Help with OS selection menu on startup

[jpthomas]

I had Windows 2000 on my laptop, but installed XP Pro tonight. I did a complete install, not the upgrade. When my computer boots up, it goes to the OS selection menu and gives me the choice to boot up into either XP Pro or Windows 2000.

The thing is, Windows 2000 is not installed on the computer anymore. If I select that option, it says that it cannot find that particular OS. (XP works fine). How do I get my laptop to just boot up straight into XP Pro, without asking for me to choose?

Thanks.

 

[Aleksandar]

Open drive C:\ then go to tools then folderoptions then view then sheck show hidden files and folders and uncheck hide protected operating system files then go to c and open the file named boot.ini

it looks like this
[boot loader]
timeout=3
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn

se this line
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect
is the operating system to be started first on the list you get in mS Dos

there will be a nother line under it just like it delete the bottom line
that looks like this
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows 200" /fastdetect
and dave the file.
that is all

Alex

 

[jpthomas]

Thanks, worked perfectly!