Sounds like a bad start. Time to format that disk and do a clean install with XP. Steve Larson Redondo Beach, California "Everyone has a photographic memory. Some just don't have film."
----- Original Message ----- From: "Brendan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2003 4:00 PM Subject: Re: OT: Widows XP Pro > sounds like you installed XP ontop of win 98? > > --- William Robb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Heres a question for the tech heads. > > My newly installed XP Pro operating system has a > > wonky start up habit. > > Upon start up, it asks what operating system I want > > to use, either Windows > > (not installed) or XP Pro. If I tell it to open > > Windows, I get a very brief > > Win98 spash screen, then a C prompt. If I ask it to > > start in XP Pro, it > > starts normally. > > I am pretty sure this is caused by a ghost file on > > the HD when I did the XP > > install. > > Anyway, the boot.ini file seems wrong to me, but I > > don't want to touch it > > without knowing fer sure what to do with it. > > > > So, if anyone of a technical nature could help me > > out, I would be most > > happy. > > Please reply privately to: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Thanks > > > > William Robb > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca >
