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KevN View Member Profile	Jul 2 2009, 07:14 AM Post #1
Newbie Group: Members Posts: 1 Joined: 2-July 09 Member No.: 13,213	I recently tried to reformat my computer but, turns out i didn't need to. I put the CD in and one thing lead to another. Now everytime i start my computer, it shows a black screen with white text asking me to choose windows x[ home edition or windows set up and I if don't choose in tiem it goes to windows set up so i have to restart my computer and it gets annoying.

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Jul 2 2009, 09:37 AM

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Right-click My Computer
Select Properties
Advanced tab
Startup and Recovery, [Settings]
System startup, [Edit] opens boot.ini in NOTEPAD

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In NOTEPAD, the boot.ini text should read:

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect

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