Re: Some anomalies after reinstallation

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Thanks to all! Editing the boot.ini file as suggested by M.I.5 3/4 did the
trick with the boot up problem. I still have the double entries in my
device manager, but I'm not going to worry about them. Everything is
working fine and frankly, my sister has certainly never heard of device
manager, let alone know where to find it!
Jim

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Here are the contents of the boot.ini file:
[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 Home
edition" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn

multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home
Edition" /fastdetect



Make a copy of the BOOT.INI file (to (say) BOOT.BAK) and then Delete the
line that says:

multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home
Edition" /fastdetect

from the BOOT.INI file.

I assume from the "/NoExecute=OptIn" in the previous line that that you
have very new processor, but if you haven't it does nothing.




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