I Have To Select The Operating System Before My

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04-09-2003, 10:41 PM
thedrocks16

My computer gets this message on start up and i don't know how to get rid of it. (I messed around with my boot screen)

Please select he operating system to start:

Line)
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition

Use the p and down arrow keys to move the highlight to your choice

Press ENTER to choose.

For troubleshooting and advance start options for windows, press F8
04-09-2003, 10:51 PM
J'Pol

Did you install XP and chose not to upgrade.

If so you may have a dual boot system.
04-09-2003, 11:06 PM
dlingeverything

This isn't the right place to post this, its only for k-lite related posts.

You installed xp and left ur old OS still in ur computer
04-09-2003, 11:11 PM
the-ninja69

Same thing happened to me except the message just appears for a short while like 4 sec but it still asks me to choose.

I know exactly what you are talking about i chaged the boot screen with bootxp and i have the same prob as you so can somebody post the solution.

It is okay waiting like 4 sec just kind of annoying in a way.
04-10-2003, 02:45 AM
Tormentor

Hey the-ninja69 you should get rid of those disgusting links in your sig
04-10-2003, 02:51 AM
jay973

You cant talk,what about cruelty to pandas? lol :lol:
04-10-2003, 02:53 AM
Tormentor

your really funny
04-10-2003, 03:59 AM
Jg427

Quote:

Originally posted by thedrocks16@9 April 2003 - 16:41
My computer gets this message on start up and i don't know how to get rid of it. (I messed around with my boot screen)

Please select he operating system to start:

Line)
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition

Use the p and down arrow keys to move the highlight to your choice

Press ENTER to choose.

For troubleshooting and advance start options for windows, press F8

start> control panel> system> advanced tab>start up & recovery settings>time to display list of operating systems, uncheck the box
04-10-2003, 04:42 AM
seanster

You have two Operating Systems on your pc. Even if they both say XP you can still have it twice. If it was me I would back up all the files I wanted to keep and then format and reload.

email me if you need help with that.
04-10-2003, 02:07 PM
Jg427

You can have the option of choosing operating systems even if you only have one installed. I have XP Home and had to uncheck the "time to display List of operating system" box to skip this step at boot up.
04-10-2003, 03:44 PM
J'Pol

Quote:

Originally posted by Jg427+10 April 2003 - 04:59--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Jg427 @ 10 April 2003 - 04:59)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin--thedrocks16@9 April 2003 - 16:41
My computer gets this message on start up and i don't know how to get rid of it. (I messed around with my boot screen)

Please select he operating system to start:

Line)
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition

Use the p and down arrow keys to move the highlight to your choice

Press ENTER to choose.

For troubleshooting and advance start options for windows, press F8

start> control panel> system> advanced tab>start up & recovery settings>time to display list of operating systems, uncheck the box [/b][/quote]
Good answer. Thanks, I didn't know that.
04-10-2003, 05:23 PM
stoi

Neither did i JimF, ive got 2000 and tried to install XP with a virtual drive, needless to say when it rebooted during the install it couldnt find the cd, but mine was automatically going to xp not 2000 so i had to manually change it everytime i rebooted or it would just go to the xp install and ask for the cd everytime.

ive just tried the above fix, will just reboot and see if its done the trick, thanx Jg427 if this works as it was getting very anoying.
04-10-2003, 06:52 PM
Wizzandabe

i love dual booting, thats amazing. i wish i could do it. i do konw thanks to Paul but havent tried it out yet.
04-10-2003, 09:06 PM
miccheck1516

i had this problem too after installing boot xp, now every time a change my boot screen i have to delete somethign from my boot.ini file, go to c:/boot.ini and replace whatever is there with the following text

Quote:

[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 /KERNEL=LOGOOS.EXE

NOTE This is ONLY for xp HOME i dont know about pro
04-10-2003, 09:32 PM
Jg427

Quote:

Originally posted by stoi@10 April 2003 - 11:23
mine was automatically going to xp not 2000 so i had to manually change it everytime i rebooted or it would just go to the xp install and ask for the cd everytime.

You may need to change the default operating system in the drop down box that is just above the check box "time to display list of operating systems" Must be set on XP, just change to 2000.
04-10-2003, 10:56 PM
4play

go to run and type

msconfig

then go to the boot.ini tab and remove one of the boot modes.

I bet you only have one operating system installed because 2 on the same partition will not work.