you get around this??

XP doesn't require this. It sounds as though you have an invalid entry in
your boot.ini file. Try the following, go to Start and type MSCONFIG in the
run box and press enter. Go to the Boot.ini tab and click "Check All Boot
Paths."

If that doesn't resolve it you'll need to edit the boot.ini file on your
own. Open Windows Explorer, go to Tools, select folder options, go to the
view tab, under "Hidden files and folders" be sure to select "Show Hidden
Files and Folders" and remove the checks from the Hide options below that
selection. Click apply and ok.

Go to the C drive, open boot.ini.
Assuming you have a single boot setup, no other operating systems and a
standard setup, your boot.ini should look similar to the following:

[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
Professional" /fastdetect

If you see a reference in yours to the CD-ROM drive or something similar,
you should remove it.

--
Michael Solomon MS-MVP
Windows Shell/User
Backup is a PC User's Best Friend
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On Sat, 2 Aug 2003 13:42:51 -0700, "Paul F. Longson"
<plongson@cox.net> wrote:

>XP requires that the system boot with the XP install disk in the CD drive.
>How do you get around this??

Where did you get the idea that XP requires the install disk to boot?
Once XP has been setup properly and is running, it'll boot from the
hard drive.

Go into your CMOS setup program and correctly set the boot order of
your machine. You should be booting from the hard drive, not CD or
Floppy, or anything else. To learn how to get into CMOS setup,
consult your user manual. (Some computers have a utility to set the
boot order from within Windows.)

When I try to start my computer after it crashed, the
splash screen comes on, but it imediately goes to a blue
screen that says "Sorry for the inconvience but.." Any
choice I make (normal, safe mode. etc.) takes me back to
the same two screens. It's an HP with XP Home
preinstalled and it didn't come with any recovery disks.
HELP!

If you purchased a system that was pre-installed then the manufacturer is
required to either give you an XP cd, a restore CD or provide a hidden
partition with an image to restore your system to factory defaults. I think
they should be required to give you CD to do this no if-and-or-buts about
it, but...

Check with your user manual to determin if there is a hidden partition, and
if so, how to get to it.

--
Posted 'as is'. If there are any spelling and/or grammar mistakes, they
were a direct result of my fingers and brain not being synchronized or my
lack of caffeine.

Mike Brearley


"Ron Smith" <ronalds@megalink.net> wrote in message
news:0aa601c35cf4$67f63470$a601280a@phx.gbl...

> When I try to start my computer after it crashed, the
> splash screen comes on, but it imediately goes to a blue
> screen that says "Sorry for the inconvience but.." Any
> choice I make (normal, safe mode. etc.) takes me back to
> the same two screens. It's an HP with XP Home
> preinstalled and it didn't come with any recovery disks.
> HELP!

Ron,

Does the bluescreen stay long enough for you to see its information? Just
curious, have you tried to perform a Last Known Good boot or to boot from
Safe Mode?

Best regards,

Mike Truitt
Microsoft Corporation