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Got dual boot option after clean XP Pro install

post #1 of 18
7/8/06 at 2:24pm
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My D620 came with XP Home.

I delete all the partitions and create a new partition and install a store version of XP Professional SP2.

I repeat I did really delete all the partions and do a reformat! It took over 30 mins for a 100 gig HD.

Everytime I do a cold boot, it will prompt me in DOS screen if I want to boot to XP Home or XP Pro.

I dont have XP Home install and where did it get this information?

Is there something I am missing?
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post #2 of 18
7/8/06 at 2:34pm
this happened to me on a desktop I was re-configuring. I just did re-did the clean install with deleting the partitions. When formatting I did NOT choose quick NTFS format. I did the long one and it worked fine. Hope this helps. Sorta seems like you tried that though.
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post #3 of 18
7/8/06 at 2:49pm
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I sure did.

When it first came, it was in one partition and only drive C:

I delete all the partitions and break it up into C: which have 20 gig and drive D: which has 80 gig.

That should be as virgin as it can get. Besides, it took me over 30 mins to refomat. I didnt do quick NTFS.

Anyone seen or heard of anything like this before?

Any help?
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post #4 of 18
7/8/06 at 10:16pm
boot from your Windows CD, enter the recovery console and once you get to the prompt type "fixboot" this resets the boot sector on the hard drive. The problem is reformatting and repartitioning the drive doesn't automatically get rid of the boot sector.
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post #5 of 18
7/9/06 at 6:46pm
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It didnt work for me. I did "fixboot c:" and did it 2 times and I still get the prompt.

What else can I do?
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post #6 of 18
7/9/06 at 7:26pm
Open up your c:\boot.ini in notepad, set the default to the right entry and remove the erroneous boot option from there.

Careful, as you could end up with a non-booting system, but once you open the file it should be fairly self explanitory - if not, post your boot.ini here.
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post #7 of 18
7/9/06 at 7:36pm
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delete
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post #8 of 18
7/9/06 at 7:55pm
didn't format it correctly then
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post #9 of 18
7/9/06 at 8:11pm
Click the start button in windows. Then click the run command. Type msconfig, then highlight the boot.ini tab, and click the check all boot paths button. It will present you with a window saying it has found incorrect booth lines or paths and do you wish to fix or remove the incorrect entires. Hit yes. Problem fixed without re-installing.
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post #10 of 18
7/9/06 at 8:24pm
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I did it!

I went to google and just type "boot.ini" and I went to the MS site and it tell you all there.

I got XP Pro, so I use "bootcfg" command which is more cleaner and I did all the fancy flags.

BUT this should not happen. After all, I did really delete all the partitions and reformat(took 30+ min plus) and there is still recollection of a previous boot.ini ???

Thanks everyone!

Now onto getting use to this D620 screen.
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post #11 of 18
7/9/06 at 8:48pm
Or you noobs could have looked under part 4(iv) here:

http://www.notebookforums.com/post564700-5.html

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post #12 of 18
7/9/06 at 9:33pm
Happend to me to, the old xp-install is gone and you wont be able to use it. Just that the boot.ini dosn't know this.

locat the boot.ini (should be in c: root) and open it with notepad and then remove the whole line where XP home stands. Just save and it's fixed.
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post #13 of 18
7/9/06 at 9:52pm
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I could not find boot.ini in the c: root I even said 'show hidden files' and still cant find it.
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post #14 of 18
7/9/06 at 10:43pm
You need uncheck the "Hide Protected operating system files" too as boot.ini is a system file

Rob
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post #15 of 18
7/10/06 at 12:00am
or just go into system properties and have it boot pro only

takes 2 sec
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post #16 of 18
7/10/06 at 1:26am
Yeah, I never do the quick NFTS...there isnt much difference at all in how fast it is, its worth it in the long run to not do the Quick NFTS option..
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post #17 of 18
7/10/06 at 1:54am
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Originally Posted by BowevelJoe
Yeah, I never do the quick NFTS...there isnt much difference at all in how fast it is, its worth it in the long run to not do the Quick NFTS option..

Not entirely sure what you're talking about. The Quick format is all about how fast it is to format. It takes only a few seconds. The "slow" NTS format can take AGES, depending on how big the drive is. I always slow format a new drive to make sure there's nothing physically wrong with it.
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post #18 of 18
7/29/06 at 7:24pm
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Originally Posted by Godsmack
Click the start button in windows. Then click the run command. Type msconfig, then highlight the boot.ini tab, and click the check all boot paths button. It will present you with a window saying it has found incorrect booth lines or paths and do you wish to fix or remove the incorrect entires. Hit yes. Problem fixed without re-installing.

Worked perfectly! Thanks
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