Setup and Startup

During the Ntdetect phase, if you have multiple hardware configurations, the following information appears:

Hardware Profile/Configuration Recovery Menu

This menu allows you to select a hardware profile

to be used when Windows 2000 is started.

Note

Profiles are only necessary under non–Plug and Play conditions. Plug and Play negates the need for profiles.

The bootstrap loader pauses for a few seconds or until you press Enter. If you have only one hardware profile, Windows 2000 Professional uses the default settings.

Windows 2000 Professional automatically uses the default settings if you do not select a hardware profile. When the default configuration is used, the bootstrap loader uses the registry information that Windows 2000 Professional saved at the completion of the last shutdown. After you select a hardware profile, Ntdetect.com passes control back to Ntldr.