Do you have problems with your computer???

@jarves (814)
Philippines
April 17, 2008 8:46am CST
Hi guys! Do you have problems with your computer?? From hardware to software? If you do, just ask me a question and I will try to answer it the best that I can. I just want to share my knowledge and help people out there with computers.
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suprema
@suprema (297)
• Philippines
17 Apr 08
How about this: when I boot my computer, I see a menu to choose the OS to use. Both choices are WinXP. But I only have one XP installation so whichever I choose, the same XP is run. How do I stop seeing the menu?
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jarves
@jarves (814)
• Philippines
18 Apr 08
You may edit the boot.ini file in windows. Your boot.ini file might look something like this: [boot loader] timeout=30 default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS [operating systems] multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(5)\WINDOWS="JRB Windowsl" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect The part saying "multi..." that is the part the lets you choose which OS to boot. You need to delete the other line so you will only have one OS of choice.
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suprema
@suprema (297)
• Philippines
19 Apr 08
Thanks for replying. I tried to follow your suggestion, but I only have one OS in my boot.ini file! Here's the content of my boot.ini file: [boot loader] redirect=useBiosSettings redirectbaudrate= timeout=20 default= [operating systems] multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition" /fastdetect So what do I do now?
jarves
@jarves (814)
• Philippines
19 Dec 08
You need to fix your MBR or Master Boot Record. You can do so by putting in your windows xp installer and booting into the recovery console, there you can type in fixmbr and it will fix your boot record. Then restart your PC
miracleman2008
@miracleman2008 (173)
• United States
18 Apr 08
jarves: my hats off to you.not many people help other people these days.just goes to show their are some good people still in this crazy world. thank you. and have a great day.
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secretbear
@secretbear (19448)
• Philippines
1 May 08
hi jarves! you're so nice to be saying that! i will definitely go to you if i encounter problems again with my computer. but i hope i won't. its too much of a hassle to have computer problems. but i'm glad there's someone here who would be willing to help!
jessa
@jesbellaine (4139)
• Philippines
17 Apr 08
So far so good. I will message or post on this again if I have encountered a problem with the computer that I can't solve. *Smiles*
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