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Old November 20th, 2006, 08:49 PM   Digg it!   #1 (permalink)
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Need to Replace Bootup Options

Here was my setup before any problems:
Windows MCE 2005, Mac OSX (using chain0), and Kubuntu.
then(I know it's not the way you are supposed to remove OS's, which is prolly the reason I am having problems.)
I deleted the Kubuntu partition, an swap partition, and installed Vista on it. It worked just fine, but Mac OSX wouldn't boot, giving me a chain load error.
So I deleted the Vista Partition, but the Vista Boot loader is still the one that is on my computer. I booted up my XP disc, and went into the recovery to try fixmbr, but it's still the same Boot Loader.
So How do I replace the boot loader with the original from XP?

Thanks for help in advance!
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Old December 30th, 2006, 12:33 AM     #2 (permalink)
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besides mbr the boot.ini decides and asks which version of Windows to load. the default boot.ini should look like this.

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOW S
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Micro soft Windows XP home" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect

that file is at the root of "C:\". you double left click and notepad will open it for you.
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