I accidently set my boot menu to zero value on both choices now I cant boot back up

hit f2 set hard drive to auto, and try boot order has to be set to boot device first ( floppy?) cd or hard drive(0) zero is the boot
drive

Boot into Safe Mode by pressing F8 during boot. Lower your screen resolution. Right click desktop > Properties. Lower Screen Resolution.

Hello,

Okay there are a couple of possible ways to fix this. Of course I am assuming I know what is wrong.

If this problem just started happening out of the blue for no apparent reason then try this:

Restart you machine. While it is booting (but before is shows the windows logo) start tapping the F8 key. If you do this right you should get a menu with a number of Windows boot up choices.

One of the choices should be 'Boot in Safe Mode'. Use the Up and Down arrows to highlight this choice and hit Enter.

When Windows gets ready to boot the Desktop in Safe Mode it will first ask you if you want to run System Restore. Do so.

Pick a restore point before the trouble started. This MAY fix your problem.

If this fails to fix the problem there are so other things you can try.

Follow the same instructions as above but when the boot options menu comes up after hitting F8 instead of selecting 'Boot in Safe Mode' instead select 'Enable VGA Mode'.

If this lets you get to the Desktop of with you monitor working then right click on an empty spot on your Desktop and select 'Properties'.

Then click on the 'Settings' tab (on the far right). Then set the resolution (slider in the lower left corner) to what ever you usually use.

HTH

If you just formatted the partition with the second XP installation on there, it should remove the boot menu where you choose which installation to go to.
Here are a few options for you to choose from.

• Option One: Open Start-Run and enter msconfig Click the tab "BOOT.INI" The contents of the boot.ini file are shown and a number of configuration settings are available. Under Operating systems, delete the one you don't want. Be careful not to delete the wrong one.
• Option Two: Right-click on "My Computer" and choose "Properties" from the context menu. The System Properties dialog box will open. In the section "Startup and Recovery" click the button "Settings". To delete the unwanted operating system from the boot display menu, use the "Edit" button on the right of the entry.
  
• Option Three: If the OS is Windows XP Professional, it has a command line utility for manipulating boot.ini called bootcfg.exe.
  Click start, type CMD, click OK and you are presented with the command prompt. Type bootcfg /? It will list the description and parameter list. Once again, you can delete the unwanted OS.
• Option Four: Boot to the XP install disk and open up the command prompt utility of the disk. Enter "fixmbr" and press enter. Restart the computer and remove the disk.
  

I assume you're wanting to automatically boot a different hard-drive? If so, it's a real simple fix. I'll take you through the steps using Windows XP Professional. In the example below we will tell the system to automatically boot Windows 7 if the user does not make a choice in 30 seconds.

1. Open My Computer.
2. Open your C:\ drive.
3. At the top, select Tools -> Folder Options (Picture)
4. Select "Show Hidden Files and Folders," Uncheck "Hide Extensions for known File Types," Uncheck "Hide Protected Operating System Files." (Picture)
5. Locate "boot.ini." (Picture)
6. Right-Click boot.ini and go to "Properties." (Picture)
7. Uncheck "Read-only" and press OK. (Picture)
8. Open boot.ini
9. Find the line corresponding with the system you want to boot automatically every time your system starts. (Picture)
10. Place the system's path into the "Default" slot. (Picture)

NOTE: Only place the system's path into the default slot, not the boot options and description!

11. Save the file and exit boot.ini.
12. Once again, right-click boot.ini and go to Properties. (Picture)
13. Check "Read-only" and press OK. (Picture)
14. Restart your system to ensure the changes were made correctly and that your system starts the correct operating system.

CAUTION: Altering the lines below "[operating systems]" can change the way you system starts and might prevent your system from starting! DO NOT ALTER ANY ENTRIES BELOW "[operating systems]" UNLESS YOU ABSOLUTELY KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING! Altering the "Default" slot will not harm your system as long as you enter a system path that is described in the "[operating system]" sector.


Altering boot.ini the way we just did tells the system to automatically start Windows 7 if the user does not make a choice in 30 seconds. Additionally, if you want the timer to run for say 1-3 seconds, you can alter the "timeout" value to read something similar to: timeout=2
That way when the system will automatically boot the "default" system in 2 seconds if the user doesn't make a choice. NOTE: Don't forget, you can't alter boot.ini unless "Read-only" is unchecked. Also, don't forget to check it again once you're finished editing boot.ini.

Let me know if this solved your problem, or if you were wondering how to do something else.

This will occurs when the Computer did not shut down properly or restart automatically or a dual Operating System installed in the Computer.

To resolve this:

1. Click on Start -> Control Panel -> System.

Or, Click on Start, right click on the My Computer option and select the option Properties.


2. In the System Properties option click on Advance tab.

3. In the Advance, click on Setting option under Startup and Recovery option.

4. Under Startup and Recovery option un-check the boxes:

a. Time to display list of Operating Systems.
b. Time to display list of Recovery options when needed.



5. Then, Click OK, then Apply and OK in the System Properties window.

6. Restart the Computer.

This should resolve the issue.

Good Luck!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

First, if the CD drive uses an expansion bay on the laptop, remove it (with the power off) and reinsert it to make sure it is seated correctly. Power on the system, enter the BIOS setup program and check to see if it has been recognized again. If it is not being recognized here, the drive is defective and needs to be replaced. If the drive appears in BIOS, allow the computer to boot and check to see that the drive is appearing under My Computer. If not, open the Device Manager, click on the View menu and make sure that Show hidden devices is checked. Open the CD/DVD-ROM Drives section. You should see an entry for your disc drive and it may be dimmed. Right-clicking and selecting Properties from the context menu will probably indicate that the device is not currently connected to the computer (Code 45). If so, right-click on the computer name and select Scan for hardware changes in the context menu. If this does not detect and initialize the drive properly, the device is probably defective and needs replacement.

Turn off computer...when it comes back on (at the very beginning) you get a black screen/w bios/boot menu at bottom right...then it switches to another screen/w recovery at top left....follow directions from there...

right click on your desktop - clik on properties- it will open display dialog box- click on settings- then click on advance-then plug n play dialog box will open -click on graphic properties tab-then click on graphic properties(below)- then click on display settings - on rotation part click on 0(zero). then click on apply then ok.
it will solve your problem