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Thread ID: 55866 2005-03-21 10:54:00 Mystifying Boot Menu problem, win 2k Niloc (7663) Press F1
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336514 2005-03-21 10:54:00 I get the following two options from my boot menu:

1 Windows 2000 Professional
2 Windows 2000 (default)

When the machine boots from default I get the following message:

"Windows 2000 could not start becuse the following file is missing or corrupt [windows 2000 root]\system32\ntoskrnl.exe
Please re-install a copy of this file".

When I manually choose to boot from 1, and not the default, everything is fine and windows boots up normally, so I presume that the error message is incorrect. It's a tad irritating to have to baby sit my Pc through its boot up and it prevents me from using other programs that automatically reboot the pc. I have looked hard for solutions, to no avail. :( and have put up with it for the last six months, but, no longer.

This problem occured after an aborted installation of windows 2000. I am using win2k, service pack 3. Only one OS on my machine. My boot INI looks like this:

[Boot Loader]
Timeout=5
Default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional" /fastdetect
[Operating Systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional" /fastdetect

Both options look the same to me. I can't understand the nature of the problem.

Any suggestions? :help: 		Niloc (7663)
336515 2005-03-21 10:59:00 delete the part in bold and then ok it


Timeout=5
[B]Default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT= "Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional" /fastdetect
[Operating Systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional" /fastdetect

i think if you delete the part in bold youl be fine, but wait for a reply from someone else to confirm that..
i used to have the same problem, id reinstall windows 2000 and get the option to boot into both and i remember just deleting the line that shows the default option and then after that youd boot normally with no option menu 		Term_X (560)
336516 2005-03-21 11:03:00 [Boot Loader]
Timeout=5
Default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional" /fastdetect
[Operating Systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional" /fastdetect

Both options look the same to me. I can't understand the nature of the problem.

Any suggestions? :help:
Change "Default" to the second instance of Windows.

If it boots into Widows without any problems change the timeout to 0 and it will boot without pausing.

It looks like someone started an installation of windows but did not complete it. 		Davesdad (923)
336517 2005-03-21 12:15:00 Davesdad, if you are DangerousDave's father could you let him know that there is a message for him in his in-box on this forum.

Thanks,

Robert.

If not then ignore this message, sorry. 		zqwerty (97)
336518 2005-03-21 21:51:00 Davesdad, if you are DangerousDave's father could you let him know that there is a message for him in his in-box on this forum.

Thanks,

Robert.

If not then ignore this message, sorry.
No, I'm not. Consider it ignored. 		Davesdad (923)
336519 2005-03-21 23:35:00 Thanks for the help, both of you. I deleted the default, and now it boots from the correct installation. (It still offers two options though, but this is unimportant). I will now reduce the timeout to 0, as per your suggestions.

:thumbs: Thanks a lot. 		Niloc (7663)
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