Re: Boot.ini Editing Question - URGENT

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From: cates2 (cates2_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 11/29/04 

Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 12:15:01 -0800

Thanks for your response.

What would the benefit be to retaining "the ability to boot from the recovery
console on the hard drive"?

If I want to keep it, then putting the time out to zero will just cause the
menu to display so fast that I can't read it?

THANKS

"Tom Porterfield" wrote:

> On Mon, 29 Nov 2004 11:27:08 -0800, cates2 wrote:
>
> > Currrently, my boot.ini reads as follows:
> >
> > [boot loader]
> > timeout=30
> > default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS
> > [operating systems]
> > multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Windows XP Home Edition"
> > /fastdetect
> > multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Windows XP Professional"
> > /fastdetect
> > C:\CMDCONS\BOOTSECT.DAT="Microsoft WIndows Recovery Console" /cmdcons
> >
> > 1) I want to delete the XP Pro line (unsuccessful install). If I delete it,
> > do I need to make any other change? For example, do I need to change the
> > "number" in the default line??
>
> I would recommend that you run msconfig.exe and go to the boot.ini tab.
> There you can click the Check All Boot Paths button and it will clear any
> entries that are invalid. You do not need to manually edit the file at all
> this way.
>
> > 2) Can I delete the last line for the recovery console or should I leave
> > that as is?
>
> That depends. Do you want to retain the ability to boot from the recovery
> console on the hard drive? If not, then you can remove that line by
> manually editing the boot.ini file.
>
> > 3) How do I make the OS "menu" screen not even come up?
>
> If you remove both the XP Pro and recovery console lines, leaving only the
> XP Home line, then you will not see the menu screen. The menu screen only
> appears if there is more than one choice in the [operating systems]
> section. Alternatively you could set the timeout to 0.
> --
> Tom Porterfield
> MS-MVP Windows
> http://support.telop.org
>
> Please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup only.
>

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