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Simple question but big irritant for me.

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harpoon Original post #1
Aug 15, 2006 at 1:39 PM
I just installed Mandrake soft 9.2, but eventually it did not start,so I deleted the logical drive & reformatted it.Everything's fine like before but the startup screen shows 4 boot options viz linux,windows,floopy,failsafe.
How do I get rid of this startup screen & windows will boot normally again?
Vishal Gupta
Aug 15, 2006 at 2:08 PM
Method 1.) Boot using XP Setup CD and in Recovery Console give following command:

fixmbr

Method 2.) Boot using 98 CD and give following command:

fdisk /mbr
romeo_8693
Aug 15, 2006 at 2:36 PM
if im not wrong then ur using only windows now..if yes just edit ur boot.ini file once u boot in windows...
Pathik
Pathik #4
Aug 15, 2006 at 2:43 PM
yup jus open boot.ini and check all boot paths..
Vishal Gupta
Aug 15, 2006 at 3:19 PM
Guys!
The boot loader, he is talking about is the Mandrake one not the Windows loader!
Did u read the loader entries? these r: linux,windows,floopy,failsafe, which r present in Linux loaders not in windows loader. :D
romeo_8693
Aug 15, 2006 at 3:47 PM
ooops....u got a point vishal!!!
JGuru
JGuru #7
Aug 16, 2006 at 12:18 AM
LILO boot loader of Mandriva Linux is installed in MBR. So you get the LILO Boot
options - Linux, Windows, failsafe, floppy.
@Vishal Gupta has already provided you the solution. That will fix your problem.