DUAL BOOT ?

[jockdisvdude]

Okay, When I start up my system my computer dual boots win 2k and win 2k one of is on drive c and other on D. I deleted the one of drive D cause it wasnt needed. dont ask why i have 2 same operating systems dualbooting. the quetsion is, how do i get rid of the choice of dual booting, cause everytme i start up, it still asks. There's no hidden files in C:\ except autoexec.bat and config.sys. Same with D:

 

[rommel]

you'll ahve to change the mbr i think...post this question in the operating systems forum...you might do a search too...i think i remember a related or similar question dealing with getting rid of the option of the second os when it no longer existed

 

[SUOrangeman]

Not even necessary. Open up notepad and have it read in "C:\boot.ini" (trust me, it's there). Remove the line you don't want. Just make sure you remove the correct one. 🙂

-SUO

 

[Sundog]

Good info SUOrangeman. 🙂

 

[jaywallen]

Also, when editing boot.ini, make sure that the line that begins with "default=" is pointing to the W2K installation on Drive C:.

 

[SUOrangeman]

Gotta be careful, JayWall. The WinNT/2K "addressing" scheme doesn't specifically use drive letters. Stuff like disk(0)rdisk(0)blah(0)blah(1) gets used and you might mess stuff up.

-SUO

 

[Antisocial Virge]

Elledan posted this response in the OS forum to this question. Little easier than doing the edit boot.ini 😉




Got to Control Panel > System > Advanced > Startup and Recovery

There under 'default operating system' you've a dropdown menu. Select the OS you want to boot and uncheck the box before 'display list of operating systems for [.....] seconds'.

 

[Sugadaddy]

to make sure you delete the right one, go to startup options under system properties/advanced tab, and select the one you want as default. After that gor delete the line in your boot.ini

 

[NOX]

What your boot.ini should look like is this:

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional" /fastdetect

Everthing else should be deleted.

Btw, to make boot.ini visible. You'll need to uncheck "Hide protected operating system files (recommended)". This you will find under folder options>view tab.

 

[jaywallen]

<< Gotta be careful, JayWall. The WinNT/2K &quot;addressing&quot; scheme doesn't specifically use drive letters. Stuff like disk(0)rdisk(0)blah(0)blah(1) gets used and you might mess stuff up.

-SUO >>



Yeah, I know. But the &quot;default=&quot; line still ought to point to the W2K installation that's still installed, not the one that was removed. It might or might not have been obvious to the originator of the thread, but I thought it should be mentioned. I didn't think we had enough information to assume that the boot process would default to the correct install without taking the one of the precautionary measures that has been mentioned since my earlier message.

Regards,
Jim