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invalid boot....booting fromC

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by zzztrini

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Hi i got windows xppro with sp2 every time i turnon my pc right at the start (at dos) it says invalid boot......booting from C. Why is that? It does however seems to function ok though other than that. Thank you verymuch.Dave

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by house

There is no more actual dos since 2000...

It looks to me like you upgraded from a previous installation like 95, 98, or ME, right? It would have been much easier just to wipe the slate clean and start from scratch. This will not be the only problem that you will encounter.

Your boot.ini file probably has two entries, the second of which is the actual xp installation.

A simple solution would be to go to control panel, system, advanced, startup & recovery, set the default operating system to your xp install.

If there is only one entry, check c:\boot.ini and make sure that your xp install is the only one there.

[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 Professional" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn

Use the recovery console form your xp cd to repair the master boot record. Put in your cd as if you are installing xp, select the repair installation option.

Another quick question before I go...did you ever have Linux installed? If so you might need to delpart and/or killdisk. If that is the case...respond and I will teach.

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