BIBM always opens to Partition Work dialog box

[Bill]

BIBM won't boot to the normal boot menu. Won't boot to the direct boot menu. Always opens to the Partition Work dialog box. What's up with that?

[Brian K]

Bill,

When you made the disk you must have chosen Partition Work instead of Normal.

[Bill]

At the time I created the disk I planned to keep the BING installation for awhile. Then I went ahead and installed BIBM. Do I have to uninstall it and reinstall it to be able to use the normal boot menu?

[a1pcfixer]

Bill,

> Do I have to uninstall it and reinstall it to be able to use the normal boot menu?

No/yes.

Just reinstall with the correct choices, and BIBM will overwrite itself.

Direction are included in the BIBM users manual. Follow directions found in pages
11-23.

For myself I choose; Select the Product to Build|BootIt Bare Metal {page 11 item 4},
and Select the Optional Components|Image for DOS(GUI) {page 12 item 6}, and Boot
Options(Normal){page 14} {THIS is where you need to fix your current choice}

Other choices are as you feel the need for your system & future needs.
Personally I haven't (yet) had the need to use IFD from within BIBM, but I figure
someday I'll wish I had included it, so I do.
--

Jim L.
Using - Virtual Access(OLR)
http://www.virtual-access.org
6.3.0.5 Windows Vista Service Pack 2 build 6002

[Bill]

Thanks. Fortunately the original CD I created was a RW. I believe if you purchased BIBM the install automatically included IFD, since you can't image without it.

Bill

[a1pcfixer]

Bill,

> I believe if you purchased BIBM the install automatically included IFD

Nope, it's a choice during install as you'll see in the instructions.
--

Jim L.
Using - Virtual Access(OLR)
http://www.virtual-access.org
6.3.0.5 Windows Vista Service Pack 2 build 6002

[Bill]

I created the install CD again and installed BIBM, but I am still booting to the Partition Work box. Any suggestions?

[Bob Coleman]

Bill,

When you made the disk you must have chosen Partition Work instead of Normal.

I created the install CD again and installed BIBM, but I am still booting to the Partition Work box. Any suggestions?

Did you pay attention to Brian's point quoted above? What did you select?

[a1pcfixer]

Bob,

> Did you pay attention to Brian's point quoted above?

Better yet is where I gave DETAILED instructions, yet he somehow
continues to get the wrong results.

Whenever I've changed/upgraded BiBM then reinstalled, the NEW has
always overwritten the CURRENT.

Try doing everything for creation of the disk under Administrator?
Right click on 'makedisk.exe' and select Run as....Administrator.
--

Jim L.
Using - Virtual Access(OLR)
http://www.virtual-access.org
6.3.0.5 Windows Vista Service Pack 2 build 6002

[Bill]

I made the change correctly, but to get it to work I had to uninstall BIBM. It didn't overwrite. Then I used the very same CD without any changes to it to install again. I don't know why this would have made the difference, but after I uninstalled I had to make the MBR an EMBR. I also had to edit the default boot item, and I created a second one for my second OS.

Thanks for your guidance. I appreciate it.

Bill