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Title: boot xp, please select operating system to start??
Post by: grayxx on October 03, 2005, 06:24:54 pm
ive installed boot xp so i can change the startup logo on xp, boot when i boot up the comp im getting a PLEASE SELECT OPERATING SYSTEM TO START, and then i have to pick 1 of the following
MICROSOFT WINDOWS XP PROFESSIONAL
(BACKUP LINE) MICROSOFT WINDOWS """"""""
i have to select 1 of them to start it up, not very good in a cabinet? any sugestions , cheers guys.....
Title: Re: boot xp, please select operating system to start??
Post by: sc1103 on October 03, 2005, 06:28:55 pm
If you open bootxp, you can delete the safety backup somewhere in the options.  I had the same issue, and deleting that backup removed the issue.
Title: Re: boot xp, please select operating system to start??
Post by: Boz on October 03, 2005, 06:32:27 pm
You don't need an alternative app to change the boot logo. This walkthrough is for Win2k, but it should (***should***) work for XP. As always, make a backup and use common sense.

Windows 2000
http://www.littlewhitedog.com/content-9.html

Windows XP
http://www.geocities.com/thejjoelc/XPbootcolors.html

Title: Re: boot xp, please select operating system to start??
Post by: grayxx on October 03, 2005, 06:46:21 pm
If you open bootxp, you can delete the safety backup somewhere in the options.
Title: Re: boot xp, please select operating system to start??
Post by: Pandemonium on October 03, 2005, 07:08:49 pm
Right click your computer, Properties, Advanced,In Startup And Recovery click Settings, Unclick Time to display list of operating system.

(If it still starts up with the old boot screen go though all that again and this time pick Edit the startup options manually , and delete the standerd one  I think its this one

multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn

It should be obvious which one,
Title: Re: boot xp, please select operating system to start??
Post by: jcrouse on October 03, 2005, 08:09:07 pm
It modified the boot.ini file in the root of C. This is a read only file. You can open it and look at it but in order to edit it you first need to remove the read-only attribute. BE VERY CAREFUL if you edit it manually. An error can cause a lot of headaches.

John
Title: Re: boot xp, please select operating system to start??
Post by: SpamMe on October 04, 2005, 03:06:06 pm
Instead of deleting the backup line, make sure that the new bootxp one is the default, and uncheck the "time to display list of operating systems:" checkbox.