help - removing win2k bootmenu?

wolf550e

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how can i make a partition to boot directly to winme, wothout displaying the win2k bootmenu? (there was win2k installed on the second partition, but i deleted it and installed win2k on the new harddrive)
i tryed to use the winme emergency rescue disk but it will only allow to use "SYS C:", and my winme partition is "D:", so what can i do without reinstalling winme?
BTW after i'm done with it i want to add that partition to the bootmenu of my win2k (primary OS), is that ok? (them being on different hard drives and all)
 

dowxp

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in win2k, you can edit the boot.ini

delete the win2k part... be careful.
 

AndyHui

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Here is a sample boot.ini

[boot loader]
timeout=0
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINNT
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINNT=&quot;Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional&quot; /fastdetect
C:\ = &quot;Microsoft Windows&quot;

Make sure that the timeout value is 0 to stop the display of the boot menu, and then edit multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3) to reflect the hard drive and partition that your Win2K has been installed to.
 

Athlon4all

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Try this;. It will help u get the partition to boot directly to ME, and also allow u to add ME to the 2000 Boot menu on the 2nd hard disk. To set the old partition to boot directly to ME, boot to a ME startup disk with this program on it, then type: BOOTPART WIN95 BOOT:C:, that will eliminate the NT boot loader from that partition. Then to add ME to the 2000 boot loader on the new hd, just add the following line to the new boot.ini on the new Hard Drive:

[ME Drive Letter in 2000]:\ = &quot;Microsoft Windows&quot;
 

wolf550e

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thanks Athlon4all, i'll try bootpart. should have though about that little util by myself.
Andy and Bangsailio: read my post carefuly, and you'll see thats not what i'm asking for. i know how to edit boot.ini, i wanted to remove it completely, make the boot sector win9x instead of winnt, not just turn off the menu. and i asked whether winnt bootmenu can work with a number of physical drives, not just partitions just to be safe...