How do i get rid of a dual win2k boot

[mdrumm]

I installed win 2k on a winme machine. It loaded a dual boot, me win2k system, which i then deleted and reinstalled win2k. Now i can choose between f2 different win2k's at startup, with one not working. How can I get rid of this dual boot?

Thanks
Mike

 

[Woodie]

Edit the boot.ini in the root of the c drive. (Usually hidden/read-only). Remove the entry with the bad W2K install. Make sure you update the default to reflect the change, and you can also adjust the time-out value.

--Woodie

 

[mdrumm]

How exactly do I do that? thanks again.

Mike

 

[Woodie]

boot.ini is a text file:

Start - Run: cmd
then: attrib -s -h boot.ini
then: copy boot.ini boot.sav
then: notepad c:\boot.ini

Here's the contents of mine:
[boot loader]
timeout=30 <==you probably want to change this
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT <== this matches EXACTLY the line in the next section
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT=&quot;Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional&quot; /fastdetect

so: Modify the relevant sections (add/delete entire lines. Don't try to edit within the lines. Save the file. The next time you boot, you should be all set.

WARNING: If this file gets messed up, the system may not be able to boot again! That's why you made a backup at the beginning of this process. 🙂

--Woodie