my dilema....................

[rollin64]

i was screwin around, yea boredom gets the best of me sometimes. anyways...i was tryin to reformat with my win xp pro cd. welllllll, i screwed up an dl'd it into my D: drive, wiping out my acer recovery option, yep i know i'm a genius every now an then, hehe.

luckily it didn't bother my C: drive so my winxp home is still intact an doing fine now. my problem is when i first boot it pops up the options of which OS i wanna use. xp home is the first one so it starts loading after a few seconds but can i make this quit popping up? i have win 2k as the second an then theres xp pro as 3rd choice. any ideas or can anybody even understand my ramblin? hahaha.

[Patonb]

Yha its quite easy.

Properites of my computer ->/ Advanced tab -> Start up and Recovery

Options are there, You can edit the boot.ini file with the edit button.

[rollin64]

how'd i know you'd know how to fix it? hahahahaha.....

haven't been able to check yet cause my son's myspac'n it, lol.

i changed the timeout in which to choose OS's from 5 to 0. if theres sumthin else, i'll hafta do it tomorrow. :D

[Patonb]

You can remove the other ones by the edit.

[rollin64]

You can remove the other ones by the edit.

he's gone boardin........i'm on it. :D

[rollin64]

help!!!!!!!!! delete everything but the default???????????????

[Boot Loader]
Timeout=0
Default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOW S
[Operating Systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINNT="Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional" /fastdetect
C:\$WIN_NT$.~BT\BOOTSECT.DAT="Microsoft Windows XP Professional Setup"

[Patonb]

[Boot Loader]
Timeout=0
Default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOW S
[Operating Systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Micro soft Windows XP Home Edition" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect

Should be it...

[rollin64]

ok, i'm lost......

tryin to reformat??????????

dl'd windriver ghost, my drivers..driver magician lite. they find my drivers, say save on comp. an d/l after reformat. if i reformat....everythings gone, even drivers saved by these devices.

if i could at least get online after reformat, i'm good but it don't recognize my dsl modem or nuthin.

oh yea, i'm putting on winxp professional over winxp home. got 2 cd's. when they come up theres nothing on the desktop but recycle bin, no internetty. :(

if i could save a couple like my internet connection and sound, i believe most everything else works.

[Patonb]

Reformatting removes everything......... XP should get 90% or more going on your computer. Just did it today actually...

I'm not a dsl guy, so.. ha ha, but i guess if you d/l to a flashdrive you'd be good.

[rollin64]

lemme try that an see what happens. all i need really is my internet connection to get goin, i can handle it from there.