Re: Bootup choices necessary??

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From: FERRANTE (manthonyferrante_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 06/06/04 

Date: Sun, 06 Jun 2004 21:50:59 GMT

On Sun, 06 Jun 2004 10:06:04 -0400, Dan Seur <click@casta.net> wrote:

>The simplest way is
>START/SETTINGS/CONTROLPANEL/SYSTEM/ADVANCED(TAB)/STARTUP&RECOV
>Set the default OS to Win2000. Set the display timeout to 1 or 0.
>
>The system will boot automatically to the default. The boot menu
>will be displayed, depending on your timeout setting, for one
>second or not at all.
>
>This will not disturb any unnecessary directories/files on your
>hard drive. You will gain no free space.

One other question: I tried to install Windows XP a few days ago. It
would install up to a certain point, usually half-way through
Installing Plug and play devices, then the screen would go BLACK and
everything would stop. It did this every time I tried to install it,
always at the same point. I have only a 7 gig HD on this computer, but
I would think that is there was not enough room, it would tell you so.
Now when I go to Search files and folders, I have all kinds of WinXP
stuff there, but what good is it. How can I get rid of that without
screwing up my current system? WinXp files looks as if they have
incorporated themselves in many other files. Help, and thanks for the
tip above!

Mark
>
>FERRANTE wrote:
>> When I boot up, It stops and asks me which operating system I want and
>> offers me three choices, which are: Windows 2000pro, Windows XP, and
>> something Dos, I forget actually. Well, I don't have Windows XP, even
>> though I did try and install it.
>>
>> Is there a way to bypass this and always just go into Windows 2000
>> pro? If so, how?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Mark Ferrante

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