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I just installed Wubi on my computer which is running Windows XP. Everything went exactly like the official guide said it should, and I was told the installation was complete and to restart my computer. However when I boot the boot-loader does not appear.

There is a problem with the fan of the computer, and each time I boot I am asked if I wanted to continue, and I have to press F2 within 5 seconds otherwise the computer shuts down. I do not see a BIOS screen for this reason, so I do not know how to get to the boot menu.

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It doesn't have anything to do with BIOS. The boot menu is the Windows boot manager. Sometimes the edits to the boot.ini don't work (XP) or bcdedit (Vista/7/8) for unknown reasons. Check the Time to display operating systems (most common prob is it's set at zero, make it 10). Or edit your question with the contents. – bcbc Dec 29 '12 at 15:13

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It doesn't have anything to do with BIOS. The boot menu is the Windows boot manager. Sometimes the edits to the boot.ini don't work (XP) or bcdedit (Vista/7/8) for unknown reasons. Check the Time to display operating systems (most common prob is it's set at zero, make it 10). Or edit your question with the contents.

– bcbc Dec 29 '12 at 15:13

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