Thank you for your replies, I am running Windows XP media Centre Edition. I tried doing all of the above but it still goes to the 'select OS screen' at startup. I havn't got my XP CD with me at the moment so I'll try that when I get it..JohnWill said:Right click on My Computer, Properties, Advanced, and click the Startup and Recovery button. You can pick the default O/S there and then uncheck the "Time to display list of operating systems" box, the prompt will be gone. You can also click the Edit button and remove the line that references the Vista copy from the BOOT.INI file.
I'm sorry, I don't understand this.. I'm clueless.. !saikee said:I run Vista but didn't use its boot loader in the MBR. I read somewhere about MS changed the boot loader in Vista. If this is the case then NTLDR of XP may has been overpowered, or the user does not realise it is the same screen used by XP.
The fixmbr should restore XP back.
Even though it's set to O the timeout is still 30seconds when you boot up and the default OS is still Vista.saikee said:sisalto,
That is a XP's own boot.ini that should remian operational after the removal of Vista, right?
Why do you suddenly want to remove it? People normally specify the timeout, which is currently set to 0, so short that it just flashes in a split second before booting up XP.
Yes, I just tried it and it worked!! (Though my comp is slower than ever)davehc said:Have you tried my suggestion, Sisalto? I don't see why it would have failed!
