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Method 1: Clean the CD-ROM Use a soft cloth to gently clean the disc. Method 2: Change the memory settings for installation To change the memory settings for installation, follow these steps: Click Start, and then click Run. In the Open box, type msconfig, and then click OK. On the BOOT.INI tab, click Advanced

Repairing Win 98
In other words, do a clean hardware reinstall? I thought maybe removing registry entries... Martin, always log on with local administrator rights for the following Then create a boot floppy disk and test it, so you can manipulate BOOT.INI and other files more easily (on any other computer) if you cannot get the

Boot manager, XP and Xandros
I'm soon going to be backing up applications and related files and opt for a clean install as the current one on the machine was originally installed on top of Win98. Hi, RJ No, dual boot info is not stored in the Registry at all. You never get to the Registry until long after boot.ini is successfully read.

boot.ini configuration
Found this in the boot.ini : "Appears that the following line in the boot.ini file does not refer to a valid Op System multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)windows="Microsoft Windows XP home edition/fastdetect" Would you like to remove it from the boot.ini file" :-)

Dual boot with ME and XP Pro, and boot.ini
Howard Kaikow kai...@standards.com alt sys pc-clone micron If you did a clean install, then XP should have been installed in a separate partition and you should have ended up with a dual boot ME/XP system. Is that what you wanted? See if there's a boot.ini file on drive C. You'll have to re-install your apps under

Win2k and clean install
Does that mean I should try editing the boot.ini file to get it to point to the right place? My hypothesis was that the IDE might require an OEM driver and wasn't getting it, thus confusing Windows. I was trying to copy the driver files (of which there are many, it's an integrated Epox NForce 8GRA+ with audio,

Removing W2K and clean installing XP
Doug G. chromedom...@juno.com microsoft public win2000 general I already had the drives set to auto, and the boot.ini looked fine. I can't understand what would be causing the registry to get screwed up like this with a clean install when I have never had this problem with my upgrade install.

Clean Install HELP!!!!
Just change boot.ini to remove the OS you dont want to boot to. You need to do more than that if you want the XP install to be on the C drive as it would be if you did it the other way. XP does not have to be on C: I agree you still need the old disc as drive C: And thats a much less clean config than doing it the

Clean Win2K Pro boot.ini
Note Microsoft strongly recommends that you do not use System Configuration Utility to modify the Boot.ini file on your computer without the direction of a Microsoft support professional. Doing so may render your computer unusable. How to Return from a Clean Boot State Click Start, click Run, type msconfig in the

Clean Install HELP!!!!
It restarts and we get Invalid boot.ini file Booting from C:\Windows NTDETECT failed I've tried going into the recovery console and running bootcfg /rebuild but COM boot.ini in the C:\ directory. The boot.ini file contains [boot loader] timeout = 1 default multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS [operating

Rescuing XP After Vista Clean Install
Miroslav Tiser ti...@3net.cz microsoft public win2000 setup At boot up it keeps asking me to pick weather to boot Win 95 or Win 2000 (default). How do I uninstall Win 95 to keep this screen from coming up? Find file BOOT.INI at first partition of boot HDD. Edit them. Be carefully. Delete right line.

Win 2k Clean Install With Win ME
And no multi-boot? If this is correct, I'd like to eventually remove the original primary partitions. This will make the XP partition #2 instead of #4. Do I have to fix boot.ini after I do that? Yes, you've got the gist of it -- hiding all other partitions is crucial. Beware of a possible glitch depending on

Need To "clean" MBR
Control Panel|System|Advanced|Startup set the default to start Windows 2000, then save an image of the boot.ini, then set the default to start WinME, Microsoft MVP [Windows NT/ 2000] "Glenn" wrote: I recently installed Windows 2000 as a clean installation on my computer which already had Windows ME.

Clean Install - No multi-boot
DL d...@spoofmail.com microsoft public win2000 setup Use disk management in win2k to format D Edit boot.ini to remove any ref to winxp Boot from winxp disk and perform clean install (Format/Install) on C You may have to use phone activation. NTFS file sys is more efficient/better security Dont know affect on linux

dual-boot screen after clean install?
I do a find files - boot.ini - and the only "boot" Read the article ref Qxxxxxx I gave you, Edit the Boot.ini File in Windows 2000 Q311578 and On Sat, 7 Dec 2002 16:58:08 -0500, "epl" <eplavall...@comcast.net> wrote: Recently had a problem on my PC and one of the things I did was a clean reinstall of Windows

Upon Clean-Installing WinXP, ...
As mentioned above, you will need Win98 in a valid format (Restore disks often use a proprietary image format) in order to do a clean install of WinXP. Once XP is installed, you can simply boot to it, then remove the Win98 system files and edit boot.ini to remove references to the W98 installation.

unknown virus boot.ini
Well, when I restart, it gives me the option to boot with 2000 or XP. You know the black screen that has a 30 sec countdown if you don't pick an OS manually. Doesn't that mean that XP is still there? No, it probably doesn't mean XP is still there, it could mean that the boot.ini file didn't have the XP line erased.

Back to multi-booting the RAID - again. . .
-----Original Message----- Hi, I was a beta tester for XP Professional, and just did a relatively clean install of XP Home (no reformat). Hi Adam, to get your problem solved do this steps: 1 open your drive C: & look fot the file 'boot.ini' 2 right cklik it & select property un check read only attribut & cklik

"Clean Install" Explained
As you'll see from the blog, you can actually let Windows rebuild boot.ini. -- Charlie. http://msmvps.com/xperts64 When I set up the present 64bit system, I wanted a RAID and I wanted to keep it reasonably clean with just the XP x64 and one Linux (to keep abreast with RAID support on Linux).

Clean install
Flip to the 'boot.ini' tab and click on 'Chack all boot paths'. This will remove any mention of a invalid boot path from the boot.ini file. -- Anando Microsoft MVP- Windows Shell/User http://www.microsoft.com/mvp http://www.mvps.org Folder customizations http://newdelhi.sancharnet.in/minku Protect your PC!