Failed install

[Roger Neilson]

A previously failed or interrupted install has left an initial login
message which offers me the choice of booting into MS Windows XP Pro
or Cancel Windows XP setup. If I either wait for the delay to end or
hit a key it install fine and runs fine. Its just annoying that this
other option comes up every time I boot up the Pc - is there a way of
easily getting rid of it?

Roger

[Ben Williams]

Do a search for "boot.ini" sometimes it is in the root of C: sometimes it
is windows.

Open it up in a text editor and remove the startup option you do not want.

WARNING-THIS MAY CAUSE YOU SYSTEM NOT TO BOOT! Be careful when editing this
file and make a back up of it.

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Ben Williams

"Roger Neilson" > wrote in message
...
> A previously failed or interrupted install has left an initial login
> message which offers me the choice of booting into MS Windows XP Pro
> or Cancel Windows XP setup. If I either wait for the delay to end or
> hit a key it install fine and runs fine. Its just annoying that this
> other option comes up every time I boot up the Pc - is there a way of
> easily getting rid of it?
>
> Roger

[Ben Williams]

Do a search for "boot.ini" sometimes it is in the root of C: sometimes it
is windows.

Open it up in a text editor and remove the startup option you do not want.

WARNING-THIS MAY CAUSE YOU SYSTEM NOT TO BOOT! Be careful when editing this
file and make a back up of it.

--
Ben Williams

"Roger Neilson" > wrote in message
...
> A previously failed or interrupted install has left an initial login
> message which offers me the choice of booting into MS Windows XP Pro
> or Cancel Windows XP setup. If I either wait for the delay to end or
> hit a key it install fine and runs fine. Its just annoying that this
> other option comes up every time I boot up the Pc - is there a way of
> easily getting rid of it?
>
> Roger

[Kadaitcha Man]

Roger Neilson wrote:
> A previously failed or interrupted install has left an initial login
> message which offers me the choice of booting into MS Windows XP Pro
> or Cancel Windows XP setup. If I either wait for the delay to end or
> hit a key it install fine and runs fine. Its just annoying that this
> other option comes up every time I boot up the Pc - is there a way of
> easily getting rid of it?


Do this:

Run a command prompt and use bootcfg to delete the unwanted menu options.

bootcfg /? to get help... you are looking for bootcfg / delete /

EG: bootcfg / delete /ID 2


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