Boot-up

[dog321]

have a K7VM2 with a 2.0 Athalon Processor and 256 DDR. My question is how can I have the computer boot-up to XP without having to go thru boot-up setup screen every time I restart my computer. Which means I have to depress F8 each X to get to the menu-to then choose the HD and then it boot-up to XP. What a DRAG!!!! I have tried go thru the BIOS setup menu options however the "hd" first option doesn't appear-any suggestions.

[VHockey86]

Sure there isnt anything like "IDE-0" ?
But if its actually getting to the F8 boot screen.... its finding your hard drive, so that isnt the issue.
Are you sure your XP install isnt just messed up?

I would boot to your XP installation CD, enter the recovery console and use the "fixboot" command.

[dusty825]

Did you check the bios settings.

[sr71000]

sounds like u'r boot.ini file sucks....lol. Make sure you can see all hidden files and system folders and then go to my computer C:/ (or whatever hard drive windows is on) and look for boot.ini. Open it in a text editor and post up what it says here.

[Chuckiechan]

I would reset your BIOS. (unplug the machine when you do it). That will at least give you the default boot sequence - floppy / IDE 0 / IDE 1 / CDROM

Try that to eliminate incorrect BIOS settings.

[dog321]

thanks for the expert advice-your suggestions were right on teh $-Merry Xman!