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March 17th, 2006 16:00
Help with editing boot.ini file, adding Safe Mode to boot menue
Hello,
I am trying to add the option to boot to Windows XP Safe Mode to my boot menue, so when i start up i have the choice of Windows XP Media Centre and Windows XP Safe Mode (on my Dell Dimension 9150).
I have followed numerous guides on the internet and have changed my boot.ini file to this...
[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="Windows XP Media Center Edition" /NoExecute=Optout
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Windows XP Safe Mode" /NoExecute=Optout /safeboot:minimal /sos /bootlog
But when i reboot nothing happens? I have tried a few things, removing fastdetect from the top one (what does this do by the way?!), changing timeout etc., but nothing seems to happen and it boots straight away to Windows XP Media Center. Any ideas?
Also, is this editing the MBR (and making the Dell CTRL + F11 feature not work?)
What happens if i ruin my boot.ini and cant boot? I have a copy of it on floppy disk, how would i restore this?
Thanks for the help!
I am trying to add the option to boot to Windows XP Safe Mode to my boot menue, so when i start up i have the choice of Windows XP Media Centre and Windows XP Safe Mode (on my Dell Dimension 9150).
I have followed numerous guides on the internet and have changed my boot.ini file to this...
[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="Windows XP Media Center Edition" /NoExecute=Optout
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Windows XP Safe Mode" /NoExecute=Optout /safeboot:minimal /sos /bootlog
But when i reboot nothing happens? I have tried a few things, removing fastdetect from the top one (what does this do by the way?!), changing timeout etc., but nothing seems to happen and it boots straight away to Windows XP Media Center. Any ideas?
Also, is this editing the MBR (and making the Dell CTRL + F11 feature not work?)
What happens if i ruin my boot.ini and cant boot? I have a copy of it on floppy disk, how would i restore this?
Thanks for the help!
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pattyandme
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March 19th, 2006 03:00
the boot ini is read by the system after the MBR so your not editing the MBR i can tell you that.
Major_Disaster
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March 19th, 2006 08:00
If i were to partition my harddrive, this would affect the MBR (and CTRL + F11) right? Would there be any way to fix it becuase i am thinking of doing this.
Thanks again
pattyandme
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March 19th, 2006 14:00
if you partition the hard drive then what happens is the image portion of the symatic restore may fail there is a way ti fix this when you need a restore as long as you havent deleted the image fat32 partition the DB dell hidden one.
you might consider just adding another hard drive instead then you would not have any problems with the ctrl 11 feature you can do anything you want to the new hard drive and not effect the current system
Major_Disaster
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March 23rd, 2006 15:00