help, installed 2000 on same partition as 98

[millsy]

now it keeps giving a boot menu asking which OS to load.
I deleted the WINNT folder so to completely remove Windows 2000 but need to remove the boot menu.

Is there a file in 98 that contains this information??

 

[obenton]

From a win98 startup floppy run "sys C:" (without the quotes, of course), and this will cause computer to boot directly into win98. Then you can delete the w2k boot files: boot.ini, ntldr, and ntdetect.com. If, later, you install w2k into its own partition, it will recreate the proper files for dual boot.

 

[millsy]

nice one..
it is for a mates new laptop and he aint got a floppy drive yet, but I will give that a go asap.

 

[obenton]

In that case you could probably do it from a win98 DOS window.

 

[hoov]

Wouldent he have alot more Serious problems then boot option problems when installing two operating systems on the same partition
if he chose to leave it like that?



<< if, later you install w2k into its own partition, it will recreate the proper files for dual boot. >>

 

[Smags87]

uggh i did this...when i was nine, haha sorry for the **flame**

anyway, u need to reformat and start over...your os-es are going to be confused, best to just start over.

and btw, win 2k wont automatically adjust...