Hi all,
I have a question that comes in several parts. I use windows xp pro sp3 on a daily basis, but about a year or so ago I made my system a dual boot with Xp Pro and vista. I did it to try vista for a while and as you can guess I hated it . Heres the issue: after removing vista from my system, every time I start up the computer or restart, I have to point the start up to an “earlier version of windows” in order for it to boot into xp. Its not a big problem, it just bugs me.
Is this an issue with the master boot record and if so how do I get the old mbr back. I have tried the windows recovery console but at the password screen I hit enter and it tells me wrong password entered. I dont have any passwords on my home system. so I put one on and tried it again and got the same result. I cant get past the password step to type :fixmbr:. If this isn’t an issue with the MBR then where is it?
I would like to set a timer on my box to come on about 10 minutes before I get home or 10 minutes before a scheduled backup is suppose to run so its all warmed up and ready to go, but I can’t without human interface to point to the xp install. How do I fix this?
