Thread: Problem starting up Windows XP

Originally Posted by Photolysis

Alrighty, replace all the text in boot.ini with the following

Code:

[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 Home Edition" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect

Make sure those are all on one line each. Once you've done all that, save it and restart and you should be fine.

Basically what you're doing here is setting XP as the default OS and removing the option to start the setup process. The timeout is also reset to 30 seconds because if you ever want to load safe mode or suchlike back up, a 5 second limit isn't helpful.




Just deleting it wouldn't help as it you didn't change the default OS.

Alright sweet it worked, thank you