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OS Boot Order Messed Up

I have Macrium Reflect Server Edition on an XP PC.
During bootup the default OS was always ... 1 - Windows XP
with 2 - Macrium Reflect PE being an option
Everything worked fine until .......

I used Macrium to clone a 99% full 2TB hard disk
It couldn't do it in the windows XP environment so it rebooted into PE
It cloned the disk perfectly in 11 hours

However, since then, the default bootup OS for the PC is 2 - Macrium Reflect PE
I have choose XP every time.

How can I get it back to the way it was?
There are no relevant settings that I can see within Macrium.

Michael Best

Have you tried system restore?

vmagan

Are these OS installed on different hard drives? If so, can we change the boot menu from the bios?

Eirman

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I have to press 1 every I boot, so it's no big deal (Just a nuisance if I forget and have to reboot).

When one installs Macrium, it adds a boot option.
When the main OS is damaged, you boot into Macrium running in the PE environment
and point to the macrium image file to restore everything.

Everything is on C:

joinaunion

Sorry are you saying the option to choose OS at boot is no longer working for you? You now only have 1 OS?

Eirman

ASKER

A quote from my question ....

default bootup OS for the PC is 2 - Macrium Reflect PE

I just want the default to revert to the way it was, namely XP to be the default.

joinaunion

You will need to edit the boot.ini and add Macrium Reflect PE as #2

This may help you.
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/289022

joinaunion

Oh. What do you see when you click on check all boot paths? On the image you posted.

nobus

what says the boot.ini file of the XP OS?

Eirman

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I have 2 choices at DOS level
1 - XP
2 - Macrium (PE) (Default OS)

I want what I had previously ....
1 - XP (Default OS)
2 - Macrium (PE)
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joinaunion - that link is not working but I think I found it anyway.
This is my boot.ini

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn

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nobus

is it the sal-me in the macrium and XP OS?

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Eirman

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Thanks BillDL. That screen is exactly what it see during bootup. (Plus a 10 second countdown)
XP used to be highlighted and it automatically booted when left unattended for 10 seconds.

=} I have no Boot.bak
=} Nothing even vaguely relevant from SYSEDIT files
=} MSDOS.SYS is an empty zero bytes file.
=} Check all boot paths button says ..... all paths are okay.

I wonder whether it might be worthwhile uninstalling Macrium Reflect, rebooting, and then reinstalling it again.

That would most likely work, but there must be a less drastic solution. I remember when installing Macrium, it downloaded/installed the 80 MB windows PE. I wonder where that's installed? Would that retain settings if macrium was uninstalled.

Eirman

ASKER

Hi joinaunion,
I tried this and the boot order remains unchanged (I had been here before)

Then I tried No menu followed by Windows PE 3.1 again.
It rebuilt the boot menu in 10 seconds and everything is back to normal.

Thanks

Eirman

ASKER

Resolved following your suggestion joinaunion - Thanks

Some useful tips/shortcuts that I never knew Bill - Thanks

BillDL

Excellent. Glad joinaunion's suggestion resolved the issue. Thanks. I saw a screenshot of that same dialog while looking for answers, but the "No Menu" sounded a bit risky.

joinaunion

Glad to be of help. :)