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SET: Screen Displays "Boot 2>" Prompt After First Setup Reboot

Article ID: 163400

Article Last Modified on 11/1/2006

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This article was previously published under Q163400

SYMPTOMS

When you perform a new install of Windows NT, the prompt "Boot 2>" is displayed on the screen after the reboot from text setup to GUI setup.

CAUSE

This condition can occur if the product System Commander from V Communications was previously installed on the target hard disk. This error can also appear if the master boot record code is corrupted.

WORKAROUND

There are three ways to work around this problem:

  1. Low-level format the drive.
  2. Use the System Commander uninstall.
  3. After backing up the mbr using disksave.exe, run fdisk /mbr against the system and the machine should get past this error.

STATUS

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