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by theo.wolfs

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At bootup my boot menu let me choose between a: Win2000 (default)
b: Win2000
There is only one OS installed. My problem is that the a: Win2000 (default) crashes every time, so I constantly have to monitor the start-up. The "boot.ini" shows :
[Boot Loader]
Timeout=10
Default=C:\
[Operating Systems]

How can I change this behavior.

Thanks

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by timthetoolman

Well.. I've never seen a boot.ini like that one! No ARCpath or anything !!

Are you sure you're looking at the right one?

Failing that, it should look a little more like this...

[boot loader]
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Windows2000 Professional" /fastdetect

I'm not 100% sure this is right for you... Check out the following site before you attempt to use it...

http://www.i386.com/default.asp?page=docs/boot-arc.htm&category=admin&id=884&keyword=booting

(remove spaces in the above URL)

Hope this helps,
Tim.

by admin

Not the perfect answer, but an answer none the less.
Click on Start/Settings/Control Panel.Click on the system applet, then the advanced tab. Click on Start Up and Recovery.
Make the following two changes: In the top dropdown, choose b: Win2000,and uncheck the "show os's at startup."
Note this is a work around, not a solution...good luck.

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